Wednesday, October 13, 2010

George of the Jungle, Chris Coulter

George of the Jungle uses many different methods of character movement. In the scene to the right George has just got done wrestling with a lion and has just started spinning him over his head, who he will finish spinning on one finger like a basketball in fast motion. Throughout the movie George swings from vines usually with only one hand, which is quite impossible in reality but makes for an interesting comic effect. There are also several times in the film in which fast motion is used, my favorite being when Thor gets into a fight with the narrator. There is also a well shot scene done in slow motion in which Brendan Fraser jogs around with horses while being watched by all the women at the engagement party. There are also many moments in the movie in which the action would freeze to draw attention to comic facial features. There is also a fair amount of stop-motion done with the animals in the movie so that they can exhibit human type actions. The most interesting shots, I felt, were the fight scenes. The combination of comedic effect and poetic motion was in a good balance during these scenes.

1 comment:

  1. Good observation about the stop movement that is necessary to get the animals synchronized. You pick three good scenes to discuss.

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