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Disney Day Two: Pinocchio

steven — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:05:36 +0000

When you wish upon a star.

To start, this is a really late post. My marathon is currently on hiatus as school is more demanding.

I think that I was too quick to judge the earlier Disney animators in my previous post. The artists in this movie (mostly the same) did amazingly well. I’m not sure if the art was significantly better, or my opinion has simply changed but I was thoroughly impressed with the improvements. Geppetto looked great in comparison to Snow White and the animation was performed better too.

I was impressed most by the matte paintings in Geppetto’s workshop.

The overall messages behind the story are quite frightening, especially for a child’s movie! Although I’m sure these extreme methods will keep boys in shape, it is quite the deterrent from mischief. I know for a fact that Pleasure Island seems too good to be true nowadays, and refuse to get sucked in and turned into a jackass! However, I seem to have achieved that status all on my own already.

I look forward to continuing my marathon since it has been a long time since I have seen some of the movies, but school first!

-steven

Disney Dilemma

steven — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:41:44 +0000

I must put my marathon on hold as pressing matters, school, call for the majority of my attention. It pains me to do this but it must be done.

Disney Day One: Snow White and The Seven Dwarves

steven — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:44:41 +0000

Magic Mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?

Last night I started off my Disney marathon with Snow White and The Seven Dwarves. It was weird to see the movie again after not having seen it in so long. I quite enjoyed it and did not remember all the songs. While animation itself has progressed much, it is weird to say that at some points the human figures were drawn quite, obscurely, for lack of a better word. I feel like the drawings in the more recent movies reflect human shapes much better.

It’s a good start to the marathon and brings back a ton of nostalgia. Excited to keep going!

It would appear that in 1937, the animators at Disney, and even the dwarves predicted the trend of the loose beanie/tuque.

-steven

Pixarpedia

steven — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:26:04 +0000

A few weeks ago my sister texted me informing me that her and my dad were going to Chapters and asked if I wanted anything. Back when buses in London still existed, I visited Chapters more then class. I’m pretty sure I read every magazine of interest available as well as The Sartorialist’s book among many others. Anyway, the only thing that came to mind was the Pixarpedia. I saw this book and wanted it instantly. It is an encyclopedia of all the Pixar movies to date.

For those who don’t know, I LOVE Pixar. Any animated movie for that matter, especially 3D ones. I love all of those that are released and have multiple times tried my hand at animation. Anyway, I enjoyed the beautiful artwork so here are a few snaps of it.

Just beautiful. I love Disney and Pixar.

-steven