Animation part 4

Antz (1998) made by Dreamworks Animation was the second computer-animated feature film to be released.

A Bugs Life (1998) that was made by Pixar/Disney

The Periwig Maker (1999) Made by Steffen Schaffler, the short stop-motion film is set during a seventeenth century plague epidemic, Took five years to make and was nominated for an Academy Award.

The Old Man and the Sea (1999) Oscar-winning film by Alexandr Petrov
Made in the unique style of finger painting with slow drying oil paints on multiple planes of glass, often working for days and nights without rest
An adaption of Ernest Hemingway’s story

The Old man and the sea has a very beautiful style of animation very different form other animations of the time, every frame looks like a beautiful painting. also the story and audio work very well with the Animation. However it is a little hard to watch after a while.

Run Lola Run Review

Run Lola Run (1998)
Germany
Directed by Tom Tykwer

Won: Bambi Awards 1998, Bogey Awards, Germany 1998, Bavarian Film Awards 1999, Brothers Manaki International Film Festival 2000.

The use of Split screen and black and white was effective to help tell the story and give a different feel to the film. I would recommend this film.

Pre-Production

Story/Script
Chase scene that follows the protagonist until a point where the camera spins around the protagonist who is caught between two groups of of people chasing him.

Characters
One protagonist
Two groups of people

Genre
Action

Equipment
BMC Camera, wide lens, dolly, (natural shade light)

Location
Near an industrial building

Techniques
360º circular dolly movement of a medium long shot around protagonist.

Animation 1986 - 1889

A range of animations were made from all around the world including:

UK

When the Wind Blows (1986)

An adaption of a Raymond Briggs graphic novel directed by Jimmy Murakami
About an old couple who naively follow the governments survival instructions after an nuclear war breaks out
Used photographed model sets for backgrounds
Praised by critics and presents a powerful argument against the nuclear arms race.

Brothers Quay 

Twin brothers Stephen and Timothy Quay from England made a collection of animated films including:

Street of Crocodiles (1986)
Rehearsals For Extinct Anatomies (1988)
Stille Nacht I: Dramolet (1988)
Ex-Voto (1989)

Family Dog (1987)

The first episode, Directed by Brad Bird, was part of Steven Spielburg’s TV series Amazing Stories
Had higher production standards than the low budget, mass produced TV animations of the time

Credited with having a role in the revival of quality animations –
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
The Simpsons (1990)
Ren & Stimpy (1991)

German New Wave

In 1962 New German Cinema was launched. A group of film makers declared a new agenda for German Film. The document was called the Oberhausen Manifesto

Films in Germany were in decline and were of low quality and content


Three directors led the movment:

Werner Herzog, Rainer Michael Fassbinder and Wim Wenders, German cinema began to reflect issues of the time.

New German Cinema:

Yesterday Girl (1966)

Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (1975)
The Tin Drum (1979)

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)

Filmed Drama Shooting

Storyborads