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Smear Frame
In animation, a smear frame is a Film frame, frame used to simulate motion blur. Smear frames are used in between key frames. This animation technique has been used since the 1940s. Smear frames are used to stylistically visualize fast movement along a path of motion.Drury, Matthew R., "Creating 3D Smear Frames for Animation" (2016). ''Undergraduate Honors Theses.'' Paper 348. https://dc.etsu.edu/ honors/348 History While smear frames had been used sparingly in the 1930s, the most notable, major use of smear frames was in the 1942 film ''The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall, The Dover Boys at Pimento University''. The nature of smear frames helped to reduce production costs of other motion blur techniques used in earlier cartoons. Developed for 2D animation, smear frames did not evolve much even with the emergence of CG animated films in the 1990s. The more sophisticated, rigged style of animation for CG films was not conducive to smear frames a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lego Movie
''The Lego Movie'' is a 2014 animated adventure comedy film written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Based on the Lego line of construction toys, the film stars the voices of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Liam Neeson, and Morgan Freeman. The story focuses on Emmet Brickowski (Pratt), an ordinary Lego minifigure who is believed to be " the chosen one" who's destined to help a resistance movement stop a tyrannical businessman (Ferrell) from gluing everything in the Lego world into his vision of perfection. Plans of a feature film based on Lego started in 2008 after a discussion between producers Dan Lin and Roy Lee before Lin left Warner Bros. to form his own production company, Lin Pictures. By August 2009, it was announced that Dan and Kevin Hageman had begun writing the script. It was officially green-lit by Warner Bros. in November 2011 with a planned 2014 release date. Chris McKay wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
