The Pearce Sisters

Thatch · Post by **Thatch** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:17 am

I'm not sure if this has been posted here or not...

I thought you all might be interested in seeing this increadible work from Aardman. Much different than thier typical work, this work really shows off just how talented those folks are both as storytellers and artist.

Enjoy

http://www.aardman.com/pearcesisters/index.html

human · Post by **human** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:57 am

Wow.

Wow.

jahnocli · Post by **jahnocli** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:24 am

Great stuff. I also like the fact that the elder sister looks like a grotesque Mickey Mouse! The interesting thing about this, however, is the fact that it is very simple cut-out animation -- it's the way the shots are angled and cut together, along with a subtle soundtrack, that make it so special.

Thatch · Post by **Thatch** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:40 am

"Luis Cook on making the film: "I knew I wanted to mix 3d cgi with 2d somehow. Rough it up a bit. So we animated everything in the computer with cg models then printed the frames out and worked over them in 2d. Filling in the details and expressions and scanning it all back in over the 3d. "

....taken from a short statement about the making of the Pearce Sisters that I found at the link below

http://feed.stashmedia.tv/feed/2007/7/5 ... sters.html

JimmyC · Post by **JimmyC** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:55 pm

Wonderful - makes you want to see more. Real atmosphere.

human · Post by **human** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:57 pm

Thatch wrote:"Luis Cook on making the film: "I knew I wanted to mix 3d cgi with 2d somehow. Rough it up a bit. So we animated everything in the computer with cg models then printed the frames out and worked over them in 2d. Filling in the details and expressions and scanning it all back in over the 3d. "

....taken from a short statement about the making of the Pearce Sisters that I found at the link below

http://feed.stashmedia.tv/feed/2007/7/5 ... sters.html

Yes, a critical viewing of the movie reveals that although it looks like a flat toon, much of its visual power comes from a complete 3d realization of the characters and scenes.

This work has an embarrassment of riches, and 3d is one of the most important.

It's particularly interesting to screen "Pearce Sisters" against "Solar."

"Solar" also exhibits huge animation skill and artistic passion. Look at the loving detail to modeling, texturing, (mostly) perfect animating, and the diamond-hard discipline applied to the color palette.

But ultimately all that brilliance is harnessed to a rather lame extended joke. I suppose the clunky heavenly bodies propelled by, er, propellers, is supposed to be hip and clever, but isn't there any line we can draw before we starting saying, "Oh, for heaven's sake, I don't need to suspend my disbelief quite this far."