When I saw the film Ryan, at first I could not help but notice how real the modeling and animation looked for the two main characters, Chris and Ryan. I have never seen such renderings of people half put together and connected by fragments of themselves. The setting adds a lot to the film. The dark, gloomy, café sets a depressing tone. When Chris shows Ryan the drawings of his past, it's neat how the images flicker on the inside of his head as he recalls them. Colors also flow from his fingertips as he touches the paper. When Chris introduced a character from Ryan's past, the technique of outlining the characters in grey is very fitting to the atmosphere. I notice as it progresses, Ryan and Chris begin to look at their struggles which are represented on the outside with the deformation of the model. Ryan makes a good point that you can not do anything without the power of money. You can't get anywhere in the world without it. As he goes on with this issue, the background also becomes more deformed and washed out.
Documentaries can be powerful and more entertaining than one would think (especially animated ones).
The real Ryan
|
It's interesting how the Ryan in the documentary looks exactly like the one in real life, despite the fact that over half his face is missing
ReplyDelete