CGI Movies!

[fatpendulum]

That was phased out during the 90s. Stuff like Lilo and Stitch and Atlantis didn't have songs.

[Ali McAllister]

Happy Feet was a musical.

[Aliona]

You're right.

That was definatly a trademark of INK & Pen animation!

Buzz:crying:

[Dirrty Dani]

Yes, but HAPPY FEET was CGI.

Bill

[mattskity]

The lack of musical numbers in animated films has nothing to with the animation. As Galantone already stated, no one broke into song in The Rescuers Down Under, Atlantis or Lilo & Stitch, and those films were all hand drawn. I can understand if some of you are tired of all animated movies being rendered in CGI, but trying to blame the decline quality of recent films on CG is reaching quite a bit, and trying to blame the decline of musical numbers on CG animation is just plain silly.

Like I said before, CGI is just another art form not meant to replace anything. Things go in cycles. Rendering films in CG is just the trend now. Hand drawn animation will not end in our lifetime.

[JBallaa]

there is no such thing as ink and paint anymore, everything is CGI now.

If you gonna complain about something, at least do it right. 3D VS 2D.

[Lil Lady Ryan]

You're spewing bile, nothing more. If your statement were true, then how do you explain the success of The Simpsons Movie (a hand drawn movie based on a successful hand drawn animated series) opening at a strong number 1 at the box office? If you look at the tube, you'll notice that the number of computer generated shows can be counted one hand. Recent shows such as Kappa Mikey, SpongeBob Squarepants, Avatar and the like indicate that hand drawn animation is still very much alive and kicking.

Wrong again. CG and 3D aren't the same thing. "3D" is a term that is often mis-applied. Those who tend to not really understand CG animation refer to it as 3D, when it is nothing of the sort- 3D is a stereo process, and you must wear special glasses to see the results. CG animation is what everyone and their brother is doing right now (although Disney has recently re-opened it's hand drawn department and will be returning to hand-animation sometimes called 2D animation). The Looney Tunes short "Lumberjack Rabbit" was a hand drawn short presented in 3D. Bear in mind also, that while stereoscopic 3D is a genuine binocular effect it is still dependent on 2D technology - i.e. it is only two flat images, one for each eye. This means that, despite the enhanced sense of depth, design aesthetics for stereoscopic films are still essentially the same as for 2D films: size and movement within a fixed rectangle. True 3D technology (as seen in Sci-Fi films) would be where you could move around the image and see it from different angles.

3D is a perspective. CG (which stands for Computer Generated) is an art form.

[mad H]

But some 'hand-drawn' animation is actually generated by computers... but it is not considered CGI.




That is pretty much how I feel about CGI.

[Skipp]

Computer Generated Imagery = CGI.

Simpsons Movie is 2D CGI.

I wish it wasn't, I'd love to buy some Cels from it.

There is no ink and paint or Celluloid involved in animation these days, at most you might get some pencil and paper.

Hell, Even South Park is CGI (now fully animated in Maya).

And 3D is a term used since the beginning of CGI Animation, Would you prefer Flat Layered Animation VS Rendered 3D Model Animation?

[darrell l]

Kappa Mikey =/= hand-drawn. It's done completely in Flash.