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Animated Film Making Process

by oumua_don17 on 8/9/24, 6:30 PM with 22 comments

  • by echelon_musk on 8/11/24, 9:23 AM

    I worked in the 3D animation industry for 6 years.

    This is a great overview and something I could have benefited from when starting as a sysadmin in the sector!

    Edit: Looks like the reviews for Wish are terrible. Maybe this intro to the industry was the best thing to come out of the film!

  • by dang on 8/10/24, 10:35 PM

    Related:

    Disney Filmmaking Process - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30241966 - Feb 2022 (166 comments)

  • by thih9 on 8/11/24, 8:27 AM

    > Stereo 3D accounts for a left eye and right eye to create depth.

    There is a tiny-but-visible difference in composition between "left" and "right" scenes. And now I wonder: what is used for the 2d version?

    Is there a "center" version that gets used for 2d? And the 3d version is based on that but offset to the left and right? Or is the 2d version either a "left" or a "right" version? Or something else?

  • by Wistar on 8/11/24, 4:41 AM

    Pretty darn impressive site, at least on my iPad.

  • by ktallett on 8/11/24, 10:39 AM

    This reminds me of a limited time exhibition at the Mirakan museum in Tokyo back in 2017 (I believe it toured). It was focusing on Disney animations and how they wereade, in particular Moana as that was the most recent release at that point. The focus on every single part of the process was so impressive, plus seeing items used in the creation of the films was fantastic. It sticks in my mind to this day.

  • by dartharva on 8/11/24, 6:01 AM

    Why hasn't today's frame gen technology boosted production speed by several times already?

  • by dsign on 8/11/24, 8:47 AM

    The technical process and its costs are amazing. These films are crowd-pleasers, and nothing in them should be polemic or connected to the real world, in order to recoup the millions. But that means that anybody who wants to bring anything polemic to art will never have the same level of resources. Just as well. But I would like to see something like this website but for a low budget short.