Friday 23 July 2010

Iron Man VS Bruce Lee by Patrick Boivin



This is a piece of stop frame animation but has a unique characteristic of continuity and action unlike most stop frame pieces. It uses technical aspects from film and the conventions of camera work but applies them into a stop frame movie, The film opens into instant action framing iron man ,flying, in a long shot as the camera appears to track back, the director adds a higher level of verisimilitude and makes the sequences feel more alive with small details that make a big impact such as the director uses depth of field and blurs to denote speed and keep the audiences attention on the action, another convention he uses is character mannerisms ,mostly seen in real life films, for example the way Bruce Lee touches his nose and bops around making him more authentic and real. Again the director introduces charters instantly and assorts authority by filming the two in a low angle adding to there life like dominer, sound is key to this piece it has parallel sound and is edited so the action is fluent and fast using quick transition as seen as straight cuts.
in the background the director has chosen to show ordinary household objects such as books laps and doors as well as filming the fight against skirting boards this reinforces the location and size of the characters and keeps the scene fantasy and artificial which is heightened by the bright artificial lighting. the director uses the camera well and films the scene using many zooms and longer shots which adds continuity but also keeps the film as if it was not stop fame giving it a more realistic style.
This is the most impressive use of stop frame animation, it has fluidity and a realistic composition, sound is key and it seems to be crated after the sound so the sequences fit and are parallel.

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