Jan 10, 2018

The producers of “Garden Party” talk about why photorealistic CG was the right creative choice.

The first thing audiences notice about the quirky, amphibian-filled short animation “Garden Party,” a graduation project by a group of students at the French animation school MOPA, is its photorealism. [The film is the work of creators Florian Babiquian, Vincent Layou, Victor Kael, Théophile Dufrance, Gabriel Grapelon, and Lucas Navarro, who used techniques like photogrammetry and the latest CG software tools to bring an abandoned mansion and the frogs that live there to life. The result is a work that brings to life the abandoned house and the frogs that live there, using techniques such as photogrammetry and the latest CG software tools.

The film is currently nominated as one of the 10 finalists for the 90th Academy Awards for Best Animated Short Film, and one of its directors, Victor Kehr, explains how the photorealistic atmosphere was achieved for “Cartoon Brew” .

The idea of showing realistic animals was there from the beginning, Kale notes. Animals are the perfect characters to tell a story about,” he said. Animals are less thoughtful and more innocent than humans. [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] But it has to be lighter and crazier.”