WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.149 --> 00:00:01.149 Cat 00:00:01.149 --> 00:00:05.860 (Wait, who wrote that into my script?) 00:00:05.860 --> 00:00:10.150 I’ve been saving Missing Halloween for this day. 00:00:10.150 --> 00:00:14.089 It wouldn’t do to dissect a Halloween cartoon out of season. 00:00:14.089 --> 00:00:16.660 Watch it here. 00:00:16.660 --> 00:00:19.010 Hah. 00:00:19.010 --> 00:00:21.640 Not much of a surprise, but I am creeped out. 00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:25.619 It’s been at least two years, and this body isn’t decomposed. 00:00:25.619 --> 00:00:26.820 That is disturbing. 00:00:26.820 --> 00:00:29.300 .. Let me just flip through my monster manual 00:00:29.300 --> 00:00:30.300 here. 00:00:30.300 --> 00:00:35.500 We wouldn’t be dealing with a ghost, so it must be a zombie, an eternal corpse, or 00:00:35.500 --> 00:00:37.430 a continuity error. 00:00:37.430 --> 00:00:38.610 *shudders* 00:00:38.610 --> 00:00:39.790 Right. 00:00:39.790 --> 00:00:44.960 So, although Mike Inel hasn’t posted an animation breakdown for Missing Halloween, 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:49.920 its composition is much more simple than his recent animations, some of which involve motion 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:54.290 capture mapped onto 3D models. 00:00:54.290 --> 00:00:59.020 The only scene in Missing Halloween that is likely to have a 3D element involved is the 00:00:59.020 --> 00:01:00.020 woodland chase. 00:01:00.020 --> 00:01:04.550 It’s the only place where the camera is moving deeper into the world, instead of panning 00:01:04.550 --> 00:01:07.000 back and forth or zooming in and out. 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:12.040 If I play the video back one frame at a time we might be able to tell if it’s 3D by watching 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:13.960 the consistency of the blades of grass. 00:01:13.960 --> 00:01:20.350 What we’re looking for is not the fact that the grass isn’t redrawn, but the accuracy 00:01:20.350 --> 00:01:24.150 of the placement of every single object across each frame. 00:01:24.150 --> 00:01:25.150 Yeah. 00:01:25.150 --> 00:01:28.340 It’s too smooth to be a 2D setup. 00:01:28.340 --> 00:01:30.850 Oh, dang, you can see it a lot better here (female cop). 00:01:30.850 --> 00:01:32.190 Watch this area of the trees. 00:01:32.190 --> 00:01:33.190 See? 00:01:33.190 --> 00:01:34.190 3D model. 00:01:34.190 --> 00:01:38.720 Way, way too complex of a spacing relationship to be a series of 2D layers on different z 00:01:38.720 --> 00:01:39.720 coordinates. 00:01:39.720 --> 00:01:43.260 This is a 2D layer background of mine for comparison. 00:01:43.260 --> 00:01:48.880 Apart from the 3D last third of Missing Halloween, every shot is an easy set up. 00:01:48.880 --> 00:01:50.120 Start with a background. 00:01:50.120 --> 00:01:51.460 Shade it. 00:01:51.460 --> 00:01:54.800 Use pattern or texture fills like black and white comics and manga do. 00:01:54.800 --> 00:01:57.170 Make a rough animation of your characters. 00:01:57.170 --> 00:01:59.440 Roughly draw final line art. 00:01:59.440 --> 00:02:00.440 Color. 00:02:00.440 --> 00:02:02.100 Animate lighting highlights. 00:02:02.100 --> 00:02:04.780 Throw an animated filter on top of the whole cartoon. 00:02:04.780 --> 00:02:06.500 The filter is a mood effect. 00:02:06.500 --> 00:02:09.629 It helps make the cartoon feel more nuanced. 00:02:09.629 --> 00:02:13.819 At this point makes me want to scream because it’s been buzzing in my face for the past 00:02:13.819 --> 00:02:17.029 two hours and all I want to do is study the animation underneath. 00:02:17.029 --> 00:02:19.540 A casual viewer won’t be bothered by it though. 00:02:19.540 --> 00:02:23.349 They’re not flipping through each drawing one by one or watching the movie at twice 00:02:23.349 --> 00:02:24.779 the normal speed. 00:02:24.779 --> 00:02:29.310 Despite the simplicity of the characters and the style, the animation itself, the way the 00:02:29.310 --> 00:02:31.469 characters move, is advanced. 00:02:31.469 --> 00:02:33.799 Mike Inel is a superb anime animator. 00:02:33.799 --> 00:02:38.329 If you’re in the mood for more creepy, watch Compiled Memories. 00:02:38.329 --> 00:02:42.480 Maybe I’ll talk about his truly popular animations later, but for now I’ll leave 00:02:42.480 --> 00:02:47.480 you to discover them on your own. 00:02:47.480 --> 00:02:48.420 Until next time.