Animation Deconstruction

9 vs. $9.99

"9"

$9.99

For my comparing and contrasting animations I chose to use the movies "9" and "$9.99", 2 movies that used totally different styles of animation. To start I will discuss their uses of color. $9.99 took a bit of a bland approach on its hue using a lot more neutral colors causing them to almost blend together, whereas 9's colors were more defined and stuck out among the other colors in the scene. While it's not fully apparent through the screen shots above, “9” uses a darker brightness than “$9.99” due to the fact that the world in “9” is completely overthrown by robots and “$9.99” paints the picture of a 'normal' world. The saturation/intensity of colors are greater in “9” than in “$9.99” due to the fact that “$9.99” was created through the use of clay limiting the creators to less vibrant colors than the colors the CGI was capable of using.

Next the comparison of each film's lighting. The world portrayed in “9” lays mostly in shadows, whereas the world in “$9.99” had more variety by the creators trying to slightly exaggerate the lighting we see in our everyday world. While it is not exactly the same use of shadows, both methods create the same symbolic messages that there is evil afoot and causing trouble. The constant darkness in “9” creates a mood of suspense where the viewer expects there to always be some sort of physical and emotional action at almost all times. “$9.99”, on the other hand, has a mood with it's natural light that allows breaks in the action triggering the audience to have a neutral mood/mindset.

Lastly their differences/similarities in terms of movement. Since “$9.99” was created through claymation it had a lot more limitations in terms of its animation compared to “9”. Being computer generated “9's” animations were a lot more parallel and natural with their movements than those of “$9.99”. Even though “9's” foreground and background were more complex than that of “$9.99”, they both had a great deal of animations going on at all times, hence the use of overlapping movements in both films. Both films also successfully conveyed a realistic presentation of weight in their artificially created worlds.