What's up Danger? - A dive into Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse

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Researching further into Animation has inspired me to look into the productions of some of my favorite animated features as of late—specifically, the production of the film, Spider-man into the Spider-verse. 

The Oscar-winning film for Best Animation was a phenomenal success at the box office and profoundly affected the animation industry. 

  

 

   In Into the Spider-verse, we follow Miles Morales and his journey with Accepting Social Responsibility and what it means to be Spiderman. I am grateful for the writers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller because their vision for this movie was fantastic. The aesthetic captures that comic book-like quality. Animators stated that they animated without motion blur instead of motion smearing. The frame rate also varied from 24 to 12 images per second, creating that choppy effect that is noticeable when any of the characters move. The textures of the backgrounds and the characters have that printed dotted film as a printed comic book would. Tiny details allude to this detail, making it visually exciting with exaggerated expressions and movements.   
 

     While Disney is the Animation powerhouse, I believe it is important to note that Animation is not just limited to a children's audience. (*Cough2022oscars*cough*). Art has always been for specific audiences; whether this is targeted at kids or adults, no piece of art is just meant for a particular age group. On a short note, it's important to clarify that Animation is a medium with its tools for an artist's expression. Popular Films and TV shows such as Akira and Invincible have shown heavy topics such as extreme violence, psychological themes, political statements, and morality are all complex topics to handle. Beside it's flexability, it's important to not undermine the work of Animators. Over 177 animators worked on Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse, and it clearly shows how thorough and smoothes the Animation is.

(Cool fact: It's a coincidence I mentioned Akira because the team admitted they were influenced by that film and Hayao Miyazaki's films. I was also happy to read that the animation techniques used in this film were also used in another favorite of mine from Sony, The Mitchells Vs. The Machines.)

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