I think the process in Scanner Darkly is called Rotascoping, and involves painting digitally directly over real footage. Is Toon Shading the same thing as Cell Shading? I thought Appleseed was Cell Shaded, though i'm a bit confused by these terms myself. Sorry for adding two more pieces of jargon to the mix.
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 15/03/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Blair</b> <<a href="mailto:blair@telepathic-movie.org">blair@telepathic-movie.org</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">ok, maybe off on a tangent here, but is pretty straightforward, and just<br>like you see in the video... main body parts are given an outline [arms,
<br>chest, head], and areas inside the outlines are given single flat<br>color, rather than the multiple shades [of that color] that a rounded<br>form regularly has. It is a step down from what you see in Through A<br>Scanner Darkly, where shading is visible. The artist could make the
<br>picture more realistic, but choses two [or a few more] tones to imitate<br>other media.<br><br>Bruce Baird wrote:<br>> Dear Jasper,<br>><br>> I regret that I can't help you out with the background of Golden Egg,
<br>> but I wonder is there a good visual resource out there for being able<br>> to understand more fully the point you are trying to make about the<br>> Toon Shading animation?<br>><br>> Best,<br>><br>> Bruce
<br>><br>> On Mar 15, 2007, at 10:13 AM, J.sharp wrote:<br>><br>>> Since this list is meant to be about all aspects of Japanese visual<br>>> culture,<br>>> not only film, I wanted to ask a little about the background of a program
<br>>> called The World of GOLDEN EGGS that a friend of mine alerted my<br>>> attention<br>>> to on Youtube:<br>>><br>>> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgjBIcGc9bM">www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgjBIcGc9bM
</a><br>>><br>>> Set in South Park-style American suburbia, it is something of a curio. It<br>>> seems like the intent of these brief skits is to teach English to the<br>>> Japanese. I gather its been quite a popular phenomenon over the past
<br>>> year,<br>>> migrating onto other platforms such as iTunes podcasts and mobile phone<br>>> downloads, although it originally surfaced on cable TV.<br>>> One interesting aspect is its use of CG for the animation,
<br>>> particularly the<br>>> expedient method known as Toon-Shading.<br>>><br>>> Toon Shading means the models are animated as 3d objects, and then<br>>> rendered<br>>> to give them the finished look of a traditional hand-drawn cartoon. Using
<br>>> software developed by the company SoftImage by Michael Arias, the<br>>> technique<br>>> was first used to animate the opening Boar God attack in Studio Ghibli's<br>>> Princess Mononoke (1997), and is often used as a shortcut for the more
<br>>> challenging work of the traditional animation, with which it is often<br>>> combined. The most obvious use if for the 2003 film Appleseed.<br>>><br>>> Anyone caught this?<br>>><br>>> Jasper Sharp
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KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</a>>><br>>> Subject: Mainichi Concours 2006<br>>> Date: 19/01/07 18:29<br>>><br>>>><br>>>> The results of the 2006 Mainichi Concours, one of the last of the big
<br>>>> yearly film awards, were announced:<br>>>><br>>>> Best Japanese Film: Yureru<br>>>> Best Director: Negishi Kichitaro (Yuki ni negau koto)<br>>>> Best Screenplay: Kato Masato (Yuki ni negau koto)
<br>>>> Best Actor: Sato Koichi (Yuki ni negau koto)<br>>>> Best Actress: Nakatani Miko (Kiraware Matsuko no issho)<br>>>> Best Supporting Actor: Sasano Takashi (Bushi no ichibun, Nezo no ban)<br>
>>> Best Supporting Actress: Aoi Yu (Hula Girl, Neji no megami, Hachimitsu<br>>>> to Clover)<br>>>> Best New Face Award: Tsukaji Muga (Mamiya kyodai), Dan Rei (Bushi no<br>>>> ichibun)<br>
>>> Tanaka Kinuyo Award: Kusabue Mitsuko<br>>>><br>>>> Award of Excellence in Japanese Film: Hula Girl<br>>>> Best Cinematography: Kawakami Masato (Kiraware Matsuko no issho)<br>>>> Best Art Direction: Taneda Yohei (The Yuchoten Hotel, Hula Girl)
<br>>>> Best Music: Kako Takashi (Hakase no aishita sushiki)<br>>>> Best Sound: Shiratori Mitsugu (Hula Girl, Yureru); Onodera Osamu (Yuki<br>>>> ni negau koto)<br>>>> Best Technical Award: Koike Yoshiyuki (editing for Kiraware Matsuko no
<br>>>> issho)<br>>>><br>>>> Best Documentary: Edward Said: Out of Place<br>>>> Animation Award: Toki o kakeru shojo<br>>>> Ofuji Noburo Award: Tekkon kinkurito<br>>>> Fan Award: Death Note
<br>>>><br>>>> Best Foreign Film: Flags of Our Fathers<br>>>><br>>>> Special Awards: Imamura Shohei, Kazami Shoko<br>>>><br>>>> Forgive me if I got any of the name readings wrong. The original
<br>>>> Japanese article is available at:<br>>>><br>>>> <a href="http://www.japan-movie.net/news/?i=223">http://www.japan-movie.net/news/?i=223</a><br>>>><br>>>> As I mentioned the other day, the Mainichi tends to be fairly
<br>>>> conservative, but they are one of the few major awards that also<br>>>> focuses on the technical staff and other genres like documentary and<br>>>> animation. Ofuji Noburo is one of Japan's great animators, and the
<br>>>> award named after him commemorates some significant contribution to the<br>>>> art of animation.<br>>>><br>>>> Aaron Gerow<br>>>> KineJapan owner<br>>>><br>>>> Assistant Professor
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