Pencils vs Pixels

2023

Animation / Biography / Documentary / History

14
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 337 337

hand drawn animation

Plot summary

A documentary told from the voices of the "second golden age" of animation in the 1990s and 2000s about the rise, fall and rise again of hand-drawn animation. They were trained by animation masters that created the principles of animation, they took animation to heights no one dreamed of - and then came the computer.

Director

Phil Earnest Photo
Phil Earnest

Top cast

Seth MacFarlane Photo
Seth MacFarlane as Self
John Musker Photo
John Musker as Self
Ming-Na Wen Photo
Ming-Na Wen as Narrator / Ming-Na Wen
Kevin Smith Photo
Kevin Smith as Self
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771.75 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 23 min
Seeds 1
1.54 GB
1920*816
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 23 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by russlaw-45041 9 / 10

Very inspiring

A friend recommended this to me, and I have to say-it was exactly what I needed. It sparked something inside me that I hadn't felt in a while. Inspiration has this incredible way of sneaking up on you when you least expect it, and that's exactly what happened. After watching it, I picked up my iPad, opened Procreate, and just let myself go. No overthinking, no meticulous planning-just the pure fun of creation. It was liberating. I found myself sketching out a simple 40-frame animation, something raw and imperfect. Very satisfying and I'm glad I watched it.I think you should give it a go too.
Reviewed by pebsdad 4 / 10

A Real Snooze

I feel like I've seen this before. It's clearly not new interviews and it's basically just that, a bunch of talking heads rapturously talking about what animation means to them. It even looks and feels dated.The talkers and their talking are interspersed with clips of Disney animation including a lot of hand drawn original art which is the most interesting but, again, we've seen it in countless other Disney docs. I found myself fast forwarding a couple minutes here and there to see if it gets interesting or changes the format but unfortunately it doesn't. If you give it a shot and feel like it's not your cup of tea after a couple minutes be sure it doesn't get any more flavorful.
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