Miyazaki working on feature length CG film - amusing new documentary (2016)

[Andrew Reid]

The hand of the artist is the most important and underrated thing in all arts and this is why I will always try to maintain as much control as possible over my own camera work.

As soon as he takes his hands off the tool and gets the CG artists to copy his style, something of his personality gets lost in translation. Subtle things like whiskers, a fur, a few lines out of place... And then comes A.I. based animation...even worse!! A classic scene in this where he lets rip at the creators pitching the technique to him.

Just goes to show, even with so much technology out there and even AI, CGI still has a long way to go to touch the human soul in terms of the visuals of the best hand-drawn animation (especially movement related aspects).

[John_Harrison]

Thank you for sharing this! Miyazaki is one of my favorite filmmakers, and watching his creative process is so inspiring and informative. 

[kaylee]

one of my favorite artists - SUCH a genius. great link thank you andrew

23 hours ago, Andrew Reid said:

Just goes to show, even with so much technology out there and even AI, CGI still has a long way to go to touch the human soul in terms of the visuals of the best hand-drawn animation (especially movement related aspects).

goddam isnt that the truth

[christrad]

Thank you so much! Despite the sound cut such a moving documentary!

[Andrew Reid]

Maybe YouTube removed music from it on copyright grounds and they didn't contest it yet?

And thanks kaylee for those GIFs... love it.

[Geoff CB]

Mononoke Hime is my favorite film ever made. I hope he keeps creating. Documentary was a very interesting look at his current outlook and work.
"An important thing is trying not to regret anything when you complete your job."
 

Edit: I do not understand how the group pitching that software could be so clueless to how he would respond to the movement example. Did they do ANY research before coming up for the pitch??

[fuzzynormal]

"I no longer want to pander to the times."

[fuzzynormal]

"I don't like movies because of the plot line."