The Big Picture: The Collar
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I first thought this was going to be a weird rant about a tie on a bear. Instead my mind has been thoroughly blown over how important that tie was on that bear. Kudos Bob.
I saw the homepage and thought "This Big Picture will go nowhere."
But when you started mentioning the animation process, I actually got excited. Because once again, you managed to do a Big Picture that interested me more than I thought it would.
But when you started mentioning the animation process, I actually got excited. Because once again, you managed to do a Big Picture that interested me more than I thought it would.
Once again, bob has proved that no matter how much i research into a matter like this, he'll always pull out more information that i could even fathom existing. Still, it's a good episode anyways.
also, pretty sure i used Fathom wrong.
also, pretty sure i used Fathom wrong.
Extremely interesting bob. Those old animators were really clever, working with tight resources, deadlines and spiralling costs..... hey, do you think we'll start seeing this sort of cost-cutting ingenuity in other mediums suffering from bloated costs? You know what I'm talking about.
Reused animations?
Ports?
Re-used music?
Re-used environments?
Video games are starting to go down this dark path. I can think of numerous "collar" like devices used in Dragon Age II (I stress that I enjoyed DAII, but you can't overlook the cost-cutting, time saving measures that game used).
Reused animations?
Ports?
Re-used music?
Re-used environments?
Video games are starting to go down this dark path. I can think of numerous "collar" like devices used in Dragon Age II (I stress that I enjoyed DAII, but you can't overlook the cost-cutting, time saving measures that game used).
Well, it defies the godlen rules [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_basic_principles_of_animation] of good character animation worded out by the 9 old men from disney [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney's_Nine_Old_Men] many years ago, which are still taught to this day, but it follows another rule of thumb concernign animation very well: cheat whenever possible.
I guess if the audience is small kids, they won't really care about such things, and therefor it is a great place to save time, and thereby money.
I guess if the audience is small kids, they won't really care about such things, and therefor it is a great place to save time, and thereby money.
Nice history lesson on "Limited Animation", Bob.
It's rather ironic how the industry had to downgrade from feature-cartoons to limited animation as time went on; history repeated itself when anime became popular in the West.
Economics trumped quality.
It's rather ironic how the industry had to downgrade from feature-cartoons to limited animation as time went on; history repeated itself when anime became popular in the West.
Economics trumped quality.
I just happen to have learnt this a few days ago listening to the Stuff you should know podcast. They even mentioned Clutch Cargo. What are the odds.
My first experience with Syncro-vox was a spoof of it on The Simpsons. Had no idea what it was back when I first saw it. Then came Pulp Fiction and Robot Chicken and I still had no idea.
Now, thanks to Bob, I do. Also, I didn't know it was William and Joe who INVENTED Tom and Jerry, so therefore by association, a killer template for cartoon violence.
It's pretty amazing how a premise so simple (Why DOES he have a collar?) can have such a mind-blowing follow-through.
Also,on 4:49, is Top Cat hitting on Penelope Pitstop?!
Now, thanks to Bob, I do. Also, I didn't know it was William and Joe who INVENTED Tom and Jerry, so therefore by association, a killer template for cartoon violence.
It's pretty amazing how a premise so simple (Why DOES he have a collar?) can have such a mind-blowing follow-through.
Also,on 4:49, is Top Cat hitting on Penelope Pitstop?!