Saturday, 11 June 2011

The development of animation

I'm sure most of you have seen such classic animated Disney movies as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio or Alice in Wonderland. As well as some of the more-recent-but-still-old ones like Lion King or Hercules. It seems most of the latest animated Disney releases use computer animated graphics, as opposed to being hand-drawn. I understand that things move on as technology develops, and computer animations are much less time consuming. But while some of the new movies are great, I can never appreciate them as much as the classics.


The beautifully hand rendered characters and especially the stunning backgrounds are just so amazing. It is definitely this appeal which draws me towards movies made by such companies as Studio Ghibli. They manage to continue the traditional art of animation in an increasingly technologically dominated market, and they are definitely successful in it. Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away is the 2nd highest-grossing film in Japanese history, not to mention all their other extremely successful animations.

So what do you think of the change in animated movies? Do you prefer computer generated or hand-drawn animations?
Posted by Ben at 18:21

33 comments:

  1. Kunta Jay11 June 2011 at 18:29

    I miss classic animation, but CGI is relatively cheaper so it makes sense why they use it so much.

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  2. Michael Arsenault11 June 2011 at 18:29

    I also prefer the hand drawn animations, just something about it that I like.

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  3. Thundering Blog.com11 June 2011 at 18:32

    Classic animation is awesome. One of the things I didn't like about the new Star Wars movies was that they are all really CGI heavy.

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  4. Anonymous11 June 2011 at 18:41

    Anime, that's it

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  5. Mikael B11 June 2011 at 18:46

    Starting to get real!

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  6. Benji Radman11 June 2011 at 18:54

    I think it's possible to mix the two, a seamless transition between drawn to cgi is brilliant in my opinion :) Has to be done well though. But i agree that those movies will never have the charm of the hand-drawn animations :)

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  7. Empty11 June 2011 at 19:06

    as long as the story is good, i don't really care. :)

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  8. TIMMYTHEROBOT11 June 2011 at 19:31

    Computer animated for me maybe because I grew up on it. I dont have a huge attachment to the old disney stuff.

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  9. Jandro11 June 2011 at 20:59

    I love the older stuff. thanks for sharing!

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  10. mike11 June 2011 at 21:03

    animation does look good, but i dont like anime.

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  11. Jackson.k11 June 2011 at 21:05

    I love anime! Good stuff.

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  12. phosports11 June 2011 at 21:28

    classic animation is better than anime

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  13. Anonymous11 June 2011 at 23:10

    Nice :))

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  14. Doc_Waffles11 June 2011 at 23:13

    Spirited Away is amazing, wanna go watch it now.

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  15. Bowz11 June 2011 at 23:20

    I love a good animated movie, but the original hand drawn always seem to hit a spot that super, overdone computer animations can't. I miss the old Disney style.

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  16. FarTooNerdy11 June 2011 at 23:53

    personally i prefer computer generated animation as it was what i maninly watched during my childhood.

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  17. ruinz12 June 2011 at 00:07

    they each have their own style i guess
    How to Hack Life.

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  18. John12 June 2011 at 06:51

    I agree with KuntaJay and everyone else, I do miss classic animation but 3D is just preferred, if you look at Disney's animation history.

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  19. FoodLad12 June 2011 at 07:14

    Good Ol' Classic hand drawn cartoons.

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  20. slycoopert12 June 2011 at 10:04

    Man this gives me a new appreciation for cartoons.

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  21. Anonymous12 June 2011 at 11:08

    love the blog mmmm

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  22. The Hammer12 June 2011 at 12:00

    I miss classic so much too

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  23. Elliot MacLeod-Michael12 June 2011 at 12:29

    I totally agree. Real animation is inherently better and will always be better.
    +followed

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  24. sestrenger12 June 2011 at 17:31

    When i was a child i kinda like it, but now look so old and creepy.

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  25. Unknown12 June 2011 at 18:05

    All of my friends hated Spirited Away, but I kinda liked it.

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  26. Stuck In Syndey12 June 2011 at 22:29

    vote rubber figurines

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  27. Anonymous13 June 2011 at 01:43

    I grew up with hand drawn animation, so I'm a little partial. But there's a certain unique charm that only comes from a hand drawn character.

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  28. Anonymous13 June 2011 at 05:20

    The new Winnie the Pooh coming out in a couple of months looks old school.

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  29. Mike13 June 2011 at 20:42

    I wonder what the cartoons of the future will look like.

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  30. Noctis14 June 2011 at 05:22

    Give the computer generated animations some time and they will look very good! But for now I also prefer hand-drawn stuff.

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  31. James14 June 2011 at 13:53

    Sometimes I miss the hand-drawn movies. The new stuff is sharp, don't get me wrong, but imperfections are beautiful in their own way.

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  32. Patrick S15 June 2011 at 12:57

    Spirited Away is one of my top all time favorite movies. :) Computer generated animation can be pretty cool sometimes but nothing beats classic hand-drawn animation.

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  33. Anonymous16 June 2011 at 22:09

    Definitely computer animation

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