Monday, August 17, 2009

Old to new in animated movies...

I was online looking up classic animated movies and I was noticing the major difference in old time movies versus the newer animated movies. Some older ones like Fantasia and Pinocchio were made in 1940 (by Disney) and then there was Jungle Book in 1967 and The Little Mermaid in 1989. All of these were very cartoonish and the characters were all drawn... The newer movies such as Shrek in 2001 (by Dreamworks) and Cars in 2006 (by Disney/Pixar) have computer animated characters and although they are still cartoonish they have a more realistic look to them and the way they move is more smooth in the flow. In 2008 movies such as Wall-E (which was made by Pixar) and Kung Fu Panda (Dreamworks) were put out and you can see that animation has come a long way since the beginning "drawn" characters vs. the newer computer animated characters. 

There is more facial expression in the faces now, more action in the characters movements, more detail in buildings/structures, and it is a little easier for them to animate them with computers then sit and use cell based animation and such like they did when animation first came into play. I catch myself watching animated movies now and just wondering if I could ever be that good. The main reason I was looking up classics was because I wanted to have some movies to picture in my head so I could see for myself how far animation has come. Its funny how things like the Flinstones and Tom & Jerry became things like Simpsons and Family Guy. I like to look at things side by side and compare them visually and notice wow we really have come a long way with animation in movies and cartoons and such.

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