Flights of fancy

[secondlina]

 

Animated women are hard to please. Some of them are princesses, goddesses, wizards... And they are obsessed with having MORE. Until the hero takes they on some kind of magical ride in the skies. So all you men of paint and lines, make sure you've got the right items!

Also, flight sequences most be awesome to animate. Pure awesome.



Magical boots are a real fairy tale items, if you guys are curious. It's actually one of my favorite magical items. I'm surprised nobody ever did anything with these. Heck, they were actually used in the "Howl's moving castle" novel. Well then, I guess i'll just have to write a comic book centered on this item one day. Mwahahaha.

In other animated news, A french magazine released a pretty picture of Rapunzel (Raiponce in french). The animation and characters look amazing. Apparently, Rapunzel can control her hair to lift and move things. I'm a bit sad about that because I have a Rapunzel character myself that can do that. Now, I will probably be pinned as copying from Disney when i'll use her. Oh well.

One look at the image and you can tell right away where the internet communities are gonna go with the movie. I'll give you a hint. It starts with a "B" and ends with an "age". Ah, internet. Sucking the innocence away from animated features since 1997.



Animated love is complicated, right, animated characters? You've only got 2 hours to work your mojo.

- Isa

Comments

[dqbunny.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's okay. I have a feeling everyone says we're going to be ripping off Tim Burton when we introduce Alice in our story.

[fenmere.livejournal.com]

In fact, I think that all it means is that you have the license and the responsibility to have more fun with it than they did. Have one scene, or part of a scene (it might be just a line), where you make an obvious nod to the other franchise, so that your readers who care can't argue that you didn't know what you were doing. Then follow it up with all the gusto you can muster for the enthusiasm of your own story.

Never mind that I haven't been able to pull this off myself. I've seen it done.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Nods can be fun. It's still a bit awkward because of copyright issues, but done well, it's a ton of fun!

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Oh well. We'll just have to live with that fact.

[spankingfemme.livejournal.com]

Ahaha! XD That could be rather hot now that you mention it *evil grin* (Definitely into the "B" ending in "age" XD LOL!)

And flight = thumbs up! ;)

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Well, at least we know who's gonna be cheering for this disney feature XD

[spankingfemme.livejournal.com]

*blush* Well, someone has to right? *snicker*

[angelchan-2004.livejournal.com]

Flight scenes are always amaaaazing. I was really impressed with the one in HTTYD<33

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

It was an amazing scene...

[amelia-seyroon.livejournal.com]

I really wish I was Astrid riding on Toothless! &hearts

[fenmere.livejournal.com]

I spent the whole movie wanting to be Toothless.

er... I mean... wait!

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

This comment string is getting (unwillingly?) dirty...

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

(Laughs at comic) Flight scenes are awesome! Sometime, we should do a top 11 list of best animated flight scenes.

I like the seven league boots. I think they were also in the novel The Two Princesses of Bamarre (same author as Ella Enchanted), but it's been a long time since I read it. So, I could be misremembering.

Ah internet, no Disney film shall ever be safe from you.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Do it. Do it! DO IT!

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

Link used Pegasus boots forever ago. Oddly enough, they didn't let him fly in the air, but he could run across the screen (or 'fly') very fast, so they were still cool. I have seen flying boots used every now and again, but usually they're only for comedic effect. ^_-

(And coincidences are going to happen. I had been working on a concept for one of my Slayers fics for a long time, then when I was finally writing it out, Knight of Aqualord came along and made my idea canon...and it was scary, and also made me panic that people thought I was ripping the idea off. Sadly, not enough people have read the manga so such things have not happened. But argh!)

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

I loved the pegasus boots. They were a lot cooler then having to go thru the whole map everytime!

Coincidences happen a lot, especially if people inspired themselves from a similar source. However, even if a source is old, and a specific twist as been used before, people always seem to assume you ripped off the newest and/or most popular version. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OlderThanTheyThink). For instance, Rapunzel using her hairs as a whip was used a lot in the old kid novels "Rapunzel's Revenge". But barely anybody knows about this (excellent) Wild-wild-west steampunk graphic novel.

[shourimajo.livejournal.com]

♥ Animated Flight Scenes fanclub ♥


(also I'm liking the prince from Rapunzel. Uh Oh.)

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

He's actually a smooth talking thief.

Fangirls will like that.

[shourimajo.livejournal.com]

That's fangirl candy at its best!

[ameban.livejournal.com]

Oh, my! I had to read this to learn you were totally right about "making fly the heroine"... every popular animation movie has one scene where the heroine flies with her future beloved one. It has become into a cliché XD.

That character of yours makes me remember human Zel, but perhaps it's just me.

Raiponce? (Rapuncel) Is there a new animation movie about that tale? Not surprising, seeing how short of ideas are the writters lately. However, if she uses her hair like that, it's just the typical Hairy Japanese ghost XD

[bonemarch.livejournal.com]

What? Don't tell me you wouldn't swoon for a guy that could fly!

And I like the look and feel of the screen shot. (Setting the B-age aside of course.) Though it makes me think of Milerna (Spelling?) from guilty gear. If memory serves the character was french and used her hair to wail on people.

[kokumi009.livejournal.com]

FLight scenes must take a ton of work though, with the angles and dynamic background. but, yet still very much awesome to the eyes. O_O

wow, retelling stories seem to be getting trendy now...though i'm not complaining, I'd love to see the new spin to Rapunzel. (i was hoping more 2D than 3D. oh well.)

and thanks for the hint. XD