Clash of the Titans

Posted by Thujon in Featured Articles on 03 24th, 2010 | one response

Already as a kid I loved all movies designed by Ray Harryhousen. This old chap is actually one of the pioneers of “stop motion animation”, something probably long forgotten by now in the days of “motion capturing”

Tim Burton and Nick Park gave homage and revived this technique by directing “A nightmare before Christmas” and “Wallace and Gromit”. Check those out if you like really creative and stylish movies…..

The movie “Clash of the Titans” is a remake of an older movie with the same name from my birth year 1981. Ray Harryhousen was one of the leading animators in this movie.

here’s the link to his IMDB profile: Ray Harryhousen

I think that this man deserves a lot more credit for his work… take the skeleton scene from “Jason and the Argonauts” = So epic!!!!!! And so cheesy

This was done by hand 12 pictures for 1 second…. and the scene takes about 5 minutes….!!!! Can you believe this?

I found a really cool article about the older movie and the remake.

Heres the link:

Clash of the titans comparison

Its partly about how creature design was done back then and how it is done today. Its also about the movie design in general. There is some interesting information to be found!

For those who are really into the stories of ancient greek mythology, check out the game God of War 3 which has come out his week! But I would advise to read the actual stories, they are so much inspiration!

Regards

Thujon

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