Are most current blockbusters cartoons then? Because most of them are just cgi. Which percentage of computer generared graphics does it need to have to became a cartoon?
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They are a mix of mostly animation with a bit of live action acting sprinkled in, like who framed Roger rabbit but more animation and less people, just because the animation is in the photo real style doesn't make it any different from traditional animation, like the "live action" lion king movie and the original lion king are both just animated movies with different styles, they make the live action version to market it to boomers who equate anything traditionally animated as cartoons for children
Idk I feel like the terms "cartoon" and "animation" should be saved for things that were made deliberately.
Pretty sure what you're referring to is just called "slop".
Agreed.
No matter how “realistic” A.I. gets, It’ll always be slop.
Yeah, the phrasing of this reminds me of how Steven Ogg, the guy who plays Trevor in GTA 5, calls video games cartoons and doesn't consider them an art form.
/r/unpopularopinion would be a better place for this lol a cartoon is a specific thing and not all ai videos are cartoons.
And this matters because?
I got in this argument about CG when the "live action" Lion King remake came out. Its not live action do you think they went out and filmed actual talking lions? It's still animated, just in a different art style. And imo that art style is much worse for the story.
They call it live action to sell it to boomers who think anything in the traditional animation style is just cartoons for children
And yet Dinosaur is considered animated. Dinosaur used live backgrounds, it's more live action than The Lion King
I always wondered how they taught the animals to memorize the script.
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I think “live action” indicates real principle cinematography - e.g. they have to shoot the scenes to be edited later. But I actually have no clue.
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“Live”
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“Action.”
Huh, I guess that’s one way of putting it.
Yes, it definitely isn’t as epic as “Milo and Otis”.
What's the practical difference after the point of which you no longer can tell them apart?
Yeah even without AI and CGI at this point nothing on a screen is real anymore. We stopped having a 1:1 conversion of a photon hitting a media quite a while ago.
When you take a pic with your phone it's already digitally filtered and processed even before you start removing a trash can or an random person with AI.
What is even real at this point? You can't trust anything that's not real world meatspace any more.
A picture is worth a thousand lies. An AI generated video is worth 30 000 lies per second.
Same with CGI. Early reliance on it is painful to watch. Jurassic Park still holds up, but try watching Beowulf sometime-- made 14 years after JP.
Check out Jurassic Punk. Great documentary about the making of JP