Klaus - the Art of the Movie Hardcover New/Sealed 1st Edition

Description: CONDITION: NEW, FACTORY SEALED Publisher: ‎ Titan Books (November 19, 2019)Language: ‎ EnglishHardcover: ‎ 192 pagesISBN-13: ‎ 978-1789093124Item Weight: ‎ 2.85 poundsDimensions: ‎ 9.25 x 0.8 x 12 inches An art book that’ll make you respect an already fantastic movie even more. Klaus is one of the best Christmas movies in decades. The story feels fresh yet taps into the Santa Claus mythos we all know and love. It also harbors one of the most unique animation styles in years thanks to its mix of 2D and 3D animation. It’s an animated film that may just deserve the artbook treatment more than any other for the year, too. Titan Books has teamed up with Netflix and the creators of Klaus to produce quite a perfect Christmas present for fans of the holiday. This book is divided into nine chapters with a foreword, an introduction, and a conclusion. It opens easing you into the beginnings of this film and how it sprouted from the mind of Hunchback of Notre Dame and Hercules animator Sergio Pablos. The animation studio in Madrid came from a humble beginning, approaching the animation from a unique direction. Essentially, you learn in this book that Pablos wanted to give animators and artists more control over the work, but they can’t do that with the way the industry works today. Simply drawing a cartoon no longer works due to heavy rendering times and 3D animation requirements. This book details how software was developed to create real-time lighting which added volume to 2D images. Artists could draw a character on the fly and see it interact with environments in a realistic way. Once you learn this and see it in action from the examples, you begin to grow deeper respect for the film and also an understanding of how it looks so unique. This book moves on from the origins to other staples that set it apart, like eyes and shapes. It then breaks down each character, starting with the lead Jesper who is played by Jason Schwartzman in the film. Author Ramin Zahed does a great job infusing the book with quotes from Pablos, like in this section which features an explanation on why Schwartzman was so right for the part. As the book continues, you learn how Klaus’s design changed over time, why J.K. Simmons was right for the part, and other details about the characters in this world. Possibly my favorite aspect of this art book is the environments and how they came to be. Stories on how they created such imaginative and unique worlds are detailed well and there are so many great paintings and examples of it here. If you’re a fan of mise en scène you’re going to love the theory and philosophy added to buildings and shapes to help convey a mood and story that was deeply visual.

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