Miyazaki’s Static Camera
I am very behind in my animated film watching. I’ll come clean…the last feature I saw was Wallace and Grommit and the Were-Rabbit-thingy.
Yes – I know, I know.
But I recently got to watch Miyazaki’s ‘Ponyo’. What a great, magical film. Aside from the fantastic animation, narrative and color pallette, one thing struck me; Miyazaki’s camera doesn’t move. Hardly any truck ins/outs, maybe a couple of scenes with a slight multiplane effect.
He really does let the animation provide the film’s movement.
Fwak! Blog 
March 10, 2011 at 1:50 pm
Hi Eddie and Lili, if you can get “The Illusionist” on DVD or Blueray I recommend viewing it as soon as possible. Trust me, you will both enjoy this movie very much. I recently saw it and was very much blown away by the exquisite hand drawn animation and painterly background art.