User blog comment:Bchwood/Comic-Con Panel/@comment-170.94.43.242-20120817193747

I saw some of a preview on Dish - on Cartoon network? What a difference between the movie and a tv show. At first I thought I wouldn't watch it - I figured it was different animators (Almost always happens when an animated movie movesto tv.) The feel was way off. The characters weren't near as smooth, the whole sweeping vistas, the truck/dolly shots (rotate around the subject and truck into the center point), the depth of the world all were gone. There were even a few places where the close ups just looked wrong (felt like proportions were not right.)

BUT ....when I heard it was the same animators I had to ask "How the heck, why..?" Then I realized: 4 to 5 years for 2 hours vs 1 or 2 years for 5 to 10 hours. That'd be like doing 25 years worth of work in 4 years. No wonder it was different! I certainly wouldn't be able to do 5 times the work in the same time!

Another thing I realized was that the sweeping vistas and the world depth was there to help the 3D line in the story; not to make 3D a gimmick, but a partner in setting the film. If you aren't focusing on the 3D aspect, why waste the time on huge backgrounds when you could work on characters and story instead? I'm just a beginner animator and you guys rock. I guess the movie set the bar so high, I've got to stop rewatching it for a while and get used to the change in venue. Night Fury for the Win! (and he's a cat-dragon, not dog :P )