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Author Topic: Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit Adam Wilbert Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 590 From: Bellingham, WA, USA Registered: Mar 2002 posted 10-17-2005 01:16 AM                        to quote michael quoting me: quote: quote: Adam Wilbert how in the world do they do stop motion animation with floating characters. I don't get it. quote: Adam Wilbert The CGI effects were well done that doesn't answer it. I don't believe the floating bunnies were CG. The CG I was referring to was the ghost like etherial clouds, etc. Even if they were composited into the shot, theres things in all of the W&G shorts (such as the flying jam in wrong trowsers), as well as other claymation films that have things floating, thrown, or otherwise in the air for a brief moment. So how do they hold the physical ball of clay in mid air, take the shot, move it a bit higher in the air, and take another shot? That has always baffled me. The thing I think I'll always like about clay over CG animation is the personal touch. Literally. I like that you can catch a glimpse of someones thumbprint in wallace's nose occasionally. You don't get that sense of physical-ness and imperfection with CG. CG always looks highly polished, even when its crappy.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 10-17-2005 08:42 AM                        Check out the article Erica linked to. I don't know how they shot stuff like a ball in the air, but I think it would be fairly easy to do if the ball was on a stick which is exactly opposite from the camera so that the ball covers the stick.  |  IP: Logged Adam Wilbert Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 590 From: Bellingham, WA, USA Registered: Mar 2002 posted 10-17-2005 10:06 AM                        okay, i didn't read that article until just now. They did a good job with the cg bunnies then, since they blen seamlessly with the clay version. Thats funny that I pretty much repeated the article about the thumbprints though.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-30-2005 07:47 AM                        I finally saw this and really enjoyed it. I had enjoyed the shorts (and the wonderful "Aardman Animation" compilation that was circulating in the late 1990s), and this was just as good. I think that adults would enjoy this as much as the kids (if not more). Highly recommended.  |  IP: Logged Evans A Criswell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1579 From: Huntsville, AL, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 11-02-2005 04:19 PM                        I saw this a couple of weeks ago and found it very enjoyable. I loved the original W&G shows.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 11-03-2005 08:10 AM                        Very good presentation at the independent Pittsford-9 in Rochester. Audience had lots of families, and the story had different elements that pleased all. Half the fun is watching the detail in the background.  |  IP: Logged

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