Corpse Bride clip

[ivanisavich]

I must say...I am absolutely blown away by the look of this film. I have no idea how they pulled it off. The subtleties in facial expressions are fantastic...and everything is so smooth and crisp.

If I was a woman I think I'd be wanting to marry Tim Burton at this point....

[Avi T]

This movie is stopmotion animation. Not CG. But it looks and sounds so good!

[Limbus]

I must say...I am absolutely blown away by the look of this film. I have no idea how they pulled it off.

Here is a nice article about some of the tech stuff:

http://www.editorsguild.com/newsletter/JulAug05/julaug05_bride.html

Florian

[samartin]

Can safely say this is one film I am really looking forward to watching, Canon owns...

[stewartjones]

Holy crap, every time I see a clip from this thing it just keeps getting better and better!

[mushroomgod]

wow! thats truly best stop motion iv ever seen.

amazing!

[danielkenobi]

I was one of those who tought that it was cg :eek:

[Kimotion]

I was one of those who tought that it was cg :eek:

I can see how people would think that the worm was CG. It's crazy well done.

[kevan]

The film looks amazing! It's a good year for stop-motion, what with Wallace & Gromit as well!

Btw, there are a few CG elements in Corpse Bride. I think MPC did them.

[ivanisavich]

I mean like....everything is so crazily smooth!!!

[agreenster]

"Victoria, I....I seem to find myself married...and you should know it's unexpected."

ROFL:scream:

[ReBootedOne]

*Tim Burton fanboyishness increases a hundred-fold*
*Corpse Bride fanboyishness and excitement increases a billion-fold*
*swoons at amazingness*

I was reading about the mechanics of the facial puppets, it's amazing stuff... They're actually mechanical this time around rather than just the 'pop-n-swap' heads a la Nightmare Before Christmas.

And I absolutely love the character design...

S'amazing.

*goes and preorders the action figures*

-eric

[aaron111]

amazing. I wasn't that interested in seeing this - now I am. Also amazing that they used ordinary digital SLRs for image capture.

[SlipGun]

Peter Lorre lives!!!

[coboman]

"it’s the first movie to choose digital cameras over film cameras based on the criterion of image quality."

OK, it is now official. The death of film is here.

[aaron111]

"it’s the first movie to choose digital cameras over film cameras based on the criterion of image quality."

OK, it is now official. The death of film is here.

Almost. Digital SLRs have surpassed 35mm film, but motion picture cameras are still getting their.

[Gentle Fury]

Corpse Bride has a surprising choice of camera for feature cinematography–– the Canon EOS-1D Mark II––a commercial digital SLR camera designed for still photography. This is a tremendous change in the state-of-the-art from five years ago, when Aardman Animations used custom-built film camera heads based on converted Mitchell cameras for the animated feature Chicken Run. The ancient Mitchells were chosen because the pin registration system was more accurate than any modern motion picture film camera. Finding that same sort of repeatable, rock-solid precision in digital SLR cameras would be a challenge.

for anyone too busy to read the whole thing, here is what's being referred to....that is a really cool idea......never really thought of it, but I guess you really could easily get film quality from a 7 MP camera.......that means anyone could really do this....and all your files would be numbered sequentially for you. Hmmmmm, interesting.

[flipnap]

that paraphrase is referring to the image stability of the registration.. The mitchell was rock solid.. Hes saying the canon has a superior image stability.. but maybe a camera expert can fill me in on why they even use mirrors in a digital camera. i never could figure that out. more vibration, more optic levels.. dont get it.. especially for something like stop mo.. youd think the less moving parts the better for the cam system

and one more thing.. there are a few software choices for doing home grown stop mo that will grab a live feed and number and arrange them all for you.. even lets you set 2s and 1s.. good stuff

[aaron111]

never really thought of it, but I guess you really could easily get film quality from a 7 MP camera.......that means anyone could really do this....and all your files would be numbered sequentially for you. Hmmmmm, interesting.

I have thought of it, and have looked into it for doing stop motion animation in the past. The main obstacle is touched on in the article - getting instant feedback, or a kind of "play blast" of the frames so you can see how the motion is working out. They ended up attaching a video camera assembly to the SLR and used the video camera images to get the instant feedback.

but maybe a camera expert can fill me in on why they even use mirrors in a digital camera. i never could figure that out. more vibration, more optic levels.. dont get it.. especially for something like stop mo.. youd think the less moving parts the better for the cam system

The reason for the mirror in the camera is the same reason all SLRs have mirrors. It isn't used in the actual image capture - it is what allows the image to be reflected into the view finder from the lens. "Single Lens Reflex". This allows for a high quality preview of your shot - and allows precise manual focusing. When the shutter is released the mirror is raised and the image is exposed - either on film or on a digital sensor. If you look through the viewfinder as the image is taken you can see it black out for an instant because the mirror is no longer reflecting the image. Usually a feature called mirror lockup is used in order to reduce the vibration of the mirror in the mirror box from affecting the image quality. Basically you hit the shutter button once to lock up the mirror then hit it again to expose the shot.

There are lots of digital cameras that don't use mirrors - usually releying primarly on electronic viewfinders or the LCD screen for continous feedback from the lens (digital SLR cameras because of the mirror assembly can't have continous live feed on the LCD screen) - most of these are of lower quality and have small image sensors producing a worse signal to to noise ratio. But I believe this will all change. Sony just annouced a 10 megapixel "SLR like" camera with a large sensor that uses no mirrors. http://www.dpreview.com/articles/sonydscr1/

Theoretically this type of camera would be ideal for stop motion animation because you could do away with the external video camera.

[NOOB!]

:thumbsup: looks like i must see.

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