Brave - Pixar's next hit.

Brave is Pixar’s next big hit, to be released in June this year. Brave will feature Pixar’s first Princess character that will also be Pixar’s first female lead. This film is going to be a much different film from Pixar’s previous releases. The character and set designs alone show how different this film will be from Pixar’s previous endeavors, as it has visually taken on a much different style while it is still cartoony it is much more realistic looking in color and design. The film is said to have a much “darker” story line, it takes place in Scotland and forces on the Princess Merida who will make an ill-fated wish presumably in an attempt to gain her freedom, if you base it off information gain from the theatrical trailer. This film is going to be a hit due to the talk already surrounding it; the teaser trailers and theatrical trailers have already been given rave reviews. Many people are very excited for this film as the lead is going to be a female, a strong, empowered female searching for nothing more than her freedom and it seems as though there will be no Prince set to save her which is a drastically different take on typical children’s Princess films. Pixar has released one scene from this film so far, the two minute scene shows men fighting for the Princess’s hand in marriage through an archery competition, at the end of the scene Princess Merida steps up and shoots for her own hand in an attempt to take control of her life. This scene is visually beautiful as Pixar scenes tend to be, during the slow motion scene of Merida shooting her arrow you see the care Pixar takes into make each scene as believable as possible. The arrow bends perfectly against the bow and moves swiftly through the air. The model and textures of the bow and arrow are absolutely flawless. The model and textures on the characters represent the same flawlessness, the movements in the scene are smooth and realistic, and the principles of animation are represented in perfect form. This film will no doubt be just as big a hit as all Pixar’s films if not bigger.

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3D movies and why they're here to stay.

I read the article 4 reasons 3D movies aren’t just a fad and I found it interesting. The article made many good points about 3D and how it is a rising field with in the film industry. I personally love 3D films and find them to be highly enjoyable; whenever 3D is an option I will also go for it because I consider it to be fun to watch. As mentioned in the article the technology to make 3D films is become easier to access and easier to use as most companies are filtering into their post-production studios. The article also mentions that 3D films are starting to get better box office it is a slow process but it is happening. True often times the 3D films can take a small hit in the box office but that can easily be attributed to the fact that they are more expensive and the economy isn’t doing to great right now. As I mentioned before I enjoy 3D films, the only negative I have ever had to them is that so many films that don’t really need to be put in 3D are being made that way, in my opinion if the film is not CG or action heavy there really is no need or reason for it to be put into 3D. However there could be a very logical reason for that because one reason 3D is on the rise that the article did not mention is that 3D films are big movie companies attempt to get more people into the theater, with piracy being something so easy to do in modern days, these big film companies are trying to find ways to lure audiences into the theater by giving them something they can not see on their television or computer screens and 3D is (at least right now) considered to be the perfect lure, as it is something you can only get when you go to a movie theater.

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