Alienating the Familiar with CGI: A Recipe for Making a Full CGI Art House Animated Feature

Abstract

This paper is an exploration of the processes used and ideas behind an animated full CGI feature film project that attempts to reach blockbuster production values, while retaining Art House sensibilities. It examines methods used to achieve these production values in an academic production environment and ways costs can be minimized while high quality levels are retained. It also examines the film’s status as an Art House project, by comparing its narrative design and use of symbolism to existing works of Art House cinema.

What Does CGI Digital Technology Bring to the Sustainable Development of Animated Films?

“…Because of its powerful graphic image and motion processing capabilities, CGI digital technology has been widely used in a variety of fields [11]. Although the application of CGI digital technology is not limited to the field of animation, it must be said that the performance in the field of animation is one of the most brilliant "performance" spaces for CGI digital technology; the application of relevant CGI technologies is being fully explored [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21], which is also widely known due to the great success of a number of CGI animated films.…”