Electronic Music 411 - Hedgehog in the Fog - Yuri Norstein, animation, inspiring

02/18/09 + utofbu

i loved this. thanks!!

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02/18/09 + adcBicycle

me too!!!
totally beautiful.
love how there was such a fine balance between animation and live that it's never really clear how it was actually made... any ideas?

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02/19/09 + FailedSitcom

I'm glad you both liked it.

adcBicycle said: "me too!!!
totally beautiful.
love how there was such a fine balance between animation and live that it's never really clear how it was actually made... any ideas?"

There's a small bit about Norstein's studio in this documentary (it starts at almost exactly 5 minutes in):

link

It does somewhat explain the depth of image he creates, but I can't see how he blends the animation with the live action personally.

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02/19/09 + jp

this is great

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02/19/09 + cloudscapes

stunningly beautiful!

I love animation, especially when its dark and grainy

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02/19/09 + sAMsKi

great stuff. thanks for posting.

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02/19/09 + hello6am

jesus that is good. never heard of it before. theres a crazy level of dimensionality to it. I guess you'd do the graded smoke with acetate layers of airbrushed white fog sandwiching the characters...but as for the water mixed with characters...shit - rear projection with cutout on top? no idea.

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02/19/09 + hello6am

judging by the video theres a big multiplane camera system there but being used in a much more immediate and experimental way than disney (which was really just for depth of field) did. for the water then you'd have all the frames of filmed water printed out and layer the hedgehog on top, frame by frame in sequence.

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02/20/09 + wakax

i've seen it a long time ago.
one of best anims ive ever seen !
absolute must see !

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02/20/09 + wakax

for more amazing russian animations:
link
and look on Amazon for "Masters Of Russian Animation" vol 1 to 4 !

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02/22/09 + kenrestivo

Hecanjog in the fog?

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