By Ryan Parsons | Image property of Warner Independent
I recently received an email from "Nicky" alerting me to Entertainment Weekly's "first look" at the animation behind A Scanner Darkly. What is the advanced animation process known as interpolated rotoscoping and why is it taking the artists so damn long to do it?
Flesh to Sketch for A Scanner Darkly
EW's April 21st issue offers a feature titled Flesh to Sketch. The article takes a look at the animation style used by Richard Linklater and the steps involved to create a finished image/frame.
Below are the steps an animator must go through to create a single frame for A Scanner Darkly. Remember that it takes 24 frames to create a second of film and you can see that the artists do have their work cut out for them.
First you shoot and edit it like a film.
Then turn it over to animators who first outline it then color inside the lines.
Voilà, a new Winona
Not a bad way to animate a film right? Sure, filming a live-action story to turn it into an animation seems like a waste, but, well, I don't know but.
You can check out large versions of the images by going to WRNC.
Voilà, a new Winona
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