Motionography Inspiration: Snow White and the Huntsman
Despite the poor reviews it's been receiving, I went to see Snow White and the Huntsman in theatres yesterday. Visually, the film looked amazing and I've been curious about it for a long while. My love for motion design is one facet that compelled me to see the movie-and I'm glad to say that I was not disappointed. It was a dark film and the cinematography conveyed that nicely. Everything was shot quite well.
Concept-wise it seems like the movie's been getting poor reviews. Mostly in the sense that it wasn't original and ripped certain elements from other films. For me it seems more likely that those elements were "inspired" rather than "lifted" but to each their own. Actually, there was a scene I recognized right away that was obviously lifted inspired by Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke. Thinking back, I thought it was enchanting to see as were other fantasy elements in the film. The dark forest largely reminded me of the Dragonlance books.
Something else worth noting: this is probably among the only movies that made me want to sit through a portion of the ending credits just to admire the motionography. It complimented the song, Breath of Life, quite well (which was apparently recorded specifically for the movie). Definitely something I have to recreate in order to get my skills to where I want them!
As for the film itself, I enjoyed it. Although, it had potential to be so much more. Snow White's characterization was too flat. It should have had way more depth and that goes for the Queen as well. It was a movie that had strong female leads but, c'mon, while I was watching it it felt like there probably hadn't been any heavy influence from women at all during the conceptual phase of the film. I sincerely hope that wasn't the case.
Concept-wise it seems like the movie's been getting poor reviews. Mostly in the sense that it wasn't original and ripped certain elements from other films. For me it seems more likely that those elements were "inspired" rather than "lifted" but to each their own. Actually, there was a scene I recognized right away that was obviously lifted inspired by Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke. Thinking back, I thought it was enchanting to see as were other fantasy elements in the film. The dark forest largely reminded me of the Dragonlance books.
Something else worth noting: this is probably among the only movies that made me want to sit through a portion of the ending credits just to admire the motionography. It complimented the song, Breath of Life, quite well (which was apparently recorded specifically for the movie). Definitely something I have to recreate in order to get my skills to where I want them!
As for the film itself, I enjoyed it. Although, it had potential to be so much more. Snow White's characterization was too flat. It should have had way more depth and that goes for the Queen as well. It was a movie that had strong female leads but, c'mon, while I was watching it it felt like there probably hadn't been any heavy influence from women at all during the conceptual phase of the film. I sincerely hope that wasn't the case.