From the article: “For the money, I think we’re providing exceptional quality,” said Robert Hanna, the director, co-writer, composer and editor of “Life’s a Jungle [Africa’s Most Wanted],” which was made by 30 people in 13 months for less than $400,000. “It’s for little kids, not people who are going to judge the quality of the fur compared to a Pixar movie.”
Ah yes, I recall reading that article in the papers before I went to see Brave (the papers! You can’t get any more primitive than that these days. ). Pretty interesting.
You think that’s bad, you should see a terrible scene in Spider’s Web: A Pig’s Tale when a boat blows up and the pig flies away. So ridiculous I can’t even explain. Just watch it at 1:15.
makes it really hard for me to take whoever said this seriously. I can’t explain why it annoys me, but it does. I basically read this as; ‘It’s for kids, so we put no effort in it!’ Perhaps even accompanied by an clichéd evil villain laugh.
I’m overreacting a bit, but this is just another pet peeve of mine.
…it looks like Lace Group is a distributor, as the Bright Spark noted several posts above might also be. But here’s a link to another Bright Spark site:
It’s tough to tell if they’re a production company or if they actually do the animation work. Interesting that they have links to animation and effects (including Disney work) but you have to login to see it. At least the Jolly Octopus clip is accessible. It could be that Bright Spark animated the sea creatures for that advertisement.
Probably the only way to know for sure who made Braver is to watch the DVD and peruse the credits! Anybody have a copy?
Agreed, such crass and cynical commercialism is distasteful. Children perceive more of quality and taste than the quoted source gives them credit for.
Most definitely. Do these people realize there’s a lot of adults who enjoy animation as much as kids do?
ALSO: What follows is Donkey Kong-related (but relevant) rambling, in spoilers for those who are annoyed by my constant tendency to bring these games/show up.
[spoiler]I find it silly how the Donkey Kong Country animated series, widely claimed having ‘bad animation’, has more character and life to its animation than most recent CGI mockbusters. And yet it gets all the hate, while the animation isn’t that bad for something made in 1999.
Sorry, I don’t get how anyone would waste his time and effort for the only result of people getting angry at your work. Even if it made great money it wouldn’t worth for me.