Lauri, Mallory and I went to the movies on Sunday to see the newest Pixar film, "Up". It was a good story and as usual a visual treat. It was interesting to see the design choices that they made - especially with the people. In the beginning of the computer graphic animation era there were many problems with trying to depict people on screen using CGI - the "uncanny valley" principal appears. As with most new tools it took the artists using them a while to figure out the best ways to get around this problem. More often in the early days animators simply avoided people as much as possible using animals or machinery to tell stories. "Up" went with the exaggerated design angle which worked well, for me anyway.
As usual there was a new short from Pixar before the feature and it was a hoot! Those folk know how to create a story - no matter how long or short it is. Made a tear come to my eye ...
Elvis is meowing to me right now - I think it is his daily round of "Marco Polo". Yep, there he is now. After noon - ish every day he wanders through the house looking for me and after he finds me he goes back to bed. What a life.
I almost forgot to post one of my favorite new web sites to browse: Awkward Family Photos. This is a site devoted to just what the title says it is - awkward family photos. Take a peek and see!
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3 comments:
Hi Jamey. Thanks for the movie review; it sounds like a movie we would like to see.
Pardon my ignorance but, what does CGI stand for? Computer Graphic Imagery perhaps? And how about the "uncanny valley" reference? It sounds like Yosemite without any restrooms.
There are links on both of those phrases in the post that link to in-depth descriptions of CGI and the Uncanny Valley.
That website was pretty funny. I particularly liked the "Awkward" stories. Have you seen the "Fail" website? http://failblog.org/ It's my favorite!
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