This was then composited over a Nuke-projected sky illustration. Deep compositing was used to add Paddington and Aunt Lucy into the complex layering of the CG scene.
‘The camera moves needed to be graceful and tie into the folds of each of the page turns, following the bears as they explore their paper environment’, adds Kind. The opening, physically shot in Gruber's Antiques shop, sees paddington enter the world of the pop-up book, with each page turn revealing landmark London locations. ‘You’re caught in the emotion, the moment.’ Framestore Animation Supervisor Dale Newton led the work, having created the award-winning ' The Tale of Three Brothers' storybook sequence in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
PADDINGTON 2 CHARACTERS SERIES
The series is based on the Paddington Bear franchise. ‘This is an example of a complex CGI shot, where you aren’t thinking about the work behind it’, says Grillo. The Adventures of Paddington (French: Les aventures de Paddington) is an animated television series developed for television by Jon Foster and James Lamont.The series is co-produced by StudioCanal and Heyday Films, with the participation of Nickelodeon, M6 and Piwi+.The animation for the series is produced by Blue-Zoo and Superprod Animation. The 59-year-old actor was responding to a video shared on Twitter by Graham and Rachel Bard, the parents of Nottingham resident Henry (henrythebrave), who has high risk stage 4 neuroblastoma. In one sequence, Paddington gives Aunt Lucy a tour of London within the world of a paper pop-up book. A 4-year-old boy was over the moon to discover that Hugh Grant had reprised his Paddington 2 character Phoenix Buchanan to send him a message of support on Twitter. ‘Stopping to lick Barbara’s head, for example, shows his animalistic instinct.’ It was also important to the team to achieve a balance between the refined performance and reminders of Paddington’s Peruvian past: ‘moments where he acts like a scruffy little bear’, describes Glen Pratt, VFX Supervisor. He is a thoughtful performer, with small eyebrow twitches and subtle actions that react in the moment.’ ‘We couldn’t be over-expressive or make huge gestures. ‘He is very understated and simple’, says Grillo. ‘It was a lot to work with and helped to gel the continuity and character.’įramestore’s team of animators was well-versed in the specific nuances of Paddington’s performance, from his facial expression to his fur.
‘Ben offers a wonderful, beautiful tone in its softness and warm delivery’, says Grillo.
PADDINGTON 2 CHARACTERS PROFESSIONAL
There were a number of influences in creating Paddington’s performance, from the professional clown who worked on set to help bring the comic elements alive through to Ben Whishaw’s voice.
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