 Welcome back to another animation analysis long overdue and this time I'm gonna take a look at Spider-Man into the spider-verse and Why not today was today is Oscar night, and I know maybe you should not pick openly a favorite But hey, I am picking Spider-Man because I think the movie was fantastic and it should win all the awards So why not record this analysis today and post today? Maybe by the time this whole thing has been exported. We will know the winner All right, so I grabbed a handful of scenes from the trailers and tv clips and things that people post on twitter And I'm gonna go through those elements that are really really liked about the movie Of course, there's a little short little bits and pieces. Let's go through the shots And the first shot I want to take a look at is this long shot of Miles intro The shot has been making the round ever since the trailer and the movie came out So good and right off the bat There are many many awesome things in there and of course because it's an animated feature The quality is super high in terms of the details and because I love looking at fee and fingers I don't know that sounds super weird But whenever there's something like this I look at the changes imposing of the fingers and the changes of Props you can see how this goes down and then it stops as he puts more pressure on it with the pen their adjustments This going down their adjustments with the actual sketchbook Changing its position. There's a lot of already interesting details And as you frame through you can see the changes of The camera being on once so every frame you got camera movement But then the actual animation is on twos. I think a lot of people have talked about that online So you can check out a lot of other clips that talk about that. I will not reiterate all those things But still want to mention the awesomeness that this movie has no blur Deftofield is done with this color offset there the printing offset. It's just awesome stuff in there But going back to the animation you can see just the influence of the body going up and down It all affects the chair and I know these are tiny tiny details. But that's why I'm looking at those things I love all those changes. I love the changes just in the body How he goes left and right There's a lot of things that we look at in animation in terms of the classes is how Your characters almost can be static if someone is standing and they act out and you got your your wild gesturing of arms Usually the feet are completely locked and it's this iK This iK foot feel where the character doesn't really do much It doesn't really move around in the world and in this case of course because again because it is a feature The quality is so much higher But you see the changes that even though he is not moving much here There's still a slight change in the root which you can see in the change of the chair here And I love of course all the little details of him singing this great moment where he taps He taps his throat It's a great little moment there as he wants to adjust his voice love that little thing here Love the hand poses but also that right over we can see all the little details there We see them all around in the movie, but it's so good Love that love that little arc forward change in the body That you can see here is that calls him See the detail the pen coming back down but everything again There's a little a slight change in what's on ones what's on twos But it's such a good introduction of the character and has all the awesome details I just really really like the shot so then speaking of details when you look at this sequence I just love that besides the cars going by and all the people Walking around here. It just feels like a world where there are other characters than this main character And sometimes it's also a matter of budget You can't have so many extras walking around and all with different clothing different character design But anyway going back to the detail look at He's holding here. You can even see it. He holds His little sliding thing goes forward. This guy stops it. It's just a subtle detail there goes back He knows his friend is there The little thing here and again, you see one of those details You see all throughout the movie But what I love about this here and this is something that comes up in so many other shots is that it's just a performance And this part is not perfectly framed because it's all about him connecting with other characters But it's just something that he happens to do and this reminds me of a scene in the warrior where And I show this to my students a lot where Tom Hardy has his gesturing at the beach And you just see kind of the wiggle in his arm and at the shoulders And it's not something that's clearly captured in the scene Just like in here where we don't want to make a big deal out of it But it's just there so to me like throughout the movie. There's so many performances Where they might focus on something like this right from framing wise But you see that the character does something be it a change with the legs to change with the arms And just happens to be part of the performance But also from just a character thing is when she says I miss you and he stops The way it's you miss me You know back in the day everything that a girl might say might stand out and you might think about it twice Going back to animation though if you look at this it's just this sequence here the complexity of movement Where it's not just and you can see the on twos where the camera's on one So the character is sliding because it's on twos But it's not just we're going to do a round cycle and then he jumps or it's just a wall and one axis moving But if you look at the different types of steps first of all you got this awesome Push and jump and then you got a change again And the jump here look at the clean poses So good and this could have been done A lot simpler so watch this again So good one of the other things that I stress in my classes that it would be interesting if wherever animates were shocked To include a set that this might be a lot of work I understand that you just sometimes you just want to concentrate Let's say just on this performance and it's just the empty set and all you want to do is animating the character and don't worry about anything else Sure I told you on the set especially if it is the first time when it's or it's an exercise But look at a just the character Just as an intro right just as a as a pop in terms of all right. I'm here. Look at this love this here And all this over one frame So good, but you have the set that Gives the character Options to do things we have this you have him reacting to this prop here that he left He's looking for things in the house. You got all of this all that secondary action stuff Is only there because you do have a set you got them pumping into each other because of that opening You didn't see her but that's also having a set where a character can exit and come back in and on top of that You have a camera move so that massively long shot again That gives you opportunities to have a character exit. We still focus on this And then that moment through here And then again You can showcase what the character likes what the family cooks Just so many things you can do to give us a better idea of what the characters Are doing in the world what they're liking in the world But even stuff like that when he wants to put this And by this I mean that into his backpack. It could just be a simple grab, but He's okay grabbing him here This is a massive figure over him. But again, this will be different. It's for it's say Let's say this is a Student and this is the teacher and the student says oh, could you please help me put that in there? The teacher might not do this because the teacher might not be familiar It might be inappropriate and in this case it's the dad and it's something that they might do all the time It's just a different type of interaction So if you have multiple characters look at opportunities of showing something like this So we get to understand who they are and what their relationship is now Here's another sequence that I grabbed online that is anatomy of the scene But something that's very comine about having this sequence here Is the interaction with the props and clothing and that was something else that I really really liked in the movie Is that this is very very complicated to do all the classroom interaction and the movements and everything But I love that they went this far where you have if your character is wearing a backpack the different styles A of holding it and wearing it and getting rid of it taking it off putting it back on And you can see this in this sequence here as he goes forward Just that It's complicated to animate it's complicated to do with the props But I love this in the movie that you have the opportunity to do all that stuff because they are wearing clothes with pockets So when you go through the sequence Here you can see that hands are in there and you can set up a specific type of mood Or his current emotion by having the hands in the pockets and again interaction with the props here is really nicely done I love this here. There's a certain amount of weight That's going to have him lean back And of course anybody wearing backpacks knows That slinging over there is so good and again hand into pockets Which continues here. He's done this awesome moment here and then going back into This here now speaking of body mechanics. I grabbed this clip here online That's you know, it's very pixelated apologize for the quality here But this is something that comes up in so many classes that when you have An arm moving down if this arm moves down It's going to affect the shoulder which in turn is going to affect the upper body And if the upper body moves, it's also going to affect the head. So if you watch this whole thing here Just that little gesture Move with his arm You got this arm Going down Takes down the shoulder the arm goes behind the back and you can see now the angle of the shoulder And then the adjustments in the body as it goes back up. So watch this again And you can see that I'm trying to stabilize the head So as you have a rotation here in these angles, you don't want to have the head go with it Then all of this feels more like one unit right now There's a nice separation between the chest and the head And that's just something I want to bring up here for anybody that's new to animation There's something I bring up in class all the time how body parts need to be connected So if you have something like this where the arm goes down You can't just not move anything here and just have that arm pivot off of here And then that's it. You got to think of well This is going to influence this and this is going to influence this and that's going to influence this And so on and so on. I just want to bring that up here. I know again, sorry, it's weak some low res quality here, but something that just stood out when I saw this on twitter And I want to show that to my students in the future I thought this sequence was really cool too in terms of introducing all the characters and showing all the different styles Always a big fan of head accents. You know, sometimes less is more Now obviously she can't do much with her arms with the framing. You know, you wouldn't see it here But I just love that little Just that little look here Sanctuated by Eyes and eyebrows so good. I love his twist. Oh that little Lancy patient before that walk. Oh that with this Let's love this then when you see all the characters here besides, you know, I just want to see a movie That's just all about him super clean pose Love the look of it and it's great to see all the other characters And you can see the different styles especially with her great moment here too as she jumps and then gets into all those poses Look at that So many one frame changes posing clean poses. Look at this here. Love it Oh, so good. And then of course this guy coming in with his Such a cool look and even through here just on that little moment through there. You still got a quick smear there And really nice arc Just kind of typical for that style of animation, which is a bit more Clean in terms of arc and it's a patient in movement compared to something that's a bit more naturalistic like here So even with this sequence when you have something like this again I'm just a massive fan of props and now just the fact that he actually sits on this But look at you got the offsets in the legs. You got his Look at that compression with the head here and look at that with that bounce there and Pam look at this in real time So good and he could just walk in and sit down But again, just having that type of prop gives you so many opportunities This is the right moment to see all the detail when you have something like this and this must have been a nightmare Just that setup with the fingers tracking this, you know, even if it's an iK finger setup But you can see all the details of like the feet are not completely stuck I mean, they're supposed to be stuck there, but look at all the different angles Every time there's compression on it. There's a changes Through all through all of this in place in real time So on something like this, you can see that he keeps on moving. You got the knees wiggling and look at the feet There's always something going on always a slight adjustment either rotation this way this way or coming at us It's using the toes even as he gets kind of quiet right before he lets go You can see the change In the shoes there, it's all very subtle, but so of course, this is awesome. Look at this come on So much awesome detail and of course Detail in the props as he drops Look at this here. Just everything is so good. Sorry. I can just go through there Through so many things you see the compression the fingers super clean poses Very dynamic poses Despite his little belly. He's still pretty fast and active. I love all this There's so especially because of the mask and you don't have a face the little expression changes and tilts in the head You got this awesome effect here too. This is not specifically animation related But I love going through all this and I can't wait to have the full movie Go through frame by frame and also gain contrast where you have One way of disappearing like this That might be the first time you see the effects and then you have this here where they hear someone coming and that's a bit more afraid and it's It's just better and funnier to pop almost like a bubble. It's not like a bubble burst here. Just pop away over one frame And then is the look here. I love that'll change in the shoulders as well It's not just in the head. There's all those extra details looking at this sequence. You can again see the It's a little sliding because there aren't twos while the camera is on ones. But look at this. Look at the jump Through here so good the posing And just the idea of jumping through that like this Love this and speaking of detail That just cracked me up bagel But even this even just this minor character for the back. You got it clear clean posing and silhouette because of what's going on Look at that So good And just speaking of so good. I mean just stuff like this Just the composition the set design the colors Then you get back into More active sequences where also the camera is more active Helping us, you know get drawn into the action there Sometimes I just go through this like oh man, I can go through this all the time. Look at that just So immediate this is what's important Clean posing framing how close it is to camera And even that just the camera work through there And there's something really cool the sequence to where he tells him that he has to Here as he tells him he has to swing and he goes no, I prefer running There's a great sequence later on towards the end as he becomes spider-man where that gets a bit more Sorry there's something else about the running but come on look at this here Just the intro the into the frame and just the way he runs while you have this in here And again the complexity of the running and the changes So it's not just all in one axis, but there are obstacles. He has to dodge the lasers The animation is just so so good and complex Love it and look at this here. Again, this could just be a simple run up but because of the snow because he is Chased and I'm sure you got this here. There's a little bit of a change in slip has to get back up keep running Absolutely love it Speaking of physical things here when he has this hold on. Let's go back here. Just because It is awesome. Look at this here Anyway, as he has this here it is element here. I love that It's not your classic three-point lending. I know just throwing it out there just because three-point landings are so common, but That look at the different Poses in the stretching and then still some good settle And follow through in his clothing here and going back here to feel of a run It's just different if you have your hands in the pocket still, you know This is something if you do have the opportunity to play with clothing play with the props. What could you do? This is from the trailer. It's going through some of the trailer shots And because it is a trailer it gives you Awesome. It's like this. Just a nice select Shots, you know specific shots just to showcase, you know, the awesome composition. There's so many Moments that you can just stop like this here and it could just be a poster And also just great moment through here spoiler You haven't seen the movie. I hope you have like the reason why This is still sticking. That's your leap of faith. He's not quite relaxed and ready It's great to talk to you later on as the camera shakes as we follow him. But anyway Continue to let me just play through this. Oh, look at this So good And it's kind of neat too because you got the in a way a city silhouette like this It doesn't have to be technically the one looking down Great pose to here's that camera giving the extra sense of Not being in control man. Look at this here Look at that Super clean And especially because you have something that's this short in terms of the frame range You have to be super clear with your anticipation. Look at this here Such fantastic work. I mean this whole thing could just be summed up You know a couple frames me going so good. It's so good. It's so good. Come on. Come on It's so absolutely fantastic So much crazy amount of work in there But anyway, let me go through again and show you one of the main things that I love in this movie She later on I don't think that is in the trailer, but there's a side view of him running And you can see how the you know the frantic running that you have before it's much more confident later on I don't think it's in here. It's not but this still has the One pop frame here. Look at that anyway Continuing on continuing on showing you this Just love that and then go why what this kind of summarizes both the things that I that I really like in this movie the Uses of prop and clothing and again, it's just a different way of handling himself and you can get different types of acting choices because of What you're wearing what you're holding where you are and I love this here the fact that it closes the door Like this you don't see the leg. You just see that it's just hinted at that. It closes it with his foot But I love this because it's just something that if this was live action You know the actor would just do it it would be framed like this And it would be a natural thing for the actor to do that here I'm seeing natural like who knows I don't know what the actor is doing But I love that it's an action that's not specifically framed It just happens to be a form of frame like the way it is here But it's not just that you know, there's just so many moments where the animation is great when you have You know something like this here where it just pops over one frame And again, this shot is really sure it's watches in real time Look at that. It's just you got to have a very very clear change of posing anticipation and Also like actually the change it's not like that in the movie and I like that'll Change it there If you follow on animation on twitter, you probably have seen lots of Tweets and links and just so many goodies about this movie And of course, I will post everything in the description and there's a good one with all the artists that are involved There's a long thread about that There's an art dump about all the artwork and just the The awesome and the crazy amount of fantastic work for this movie And if you go on to the blog page, you have such a huge list So many good things concept work character work sketches character sheets I mean you can scroll down and down and down There's more about the story. There's more about animation So if you want to know a lot more before the movie comes out with special features and the article Like what stuff you can go online and check that out again link in the description So much good work in this movie and my main two takeaways were that that's the integration of clothing It just feels like people Acting things out. It's just a natural performance where they use their clothing. They use their props And the the acting choices. It was just it was just a performance that was captured and They had gestures off-screen, but it just happens to be captured in this way far away close up There's just something so special about the performances and the look the world the character designs are also different Then it just really feels like A such a world that has so many people in it people with their own stories And it feels like it just feels like a world with so many characters in it And the spider-man story just happened to be in that world and again All the performances just happened to be captured in a certain way I don't know There's nothing very smart that I can say about this I just really really like the movie the animation the character design the music There's so much Awesomeness in this movie, but anyway, that's it from me That was my analysis or me nerding out about so many things I like about this movie And if you watch the whole thing till the very end as always I really really appreciate it And if you like this like and subscribe and hit that bell button If you want to get all the notifications If you've seen this and you have comments about the movie animation or the goodies that you want to share with people Leave comments That's my dog See His excitement for the movie everybody is excited including my dog. He's not excited anymore He's still excited. All right. I am recording this and It is not oscar time yet. So by the time I'm done, hopefully we will know Crossing all fingers. Of course whoever wins congratulations Whoever won the oscar, but that's it from me and I will see you in my next clip