I watched Rango in cinema several months ago. It was a beautiful eye-candy movie. The audience was pampered with amazing visuals and countless illustration wonders all through the movie, right until the closing credits.
First thing that hit my head was the strong visual concept behind all of the illustrations, and how it went smoothly with the story. The story comes breathed life into the illustration, and the illustration added depth to the story. Their approach in using 'rough' looks combined with subdued colors conveyed the grim mood of the movie.
The characters themselves were nothing close to fairy tale-beauty, but in their 'ugly' appearance we can see the unique characteristics. Some of their features were a little contorted, body-proportion a bit twisted, and since most of them belong to reptile family in the animal kingdom, they are fitted with tough-scaly attributes. But here we can find the evidence of extensive research behind these characters. Obviously, the designers have vigorously studied the natural behavior of the real animals, then mould and tweak it to be a unique character. Along with these inherited-behavior, comes the distinctive visual features that make them highly amusing and at the same time thoroughly believable.
In the end credit section, I totally enjoyed the way the 2D animation play out in the relationship with the music. Keeping its wild west grim outlook, the scenes are decorated with dark silhouettes and splashes of rough patterns. We are presented with some high details of the characters here: a close snapshot of their eyes, face, body parts, all painted in 2D illustration. I found it highly exhilarating, and of course, totally envious.
As been discussed earlier in our first project, one of the important qualities of a good video is continuity. I believe this part of Rango is one of perfect examples for that. The continuity runs not only in terms of motions, but also the graphic appearance: lines, colors, shading, typography, all elements. To me, that is the most outstanding achievements in this short section of Rango.
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