Trevor's Blog

 If you were to ask me what was my number one favorite movie of 2018 was I, without hesitation, would say Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. That is the only movie I saw more than once in the theater.  Not only is it the best Spider-Man movie, it is a complete game changer in every way in terms of it's use of CGI. There is no movie that has such a distinctive style like it that merges 2D animation and stylized 3D animation to truly achieve a look that feels like a comic book come to life.  So of course I was ecstatic when the trailer for the much anticipated sequel "Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse" was released. Not only that, but it'll be a two part movie.  The trailer is a great first look into what we can expect from the movie's story and visually it looks they're pushing the animation style even more with the promise that each universe that Miles goes to in the film will have its own look and style as if it were drawn by a different artist. Something t

Just recently I posted about my appreciation for Kevin Temmer and his work.  Well, in addition to his video "What's the matter Martha?", my second favorite video from him is a song that addresses how most animated features tend to start simply titled Exposition Song. Temmer hilariously makes fun of how most animated features tell rather than show and does it via a CG character that has a flat, 2D look to them. Temmer also uploaded his behind the scenes process of crafting this video  and getting the character at a certain angle so he could animate.  Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ffLIJrYEJ8 Link to behind the scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV-QCIwvbDg

 This year saw the release of a live action/animation adaptation of Tom and Jerry. Marking this the duo's third foray into the realm of live action.  As someone who is and has been a massive Tom and Jerry fan since he was a kid, has seen all the original shorts and Direct To DVD movies, and longs to write a feature for the duo who had such a huge impact on his sense of comedy I thought it was.....okay.  In comparison to the last theatrical Tom and Jerry film that was released in 1992, which had the duo talk and sing *shivers*, this new movie is much more faithful to the original shorts. Tom and Jerry don't talk and the film embraces the duo's iconic brand of slapstick and pays homage to several iconic gags and setups from the original shorts. As a Tom and Jerry fan, half of it gave me everything I wanted when the duo were on screen. However, the main thing problem with the film that brought it own for me is the focus  on boring human characters no one cares about who outshi

For awhile now I've had the absolute pleasure of subscribing to the wonderful Kevin Temmer on Youtube. I really admire what he does and love the content he puts out. Tremmer is a professional animator as well as a singer/songwriter. On his Youtube channel he uploads all sorts of great stuff from songs that he's written to his own CG animated content. What makes his content particularly unique to me is how he uses both his talents for animating and songwriting to combine them into great musical videos with a distinct style.  The songs themselves are all comedic in tone and can range from being about depression, exhaustion or breaking down the basic plot structure of an animated film. Temmer has even written songs based around certain memes that are honestly pretty catchy and are done in a way that is very funny.  The animation style he'll use in his own music videos have a style to them that is mix between character designs that evoke a 2D look and character designs that evo

If you were to ask me what canned movie had the most potential to really be something but never reached what it could have been, the first movie that would instantly come to my mind would be Genndy Tartakovsky's Popeye.  Genndy Tartakovsky is consider a legend in animation. The man has been responsible for some Cartoon Network's most iconic shows from Dexter's Laboratory to Samurai Jack. Popeye is considered to be a classic character for both his comic strips and his shorts made by the renowned Fleischer Studios.  In 2012, Genndy had been announced to be the director of a CG Popeye movie to be made by Sony Pictures Animation. Genndy had already done work for the studio after bringing their long in development project, Hotel Transylvania, to the big screen and putting his signature style on it.  It seemed like a match made in heaven. With Genndy's style resolving more around character and focus on physicality and Popeye already having high physicality and character in it

Sometimes I like to go on Youtube and search up some of the effects people have managed to create themselves using 3D and Adobe Programs. Sometimes for fun and sometimes just for inspiration for stuff I'd like to do when I can find the time to sit down and experiment with the programs.  Recently I found a wonderful video recreating a great scene from one of my favorite movies: The Mask.  The scene in question is the iconic scene paying homage to Tex Avery's Wolf character who, stunned by Red Hot Riding Hood, proceeds to have his jaw unhinge as it falls on the table and proceeds to let his tongue roll out.  Using Blender and After Effects, this channel called Film Riot made a near perfect recreation of that iconic moment. Perfectly capturing the expression and cartoonyness of Industrial Light and Magic's expressive VFX. The video goes into great detail as to how they crafted this recreation and, as someone who is fully deep into Blender, I'll admit it was hard to follow.