"So, for instance, in Ice Age, our first feature, we didn't know if we could finish a film and we designed it very simply. At Blue Sky, we have developed techniques that allow us to put more and more detail into the worlds we create. "I want to take the audience into an immersive world. There's a lot of technical artistry that builds on what we've done in the past at Blue Sky and I think we've put a great deal of focus into making our world look very natural." He enjoys working with 3D technology. In order to find the vibrant imagery and lush landscape, he says, "We worked with a whole spectrum of colour.
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"When I looked at this magnificent world, I thought there had to be a movie here." It's a world hidden right under our noses in the forest," he says. I attended an art exhibition of 100-year-old Victorian countryside paintings depicting intricate realms existing in the woods. "I started thinking of this particular world almost a decade ago. There isn't much mystery about movie making these days, and where animation films are concerned, we're all familiar with the image of actors bouncing off the walls in small confined studios in order to infuse energy into their characters. I think Chris created a beautiful world, a little like Alice in Wonderland."
"I think Epic is a visual masterpiece and has some beautiful ideas about the preservation of nature. I had such a great time on this movie that I've decided from now on, I will only make eco-relatable films," O'Dowd jokes. "We were there as the comic relief hopefully that's what we did. The movie is really about so many things, like passion and kindness which is important for kids."īringing the humour is Chris O'Dowd ( Bridesmaids, Sapphires) and Aziz Asnari (Parks and Recreation) as a slug and a snail, respectively. "But on a serious note about the underlying messages of the film I love nature, it's exciting for me. And now that I've done my first animated film, it would be typical if they see it and then say, 'Can we watch Ice Age, please?"' he laughs. "It's lovely to be able to do something the kids can go and see," he says. The single father of two young boys, aged 10 and 3, jumped at the opportunity to join such family friendly fare. This role as a samurai-like warrior and leader of the Leaf Men is certainly a change of pace for Colin Farrell, who most recently starred in Dead Man Down, and Seven Psychopaths. Budgeted at US$100 million ($126 million), it's already taken in US$236 million at the international box office In bringing the characters to life on Epic, Wedge culled an impressive cast including Amanda Seyfried, Colin Farrell, Christoph Walz, Steven Tyler, Chris O'Dowd, Jason Sudeikis, and Beyonce Knowles. Wedge won an Oscar for the short film, Bunny, in 1998, and his 2002 Oscar nominated hit, Ice Age, ensured a bright future for Blue Sky Studios (which he co-founded) and led to the Ice Age franchise, Robots, and most recently, the hit animated movie, Rio. I wanted to make a big, epic adventure movie." "It was an opportunity to go to a place, do an Avatar, and find a world you didn't expect. Epic isn't cute, it's not about humans bulldozing over the forest and chasing out little critters," he says. "There will always be comparisons to other movies but that is not one I care for. If the premise sounds similar to an earlier eco-themed animated fantasy, 1992's Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, you might refrain from mentioning it to Epic director Chris Wedge. The latest animated 3D offering from Blue Sky Studios, Epic, is based on the 1996 William Joyce novel, The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs, about a magical world in which tiny inhabitants of the forest are threatened by an evil force. The animated feature Epic lets the guys behind Ice Age branch out into a forest fable, writes Michele Manelis
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