Pictures without words
Unless you are a mastered draftsman, it is extremely difficult to portray a thought or idea without the use of words. Skimming back through my archives, I can only find one example of when I have produced a cartoon entirely deviod of words (and I am by no means saying I am a master draftsman!).
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Last Thursday I wrote about how sometimes Accidental Discoveries end up becoming something wonderful. I also included a link to an interview conducted with Pixar Studios animator and Creative Vice President Andrew Stanton. Newsarama has conducted a second interview with Stanton. Within the first 40 minutes of Pixar’s latest release ‘Wall*E’, there isn’t a word of dialogue spoken,
“For the animators of Wall*E, it was like taking the handcuffs off and letting them run free,” Stanton continues. “They were able to let the visuals tell most of the story. They also discovered that it’s a lot more difficult to achieve all the things they needed to.”
The remainder of the interview can be found here.
July 11th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
a picture is worth a thousand words. you can say a lot without saying anything. you mind comes up with backstory and circumstance and action and dialogue all on it’s own, just at the visual cue of a well-put-together frame.
i don’t know if this is obscure, but there was a french film released in 2003 called “The Triplets of Belleville” which i thought was very good. one interesting thing about this full-length animated film is that there isn’t a single word of dialogue through the whole thing!
this movie has very mixed reviews, some people loved it, some people hated it, some people were confused as hell.