History, Mystery & Oyssey: Six Portland Animators | movie | 2023 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Martin Cooper’s documentary feature explores the lives and work of six internationally renowned, independent animators | dG1fSGJ5UmpHdmE2bU0

Transcript

00:00 [Gunshot]

00:01 Hello.

00:02 I'm here because I want to tell you something.

00:06 Something really important to me.

00:08 I'm an animator.

00:10 I think the stock answer to the definition of animation is

00:15 any form of filmmaking that's rendered a frame at a time.

00:19 But I think that definition is getting more and more obsolete

00:22 because you have live action,

00:24 you have computer-generated backgrounds and all that.

00:29 I've always had quite a broad interest in messing around with images.

00:33 I just love minutely controlled live action films

00:38 being controlled frame by frame.

00:41 When you look at where animation comes from,

00:51 it's way older than we usually think of.

00:57 Those images that stick on the retina of our eyes

01:00 and are replaced by other images,

01:02 bringing the illusion of life.

01:05 The exciting thing about animation is it can morph and change

01:15 and it can go anywhere, any environment, create anything.

01:19 The whole idea of bringing things to life, it's thrilling.

01:25 [Music]

01:27 When I'm working long hours, this finger becomes sore,

01:36 so then I move to this finger,

01:39 and then that finger, which has no talent whatsoever.

01:43 Then I'll move to my other hand.

01:47 [Music]

01:51 [Music]

01:53 Any film that's a good film has animation in it.

01:59 Let's just say that.

02:01 [Music]

02:04 [Music]

02:07 [Music]

02:10 [Music]

02:13 [Music]

02:15 (wind blowing)

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