Last year, Disney released Feast: an amazing animated short that played in theaters right before the showing of Big Hero 6. I have become obsessed with this adorable short and decided to do a review about it. Feast is about a dog named Winston and his owners life going on around him. The way the story is told is almost always from the dogs level and perspective. So you can understand how the dog feels while you're also seeing what is happening in his owners life. The camera is mainly stationary through out the short except for some action shots and I love that about the short. It keeps you in the perspective of the dog.
Feast's story was amazing but the animation was even more amazing. The way the creators used 3D and hand drawings to make the animation look better and smoother and then their use of lighting was great as well made Feast look great.
The lighting helped the animation greatly. It was bright and happy during exciting moments and got darker in sad or calm moments. The lighting while expressing the mood it also made the animations looks breath taking. When I watched the short for the first time I remember being impressed by how well lit everything was. The lights made good realistic shadows and brightened up the scenes.
The lighting helped the animation greatly. It was bright and happy during exciting moments and got darker in sad or calm moments. The lighting while expressing the mood it also made the animations looks breath taking. When I watched the short for the first time I remember being impressed by how well lit everything was. The lights made good realistic shadows and brightened up the scenes.
I would love to try and use the same looking art style the creator used in this animation in my animations. It's a very cute and artsy design that makes the 3D animation with a mix of hand drawn that makes the animation look 2D. The creator did an amazing job of making you feel like you're seeing the story from the dogs perspective. You were on the same level as him almost the whole time so you knew what he was seeing and how he was seeing it.
One thing that I think could be improved is that near the end of the short the camera becomes less stationary and moves up to the people more. I wonder if they could've better portrayed those shots from the dogs perspective.
Feast was an all around great animated short with a good story, lovable characters, and some good comedic parts. If you haven't checked it out there is a video below that you can watch. Although since the short is still fairly new you will have to pay $1.99 to watch it. You can always watch the trailer if you don't want to pay.
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