Saturday, 12 May 2012

Animation Film Metropia by Tarik Saleh 2011


 This week I thought I’d use an animation as a contextual example of practice; some of you are making animations so this film offers many useful examples of compositing approaches and composition and transition relationships and techniques.  Additionally the film is primarily developed using Photoshop digital still frame images and after effects. The film animators also use a form of rotoscopic technique in aftereffects using the photographic photoshoped elements. Generally the characters appearances conform to the same type of stylization we observed in the Work of Mark Ryden and Femke Hiemstra, e.g. enlarged doe eyes ,diminutive treatments of bodies and hands .So Saleh’s treatment of character form is in the new anime mode. One other noteworthy feature of this work is the sophisticated use of textures effects and treatments It had a a budget of $4.5 million (US), even so because it was primarily made in photoshop and after-effects it still seems conceivable that the likes of you or myself could produce something of similar quality and duration.

Plot Summary
In the near future, oil reserves are nearly depleted and Europe is connected by series of underground tunnels. While navigating these tunnels, Roger hears voices, one in particular. Seeking a way to rid himself of the voice only leads Roger deeper into a bizarre conspiracy of control - mind and body.
The story takes place in 2024, Europe. A gloomy dystopia of Orwellian proportion in which natural resources are depleted and global financial markets have crashed. One company controls the global European subway system called "The Metro". After hearing voices inside his head Roger meets Anna a model who offers to help him unshackle this psychosis, this relationship starts him on a journey  which reveals a global surveillance and mind control conspiracy.

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