Mary Poppins Returns
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I did mean Emily thanks for telling me! I was also probably thinking of Emma Thompson who was in BatB but also Saving Mr. Banks!
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I saw that as a homage, and to show that it's still the Mary we know and love (since it is the same character, after all).The scene at the end with the mirror looked liked Emily Blunt was trying to mimic Julie Andrews which I didn't like.
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Yeah, it's an homage!
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Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins is so perfect. I loved the homage they paid to the original, with her talking to her reflection in the mirror. And the teaser poster is lovely.
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The 2D-animated sequence in the film is being produced at Duncan Studio. It will contain CG elements. I'm assuming the CG elements will be objects, props etc but not characters.
Source: http://www.whytenoise.com/Joe%20White%2 ... 202018.pdfJoe Whyte wrote:Modeler / Texture Artist
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Modeled and textured 3D elements for animation sequences for Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns”.
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/motionmechanic/Navin Pinto wrote:Character Technical Director
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Rigger on "Mary Poppins Returns"
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chloe-bristol-890bb077/Chloe Bristol wrote:Background Painter
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Freelance Painter for Walt Disney Feature Film "Mary Poppins Returns".
Source: http://jasonpethtel.com/wp-content/uplo ... me2018.pdfJason Pethtel wrote:Nuke Compositor
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Good choice. I love their work in Coca Cola commercial:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGxsItwcdOA[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGxsItwcdOA[/youtube]
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Looks like the perfect studio to handle this. I’m curious to see how they will handle more disneyfied character designs.
Still ridiculous that Disney is not equipped to do this themselves though. Thanks, Lasseter!
Still ridiculous that Disney is not equipped to do this themselves though. Thanks, Lasseter!
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I never would have dreamed I'd live to see the day when we'd see something handdrawn related from Disney since the beginning of 2011 -- well, technically not Disney, just Duncan commissioned for them. Still, this DOES make me much more interested in checking out Mary Poppins Returns than I had previously been. When I first heard about it I was like "seriously, that's just dumb." But hearing about this handdrawn animated sequence intrigues me, even if it's done by an external studio for Disney.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/disney/comment ... 0_minutes/
This thread confirms that Mary Poppins Returns will have twenty -- yes, TWENTY -- minutes of handdrawn animation.
This thread confirms that Mary Poppins Returns will have twenty -- yes, TWENTY -- minutes of handdrawn animation.
Seriously, this is awesome news. At a time when I feel very disillusioned with Disney's choices lately I find this to be far more appealing than I thought. Count me in.On the newest episode of The Bancroft Brothers Podcast, animator Tony Bancroft revealed: “We’ve hinted in the past that I’ve worked on this film, and I’m going to officially say it now because I’ve seen this out on social media…Yes, I can confirm the fact that Mary Poppins [Returns] has 20 minutes or so of 2D traditional animation in it, just like the classic, original Mary Poppins.
Myself and Sandro Cleuzo, Franz Fischer (sp?)…Andreas Wessel-Therhorn, Chris Sobet(sp?) and James Baxter did some work on it…and a bunch of other guys I’m drawing a a blank on.”
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I think that's even more than we got in Enchanted so that this should be promising.
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That’s pretty surprising. That gives me hope Disenchanted will feature portions of hand-drawn animation again, too.
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That settles it. I'll be going to Mary Poppins Returns when it opens in theaters. I was on the fence as I didn't want to endure LMM's rapping and poor acting but with 20 minutes of 2D animation, how can I not go?
While I'm glad a capable studio is handling the animation with a bunch of former Disney animators working on it, I can't feel but a tad disappointed that WDAS didn't work on it like they did with the original. Not to mention, it would have given their last 2D animators there something to do aside from draw-overs. It's a shame Mark Henn didn't get to work on it like he did on Saving Mr. Banks.
While I'm glad a capable studio is handling the animation with a bunch of former Disney animators working on it, I can't feel but a tad disappointed that WDAS didn't work on it like they did with the original. Not to mention, it would have given their last 2D animators there something to do aside from draw-overs. It's a shame Mark Henn didn't get to work on it like he did on Saving Mr. Banks.
Source: https://twitter.com/IryPixar/status/996510151975817216[Mark Henn] confirmed that WDAS has nothing to do with Mary Poppins Returns (he said he would have loved to work on that!), and that they don't know anything about animated sequences in Enchanted 2 yet.
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To everyone who is worried about this film's quality...Sotiris wrote:That settles it. I'll be going to Mary Poppins Returns when it opens in theaters. I was on the fence as I didn't want to endure LMM's rapping and poor acting but with 20 minutes of 2D animation, how can I not go?
https://www.instagram.com/p/BeCnqkOFeIb/
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And by the way, Lin-Manuel reminded us Dick rapped in 'Mary Poppins' (00:43): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5EP2AyVTDk
Listen to 'Jolly Holiday' (05:42): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlhOk5jdbUU
And were you bothered when Meryl rapped in 'Into the Woods'?
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Wow, I didn't expect the film would have so much 2D animation! That's great news!JTurner wrote: https://www.reddit.com/r/disney/comment ... 0_minutes/
This thread confirms that Mary Poppins Returns will have twenty -- yes, TWENTY -- minutes of handdrawn animation.
Yeah, that's a shame. I'm glad the movie will have 2D animation, but I would've certainly preferred it had been done at WDAS, especially after hearing that Mark Henn would have liked to work on it.Sotiris wrote:While I'm glad a capable studio is handling the animation with a bunch of former Disney animators working on it, I can't feel but a tad disappointed that WDAS didn't work on it like they did with the original. Not to mention, it would have given their last 2D animators there something to do aside from draw-overs. It's a shame Mark Henn didn't get to work on it like he did on Saving Mr. Banks.
By the way, thanks for all those updates, Old Fish Tale!
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Thing is, no matter how much Mark Henn wanted to work on it, it could not be done at WDAS simply because they are no longer equipped to produce even a hand-drawn short, let alone a full twenty minutes of traditional animation (featurette length.) To my knowledge there are only three hand-drawn animators left at WDAS: Mark Henn, Eric Goldberg and Randy Haycock. You don't create twenty minutes of full-flowing hand-drawn animation at 24 frames per second with just three animators. I'd say you'd need eight to fifteen at least, and that's not counting the inbetweeners and clean-up artists.D82 wrote:Yeah, that's a shame. I'm glad the movie will have 2D animation, but I would've certainly preferred it had been done at WDAS, especially after hearing that Mark Henn would have liked to work on it.
I doubt Disney even have the tools to produce hand-drawn animation at this point (i.e. appropriate software and accessories, animation desks, etc.)
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^They could have pulled it off, if they wanted to. 2D animation is produced digitally now so they don't need special equipment like animation desks anymore. They already have tablets and 2D animation software like Toon Boom. As for personnel, while it's true there are only three people who still work as 2D animators, there are plenty of others at the studio who know how to animate in 2D or used to be 2D animators before transitioning to CG animation who could have easily been recruited to work on a special project like this one. Those include both veterans like Alex Kupershmidt, Kathy Zielinski, Anthony de Rosa, Bert Klein, Mark Mitchell, Doug Bennett, Rachel Bibb, as well as younger ones like Ami Thompson, Tyler Kupferer, Jennifer Hager, Mario Furmanczyk, Hyun Min Lee etc. And of course, they could have hired some extra crew if needed. Duncan Studio did just that to complete the animation on the sequel.They hired extra help for this project who weren't part of their permanent staff.
Let's face it. The problem isn't that WDAS is unable to produce 2D animation anymore. They just don't care enough to even make the effort.
Let's face it. The problem isn't that WDAS is unable to produce 2D animation anymore. They just don't care enough to even make the effort.
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My thoughts exactly, Sotiris. But I was already resigned to the fact that even if there would be hand-drawn in this and Disenchanted, that it wouldn't be made at WDAS. Hand-drawn animation's dead there.
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A 2-D animated sequence that goes on for 20 minutes? How can anyone say no to that? Plus it's nice that preview screening word of mouth is really good.
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It's now coming out on December 19.
https://insidethemagic.net/2018/07/mary ... ign=buffer
BTW, shouldn't a new trailer be out by now?
https://insidethemagic.net/2018/07/mary ... ign=buffer
BTW, shouldn't a new trailer be out by now?