Flash is a well-known tool but doesn’t usually come to mind as a way to animate an entire feature film. But that’s what director Ari Folman did, constrained by a tiny budget but certain that animation was the only way to tell his story.
Comments (3) for "How They Did It: Waltz With Bashir"
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It's funny that rotoscoping was shot down as a possibility due to the apparent detachment of emotion when the characters themselves, being shot in Flash, portrayed unrealistic and stiff movements. I saw puppets on the screen going, "blah blah blah." You might as well would have shown us illustrations with voice acting in the background.
Your alternative to motion-capture does nothing in an animated film unless you push things using the 13 principles of animation.
Posted by James on Friday, March 20, 2009 @ 03:07 PM
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I think rotoscoping is shot down because of it's lack of artistic integrity. Maybe you should read the principles of animation again and watch the film with open eyes.
While their approach to the animation is stiff at time the over all impact of the film is epic. Furthermore, the path blazed by this film, a film made with a handful of artists, is nothing less than revolutionary. It's original. It's inspiring. It will lead to others trying the same thing and breaking the strangle hold that the studio system has on feature animation.
Posted by Seth Kearsley on Thursday, April 16, 2009 @ 01:59 PM
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so i was on the FMX in Stuttgart 2009 and there was one of the Illustrators. He showing us how they made this film.
They used not realy rotoscoping... they just took a few pictures... for cars etc. as resources. the biggest part of the film was made with traditional animation (drawing frame by frame). 1 Frame per Day was the goal of the Illustrators.
realy impressive!
greetz from germany
Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 @ 09:49 AM
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