brownsugar said:

I thought, I am be wrong, but I thought I heard that the animation was done by hand.

Ok that didn't take long this is how they made the movie:

Rotoscoping is the rotated projection of a sequence of usually photographed action image frames so that the artist can trace from the frame or create an image to superimpose on it. It can be thought of as "painting on movies" efficiently. Prior to computers, an animation stand called a Rotoscope was used to project a sequence of action frames against a surface so that a set of animation frames could be traced or created. The same work can now be done with digital images and special computer software. Tools that provide efficient ways to rotoscope include Digital Magic and Elastic Reality. Rotoscoping is frequently used as a technique for combining (compositing) cartoon figures with realistic settings in television commercials and is also used for special effects in feature-length films.

from:http://whatis.techtarget....923,00.htm

Sweeny79 said:

yeah it was, but they did something where they took a real photo and colored it in with some sort of photoshop filters or something like that. i'm not that advanced in photo shop so i don't know how else to explain it. but we saw a behind the scenes sorta thing before it came out in class, it was sort of a advertisement for apple computers and adobe cs2. they did each frame like that piece by piece.

kidelrich said:

that hurt...

I've read very mixed reviews about the movie--what's the consensus from those who've seen it?

Sweeny79 said:

thanks...

CHIC0 said:

I know I thought the same....it's nice to know the name of how they did it though.

Sweeny79 said:

okay i didnt read all of that, all i saw was 'painted on movies', and thats what i was trying to say

brownsugar said:

Omg we all have ADD.

is Keanu's acting any better with the animation?

I really want to see this but there's no release date for Germany yet....

pkidwell said:

No. But Downey Jr and Woody Harrelson are excellent in it.

we had to leave the theater once because my friend threw up during the first twenty minutes of "dancer in the dark". fortunately it was my second time seeing it, so it's not like i missed out on anything. that sucks!

Anx said:

It might not have been totally the movie. I threw up again this morning.

this entire thread makes me ill



even reading about motion sickness makes me

blair witch project gave me a bit of a headache, but part of it was because the movie was so dumb.

Anx said:

blair witch was the first movie where i really really wanted to
kill the lead character - i.e. the dumb screaming bitch in it

IstenSzek said:

I have yet to see this movie.

Imago said:

we should watch it together. you could make artsy pictures
of me smashing the screen of your television as we watch it

I liked 'Waking Life' so I really want to see this movie. Mixed reviews be damned!

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kidelrich said:

vodka makes me sick, but hey, if movies do it to you, to each their own.

IstenSzek said:

Sweeny79 said:

I did rotoscoping for the lightsabers on the short Star Wars fan film I made. It can be a very grueling process.

Anx said:

I'd call that divine intervention. That movie made me bawl for hours.

eleven said:

Me too. I can't think of many movies that have left me that wrecked.

GangstaFam said:

adding this to list of movies I need to have sex while watching in hotel rooms....

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

It actually makes a lot more sense that way.

GangstaFam said:

I never even heard of it before now but I have this sudden urge to run to a video store and rent a room. Now I just gotta find someone to watch it with me

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

You're in LA. It shouldn't be too hard.