Blog #7

Animation Deconstruction
Monster's Inc!

 

and Finding Nemo!

The two pictures I picked were from the movies Monster’s Inc. and Finding Nemo. I choose these two movies mainly because they were created by the same people and I wanted to see what they did different. Another reason why I decided on these movies is because they are also very unique also. In the Monsters Inc. scene, Sully discovers that Boo followed him and came out of her room.  This scene illustrates color in many ways. All the dark colors in the scene are receding like the background and Boo’s shirt and all the brighter colors are standing out, including all of Sully and the white door he’s leaning up against. The scene has a tinted blue hue overall and a lot of saturation is added. You also notice that the door is brighter than all the other elements in the scene some even brighter than the characters due to a light coming from somewhere. Moving on from Color, Lighting is also important in this scene.  In this picture a shadow is casted upon Boo which makes her look even small when compared to the much brighter and bigger Sully.   In this scene symbolism is the interaction between characters. The creator of this film switched up the symbolism and showed that even the things we are scared of our scared of us, it doesn’t matter what size we are. The mood you get from this scene is obliviously that Sully is frightened by Boo and that creates some kind of curiosity when you’re looking at the photo. In Finding Nemo, Marlin is telling a story to turtles and Dory. There’s not much symbolism in this scene but just like in Monster’s Inc. though you can tell the difference between colors by which are receding and which are advancing. In this case instead, you can tell the characters apart from the crowd. There is more saturation then Monster’s but it includes a sort of blue hue towards it also. With lighting, if you look closely you can kind of see some shadow which adds to the mood of the entire scene. Lastly, there is a lot more movement in this scene than there was in Monster’s. You can tell that the turtles are moving in sort of parallel movement that makes you aware of what direction they are traveling in.