A great example of combining animation with real life is the movie “Space Jam”. This instant classic popped up in the box office in 1996. It was a great success considering the entire movie almost always had a cartoon character and a real person in the frame (that’s bluescreen magic for ya). “Space Jam” won multiple awards ranging from best animated feature to best song from a movie. It also was a great hit simply because the combination of animation and real life hadn’t been tested too many times yet. “Mary Poppins” was another example of the combination but besides that, no one really tested the water. It has all the comedy of a cartoon and also has the real life situations that real life movies have. The biggest reason for its success is simply because you don’t have to know or like basketball to enjoy the movie. The movie was obviously geared toward children, and since the looney toons were able to be seen on the big screen, that was enough. It also doesn’t hurt to have one of the main characters to be the greatest basketball player to ever lace up either. All in all, visual media has come so far that with movies like “Space Jam” and ”Mary Poppins”, it’s starting to feel like anything is possible in the movie industry.
I agree, movies and producers have come so far in such a short amount of time. In class when we watched the clip of the hunters in the cave and the alien looking thing came after them, that was awful to me because we are so spoiled with what we see now a days. I don’t care how old I get, I will always love animated movies, some of my favorites are Monsters Inc., The Incredibles and Toy Story. I don’t know if you have seen the movie 300 but everyone should! The battle scenes are great!
I remember when this movie came out. I didn’t even think about all the production that was done to make something like this possible. After learning a little bit about movies, it really makes you appreciate all the hard work that went into it.