tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post972069022881541761..comments2024-03-18T07:23:32.809-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Part 4: Fire & Ice: Ralph BakshiJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-78011223496742742572011-10-26T13:37:57.314-04:002011-10-26T13:37:57.314-04:00I'm also working on a Bakshi-esque fantasy ani...I'm also working on a Bakshi-esque fantasy animation using rotoscoping - Fire & Ice is certainly the primary influence. If anyone wants to help out or follow the project, we're on Facebook. The rotoscoping part is still early - maybe 35 seconds done? - but there's a 6 minute Flash-style animation 'prequel' with a roto teaser after the credits. I should have a bunch of finished rotoscoped stuff up by the end of the weekend. Here's the page:<br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gorgonaut/158228117573645LongDarkBlueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06276674223934566676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-78803603616614426352011-10-01T02:00:14.752-04:002011-10-01T02:00:14.752-04:00holly shit. I'm trying to make something like ...holly shit. I'm trying to make something like that. It's a lot of work.romeroleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04592771212477440521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-31462798238123801402011-09-30T11:11:25.290-04:002011-09-30T11:11:25.290-04:00I love seeing this video and the craft that went i...I love seeing this video and the craft that went into the film. Thanks for posting.<br /><br />The cel painting makes me tired.<br /><br />Rotoscoping is among other things, a tonal choice. It yields exciting movement and a certain reality to the physics. But it also creates a strange ethereal quality (related to the uncanny valley, methinks) because the rotoscope image is built from the outside in tracing the silhouette and making ever changing design/drawing decisions based on the live action photostat. You get a very active and frenetic line that races around the figure.<br /><br />You can achieve more solid structure if use the live action as reference, and first make a structure pass, drawing thru, working out simple anatomy and perspective (The same way you'd use a mirror drawing as an intermediate step to a finished illo). Then once you understand the action you go back thru and animate the character from the inside out with an understanding of what's going on structurally. It becomes less frenetic but more solid. <br /><br />The TRAP of rotoscoping for me is weird drawing choices that are not questioned because the live action was approved and the photostats printed and registered. Example at 6:18 the hero falls to the ground and we see a long prolonged shot of his backside that has no dramatic impact (or at least not the intended one). Its action over image -- an artist creating the image from scratch would make very different choices.Daroohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02269629297022511462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-81077218099516433412011-09-30T10:47:02.540-04:002011-09-30T10:47:02.540-04:00Before 'American Pop', Bakshi used rotosco...Before 'American Pop', Bakshi used rotoscoping (although crudely) in the battle scenes in 'Wizards', and of course his version of 'Lord of the Rings' was almost entirely rotoscoped.Brett W. McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01135079639325919075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-79166244544555328802011-09-30T10:24:19.271-04:002011-09-30T10:24:19.271-04:00Armand, Larn did to an extent, but all of them wer...Armand, Larn did to an extent, but all of them were redesigned, especially the "subhumans." In the embedded video you can see some quick cuts of the live action plates.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-2268372688928826312011-09-30T10:17:37.510-04:002011-09-30T10:17:37.510-04:00I'm curious; did the main actors came close to...I'm curious; did the main actors came close to looking like their animated counterparts or was that all the animators doing?armandcabrerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01772142818316748471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-19307661808159087032011-09-30T09:58:17.666-04:002011-09-30T09:58:17.666-04:00Thanks, Phil. I fixed it to say Part 4. Final part...Thanks, Phil. I fixed it to say Part 4. Final part is tomorrow. I think there should be a DVD version for sale, linked at he end of the last post. It's a 2 disk limited edition with the behind-the-scenes feature.<br /><br />I also look forward to seeing what Robert R. does with it. In a way, digitally enhanced live action is a perfect new life for the property. Justin Sweet's art really nailed the look. Wizards also blew my mind at an early age.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-54271374791827613762011-09-30T09:39:55.855-04:002011-09-30T09:39:55.855-04:00Concept Art for the new film:
http://collider.com...Concept Art for the new film:<br /><br />http://collider.com/fire-and-ice-concept-art/106119/<br /><br />-PhilPhil Kapitanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11815897695665857491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-30230244242953319142011-09-30T09:36:52.440-04:002011-09-30T09:36:52.440-04:00awesome! i love Ralph Bakshi's stuff, as i men...awesome! i love Ralph Bakshi's stuff, as i mentioned. i definitely saw Wizards at a too early age, but it blew my mind none the less. i spent years tracking down a quality VHS of it as it never got made into a DVD, at least not that i know of yet. i saw Fire and Ice much later, but it also thrilled me and i'm very interested to see what Robert Rodriguez does with it. <br /><br />*cough cough* you labeled this as part 5....where's 4? ;p<br /><br />-PhilPhil Kapitanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11815897695665857491noreply@blogger.com