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Paperman Amazing Short

November 4, 2012

I forgot to mention something I really enjoyed about seeing Wreck-It Ralph yesterday — the Paperman short that preceded it was outstanding!

It’s wordless, and it has some amazing animation. It reminded me of a good manga, in its quiet story of romance; the restrained but extraordinarily effective art style; and its confident, wordless storytelling. If it’s included on the eventual DVD, that’s yet another reason to buy a copy of Wreck-It Ralph when it becomes available.

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Jennifer Hachigian writes:

November 4, 2012 at 12:07 PM

For folks interested, here’s a breakdown of how the “Paperman” look was achieved: http://www.itsartmag.com/features/paperman-breakdown/

Torsten Adair writes:

November 10, 2012 at 5:31 PM

There are also a few “making of” videos on YouTube describing how revolutionary this new system is.

Basically, the computer technology now allows a 2-D animator to create traditional 2D cartoons on a computer, and have the computer do the “in-betweens” of animation.

Go look at the videos… it’s quite amazing how flexible the system is!

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