![]() ![]() The action is bolstered by details like sparks flying from the train tracks and smoke rising from the motorcycle tires. Bird wanted something different for this scene, “we actively tried to stay away from looking at references from other films.” Instead they took cues from sports like motocross, water skiing and skateboarding, and mixed that with Helen’s stretching abilities. This time it’s Helen (Elastigirl) saving a runaway train, and using all of her super skills to do so, including stretching to connect two pieces of a train and riding her shiny and amazing motorcycle (which divides in two) through the shimmering streets of the city, over rooftops with breathtaking pink-and-purple dusk skies in the background.Īn animator who worked on the new sequence, Kureha Yokoo, explained that because Mr. The sequence is thrilling, but a scene that somewhat mirrors it in the sequel is downright eye-popping. Incredible, stops a train from flying off a broken track. In the original “Incredibles,” Bob, a.k.a. ![]() “Then the animators test-drive these models the way a racecar driver would test-drive a Ferrari,” Mr. ![]() “It’s the way they are able to handle expression changes.” The latest software lets the filmmakers build elaborate digital models, and can make skin move and respond in subtle ways, like a human’s would. “It’s not just the way they look in a freeze frame,” Mr. In the sequel, Violet’s hair is flowing wonderfully, but there’s much more to it, and the characters in general. “And I said, yes! That’s her character arc!” They got her hair working correctly at the last minute. “They started asking me, ‘Does she need to have long hair?’” Mr. It took the animators six months of testing and tweaking, and the hair still didn’t look right. But back then hair was very difficult to render. Bird had written her as insecure and hiding behind her long hair. One of the trickier characters was the brooding teenage daughter Violet. Bird said, “we went back to the original sculpts and were able to get the characters exactly the way they were designed.” Back then, animators were not quite able to replicate the fine detail of Mr. For the first movie, the characters were sculptured in clay by the artist Kent Melton, who had done similar work on Disney characters for “The Lion King,” “Aladdin” and more. ![]()
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