NEW MEDIA: Polar Express – Animation Technique

November 30th, 2007 by Susan

I’m watching Polar Express and am rather fascinated by the animation.  It does bring some questions to mind though.

I’m not sure how this was put  together, but it is often the process of having the real actors do the scenes, then place the movements into animation to make them more realistic.  I mean, these are great–very lifelike.

But why, even though athese animated people look suspiciously alike–just like the game characters–there’s a certain something that is very similar in every animation, as if either the same artist drew them all or the same software used in the transformation.  Except of course, for the conductor, who is a very good likeness to Tom Hanks.  But what’s the magic of animation?  Why not just use the real Tom Hanks?

The eagle bringing the train ticket to his nest is incredible, though. 

Will be checking out the website as I watch.

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