Movie Critic

In the Realms of the Unreal

This film contains 2-D illustrations, live footage, narration from different ends, and animation, using After Effects. The illustrations and paintings of Henry seem to come to life, from simple panning all the way to rigorous animation layers. Transitions are smooth and clear throughout the entire documentary. Around 13 minutes into the film there is a shot of girls climbing down a wall, which led to the inspiration of the panning I am choosing to execute in my film.


The Kid Stays in the Picture

This documentary is mostly a subtle attempt of animating still Photos/Images. It does however include live footage as well.
Simple layering of image compositions created a real film effect. There seemed to be a lot of floating text, which for me is a bit distractive. The lighting throughout the film was very intense.


The Civil War and Baseball

Ken Burns films are simple documentary format. Extremely deep, mono-toned narration, along with slow panning of still photography, to create the illusion of depth, space and motion. Although most of the panning was slow, both films seemed to speed up when the topic or subject got more intense. In a weird way, the panning is very intense at times.