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Persepolis Review

I LOVED the Persepolis animation, I love that the drawings were so simple, yet the messages within the movie were so powerful and big. To me, the comic book, seemed somewhat like the animatic for the film. They were both very similar (of course the film is based on the comic so it should be related). The movements and motion of the characters were very believable  for example when the two women were examining her jacket and her Micheal Jackson pin, the movements were so vast, seamless. The gray scale also gave the movie a more serious tone. based on the Wikipedia article, Satrapi explained that the movie was in black and white because it "was so the place and the characters wouldn't look like foreigners in a foreign country but simply people in a country to show how easily a country can become like Iran." This tactic works very well because it helps set the mood, tone and the setting (Iran) of the story. Not only that, but the film's characters are exactly like the comic, therefore it should be the same color, like the comic, so the fans of the comic would appreciate the similarities between the book and the film.

The difference between the comic and the animation, is that the comic is separated into two books, with one book about Satrapi's childhood and one about her in adulthood  While, the film has her from childhood to adulthood. The comical aspects of the film, also brings it alive.

Review for Surogat

Surogat is like a moving painting.Everything in Surogat is flat yet,all the characters and objects in the animation is inflatable. The animation has a nice flow, even the hair moves. The water even splashes, even though it's just up-side down 'U's. The animation also had a very happy tone (thanks to the music).The tactic works well, and the collage-like work is effective because of it's artistic view, bringing in two different textures, yet still being able to maintain a effective good look.

Although the technique was good, I disliked the way the animation objectifies women. For example the first woman that the man blew up had big hips but her bust was small, and he deflated her, because he disliked her, and then he got a new inflatable woman with big bust and big bum, but her waist was nothing but a line. The plot shows that only women with big bust and tiny waists are acceptable and desirable, and this is unacceptable  like today's advertisements.

Review for Wreck it Ralph

Wreck It Ralph is a Disney 3D movie. I really enjoyed the movie and the different perspectives. For example, in the beginning of the movie the audience gets the perspective where they look in to a video game in an arcade. The 3D aspect on that part was used effectively because I felt like I was in front of the Wreck It Ralph video game. As the audience looks through the video game, the film transitions to the game world going from a 8-bit image to a 3D high definition image. It was a great idea for Disney to do a movie on the “bad” guy’s perspective, it gives people a sense of sympathy for the bad guys. For example, when the arcade closes, Ralph is basically, being bullied, getting thrown in the mud and then left to live in a dump. Nobody invites Ralph to join the “good guys” when the lights are closed. Another perspective to look at is the different ways each game is drawn. Wreck It Ralph is in 8-bit, Sugar Rush is in 3D, and The first person shooter game is in high definition, and Disney remembers to remind the audience that all these games are designed differently. I forgot that the characters are created with different resolutions, until Felix goes to the first person shooter game and he says, “wow look at the high definition quality in you.”

Another great thing about this film is the different characters and how each of the character has a back story. The characters even created their own verb “going turbo.” In the film “going turbo,” means leaving your game and entering another game. This makes the community believable, everybody knows what it means to “go turbo.” Everything was believable.

One thing I would have liked would be for them to talk a little more about Turbo, how was he able to change his looks? How did he escape, when the other members of the game died with the game.

Final Working Progress

Animation (Working Progress)

Here's the first minute of the animation

Animatic Revised

Here is the link to the story my animation will be based on. The animation is only a possibility of why the girl was abandoned. Nobody really knows what happened before, the nun found her in the market place.

(Note: Something went wrong with the audio when I exported to .mov)