3/30/2023 0 Comments Watch strangeland online megavideo![]() ![]() Rather than being clever and realistic, the animation flaunts its gorgeousness and the focus is on the story line. In summary, the animation doesn't attempt to do 3D model animation better than Pixar, instead going off in a completely different direction. A crystal prison shatters and the shards form an arch before disappearing. Fog envelops figures so thoroughly they disappear. Dust comes together into imagined figures (rather like seeing figures in the clouds). Darkened rooms gradually turn into brilliantly light ones as individual lights come on. Direct sunlight in the observatory is blinding. Walls and rooms subtly change color from one end to the other. One is the movement of point source lights. A couple effects are used especially well. Clothing mostly doesn't "drape", although flags, pennants, and sashes wave here and there. The human figures also appear to be 3D models, but very simple ones, and in most cases projected as just simple flat areas of solid colors. The magical figures appear to be 3D models, but so outrageously patterned and colored they're a feast for the eyes. And second, they use a lot of different strong colors at every opportunity - stained glass windows, meadow flowers, a spice market, dyed yarn, architectural tiles, geometric building decorations, etc. Two things about the backgrounds stand out: First, they are highly detailed and variegated. The animation backgrounds appear to be typical 2D paintings, sometimes with multiple layers. Although it started out a bit slow and simple, I was soon pulled in so thoroughly I couldn't even contemplate pausing the DVD while I went to the bathroom. There is no gore, very little blood, no glorification of violence, no double entendre talk (well one raised eyebrow once). Like any fairy tale, it plays fast and loose with time (16th century or 20th?) and place (Arabia or Persia?). see below-) It's rather like another episode of "1001 Arabian Nights". ![]() (I'm surprised it's not better known in the U.S., and suspect the issue is incomplete understanding of the language options, leading to the mis-conclusion that subtitles are necessary. This is a great fairy tale animation, both for kids and for "older kids" it's among the best animations I've seen in the last decade. ![]()
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