Sharing a professional’s view on Animation about, “Spiderman into the Spider-Verse.”

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Spider man into the Spider-Verse: 2D or 3D?

Every once in while an animated movie comes out that is impossible to ignore.

Spiderman Into the Spider-Verse is one of those movies.

It is without a doubt one of the best animated films I’ve ever seen.

Apparently I’m not alone. The film won the 2019 Academy Award for best animated feature film.

But what is it that made this movie so great? I would say it was these two aspects:

·         Great Story

·         Unique and ground-breaking animation style

In this post I want to talk about the latter.

If you watched the film, or even seen the trailer, you probably noticed something was different about this one. The way this film looks and feels is different from other animated films in recent years.

It doesn’t look like 3D animation, but it’s also not really 2D as we know it. So what is it?

Is this movie 2D or 3D?

When the industry first made the transition from traditional 2D to 3D computers animation, the shift was very clear. It was obvious that Toy Story looks completely different from Lion King. It was visually apparent. 

Once the switch was made, the industry worked harder and harder to push the art form as much as possible. Getting better and better renders, producing more realistic results. Films looked better and better each year.

But there’s only so far we can push it.

At some point, all films just look amazing. The fidelity is incredible and there seem to be no limit to what we can produce with computer animation.

Then the question had to be asked – what’s next?

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WHAT SMART ORGANIZATIONS DO TO ASSIST THEIR CLIENTS?

Some organizations look for ways to convey important messages to their clients from time to time; sometimes this information would be pasted on their Notice Boards, printed as flyers, Magazines or Brochures and at times sent in Electronics formats. However Smart organizations understand that this is the 21^st Century, so bombarding ones’ clientele with too much information can sometimes be frustrating. They realize that time is money; and people want things done faster than the usual way. And for those reasons, they incorporate Explainer Videos as a fast Digital Marketing and information passing tool. These videos have short time duration and are easily shared on the Social Media and across all digital devices like the Smart TVs, Phones and Tablets in common formats.

We can help you create one too, Just take the right step by sending us your script via our E-mail address at flingernosecomics@gmail.com, and let us turn it into a stunning ex plainer video. Even if you have no script, do not bother, as our team of experts is ready to work with you to create one in no time; just tell us what your business is all about and let’s get your unique video marketing tool on the way!

Disney Petitioned and Accused of Robbery for Trade marking the ‘Hakuna Matata’ phrase.

By Dory Jackson

 

The phrase "Hakuna Matata," which was popularized by Disney's The Lion King in 1994, roughly translates to "no problem" in Swahili. However, Disney may not have "no worries" after the industry giant was slammed by a petition that accused the company of "colonialism and robbery" for trademarking the phrase.
Disney first applied to have "Hakuna Matata" trademarked in 1994, but its request was later granted in 2003. Shelton Mpala, a Zimbabwean activist, lodged a petition via Change.org against The Walt Disney Company ahead of the release of its anticipated live-action remake of The Lion King in July 2019. Mpala urged for people to sign his petition to say "NO to DISNEY or any corporations/individuals looking to trademark languages, terms or phrases they didn't invent."
"The word 'hakuna' means 'there is not here' while 'matata' means "problems.' Hakuna Matata has been used by most Kiswahili-speaking countries such as Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Mozambique, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo," he wrote. "Disney can't be allowed to trademark something that it didn't."
In speaking with BBC on Tuesday, Mpala elaborated with his disdain for Disney's decision to trademark the catchphrase. He suggested he created the petition in hopes to sway Disney to reverse its action.

Elliot the Littlest Reindeer, brings both Hollywood and Nollywood together

 The voice talents of Nigerian comedian Ayo Makun and Omoni Oboli has been featured in latest Hollywood Christmas animation movie titled 'Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer'.  Directed by, Jennifer Westcott and featured Holly wood voice talents of Josh Hutcherson, Samantha Bee, Martin Short and

Ayo Makun

John Cleese.  This would be one of the first collaborative efforts in an animated feature between Hollywood and Africa. Originally the movie hits select theaters in the U.S on November 30th and expected to be to be shown in selected cinemas in Nigeria from the 14^th December, 2018, during the holiday season.

Omoni Oboli

Josh Hutcherson

 The movie is about a particular miniature horse that dreams big (Josh Hutcherson). Even though he knew that he was not a reindeer, he still was determined to make it into becoming one of Santa's reindeers because one of the reindeer was about to resign. He traveled to the North Pole with his friend, Hazel, the goat, to participate in Santa’s sleigh team competition.

 

The Flinger nose crew expects more of this collaboration of such between Africa and several other studios of the world in the near future. We wish the movie to be a chart breaking one!  

HOW CAN I BECOME AN ANIMATION PROGRAMMER?

QUESTION ON QUORA

I think most of the answers have been given already, but let me try to answer this, with reference to the original way the question was phrased; that is how can you become an animation programmer?  First I need to let you know that programming is another level of Art that has more to do with both your cognitive and analytical skills. So it is usually not visual like Drawings or Animation, but has a lot to do with abstract codes and Mathematical formulae that model real life situations.  

At times, animation directors may choose to incorporate real-life simulation over key- Frame animation approach in a project to attain realistic outputs. This is where the SIMULATOR or animation programmer comes in play. If that is the path you want to take, apart from bring some one that appreciates Arts, you don’t necessarily need to be a good Artist; however, you need to understand in Mathematics, Physics and any C-based programming language, preferably C++ as this will enable you program in the  Open Graphics Language (GL) or Direct X, in 3D animation environments. 

 Bon voyage

TOONY TITBIT

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