Art Event #2

 Yesterday, I had the pleasure to go see a movie a day early before it came out yesterday. That movie being the newest animated movie to be released this year, "Ron's Gone Wrong". 

Ron's Gone Wrong | 20th Century Studios Family

The debut film from the newly founded Locksmith Animation, Ron's Gone Wrong follows a socially awkward middle schooler named Barney who has trouble making friends due to every kid being focused on their "B-bot".When Barney finally gets his own B-bot, Ron, trouble arises due to Ron being a malfunctioning model. But it turns out Ron's imperfections might just be what Barney needs to make some friends. 

I really enjoyed the movie. It's funny, very heartfelt and is a decent opener for Locksmith Animation. The animation was provided by DNEG, who have mostly dabbled in doing VFX for big features. This is their first fully animated movie and I think they did a really good job with the animation here. Especially for the designs and animation on Ron and the other "B-bots". The "B-bots" are simple, yet highly expressive design that managed to surprise me throughout the film with just how expressive the model could be. 

Ron's Gone Wrong Trailer Breakdown With Directors Sarah Smith And Jean-Philippe Vine | Movies | Empire

Ron's Gone Wrong' tells the story of a boy and his best friend robot in our high-tech world - NewsBreak

Ron's Gone Wrong | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs | Tumgir

It is reported that DNEG created "168 robot character variants" for the feature and it's amazing how each robot has their own unique look and movement to them. They really did a good job for their first fully  animated film. Really hope they do more and I look forward to what Locksmith Animation has planned in the future!













Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Trailer

Image
As someone who did a previous post on why the movie redesign for Sonic The Hedgehog was much needed, It amazes me how far the movie has come. This went from a film being widely hated due to the design and was being anticipated to be a complete failure as well another punch in the gut for Sonic's history to being one of the few good video game based movies and one of the few examples of the people behind a major movie actually listening to feedback from fans of the property.  It's because of the fact that they listened that the film was as successful as it was at the box office and now has just released the trailer for the sequel that, in a big way, promises to give fans of Sonic what they want to see.  While I liked the first Sonic movie and really appreciated the fact that the crew involved redesigned the character, I couldn't say that I "loved" the movie or consider it to be the high point for video game film adaptations. I felt that title still goes to Detectiv...
Read more

The Opening Of Every Animated Movie (Exposition Song)

Image
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
Read more

The Witness and Alberto Mieglo

Image
 One of my favorite shows streaming on Netflix right now is called "Love Death and Robots"  The show, which was originally meant to be a remake of the 1981 anthology film "Heavy Metal", is an adult anthology show consisting of several animated shorts spread across each season. Each short ranges in style and tone but the overall theme of all of the shorts goes back to the title.  I remember watching the first season of the show back when it premiered in 2019. While I loved majority of the shorts, one of them that really stood out to me, visually at least, was the third short of season one: "The Witness".  "The Witness" is a thriller following a woman who witnesses a murder and is spotted by the killer. She is then pursued through the streets of Tokyo as she attempts to escape the killer.  Once separates this short from the others in that season is the distinctive style. The art style is done completely in CG and looks very much like something out ...
Read more