Source: Bloop Animation
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?
