YouTubeing - The World of Golden Eggs

Thu Mar 15 21:29:10 EDT 2007

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.

On 15/03/07, David Blair <blair at telepathic-movie.org> wrote:
>
> ok, maybe off on a tangent here, but is pretty straightforward, and just
> like you see in the video... main body parts are given an outline [arms,
> chest, head], and areas inside the outlines are given  single flat
> color, rather than the multiple shades [of that color] that a rounded
> form regularly has. It is a step down from what you see in  Through A
> Scanner Darkly, where shading is visible. The artist could make the
> picture more realistic, but choses two [or a few more] tones to imitate
> other media.
>
> Bruce Baird wrote:
> > Dear Jasper,
> >
> > I regret that I can't help you out with the background of Golden Egg,
> > but I wonder is there a good visual resource out there for being able
> > to understand more fully the point you are trying to make about the
> > Toon Shading animation?
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Bruce
> >
> > On Mar 15, 2007, at 10:13 AM, J.sharp wrote:
> >
> >> Since this list is meant to be about all aspects of Japanese visual
> >> culture,
> >> not only film, I wanted to ask a little about the background of a
> program
> >> called The World of GOLDEN EGGS that a friend of mine alerted my
> >> attention
> >> to on Youtube:
> >>
> >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgjBIcGc9bM
> >>
> >> Set in South Park-style American suburbia, it is something of a curio.
> It
> >> seems like the intent of these brief skits is to teach English to the
> >> Japanese. I gather its been quite a popular phenomenon over the past
> >> year,
> >> migrating onto other platforms such as iTunes podcasts and mobile phone
> >> downloads, although it originally surfaced on cable TV.
> >> One interesting aspect is its use of CG for the animation,
> >> particularly the
> >> expedient method known as Toon-Shading.
> >>
> >> Toon Shading means the models are animated as 3d objects, and then
> >> rendered
> >> to give them the finished look of a traditional hand-drawn cartoon.
> Using
> >> software developed by the company SoftImage by Michael Arias, the
> >> technique
> >> was first used to animate the opening Boar God attack in Studio
> Ghibli's
> >> Princess Mononoke (1997), and is often used as a shortcut for the more
> >> challenging work of the traditional animation, with which it is often
> >> combined. The most obvious use if for the 2003 film Appleseed.
> >>
> >> Anyone caught this?
> >>
> >> Jasper Sharp
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >> Subject: Mainichi Concours 2006
> >> Date: 19/01/07 18:29
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> >>> The results of the 2006 Mainichi Concours, one of the last of the big
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> >>> Best Japanese Film: Yureru
> >>> Best Director: Negishi Kichitaro (Yuki ni negau koto)
> >>> Best Screenplay: Kato Masato (Yuki ni negau koto)
> >>> Best Actor: Sato Koichi  (Yuki ni negau koto)
> >>> Best Actress: Nakatani Miko (Kiraware Matsuko no issho)
> >>> Best Supporting Actor: Sasano Takashi (Bushi no ichibun, Nezo no ban)
> >>> Best Supporting Actress: Aoi Yu (Hula Girl, Neji no megami, Hachimitsu
> >>> to Clover)
> >>> Best New Face Award: Tsukaji Muga (Mamiya kyodai), Dan Rei (Bushi no
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> >>> Tanaka Kinuyo Award: Kusabue Mitsuko
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> >>> Best Cinematography: Kawakami Masato  (Kiraware Matsuko no issho)
> >>> Best Art Direction: Taneda Yohei (The Yuchoten Hotel, Hula Girl)
> >>> Best Music: Kako Takashi (Hakase no aishita sushiki)
> >>> Best Sound: Shiratori Mitsugu (Hula Girl, Yureru); Onodera Osamu (Yuki
> >>> ni negau koto)
> >>> Best Technical Award: Koike Yoshiyuki (editing for Kiraware Matsuko no
> >>> issho)
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> >>> Best Documentary: Edward Said: Out of Place
> >>> Animation Award: Toki o kakeru shojo
> >>> Ofuji Noburo Award: Tekkon kinkurito
> >>> Fan Award: Death Note
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> >>> Best Foreign Film: Flags of Our Fathers
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