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Sorry to jump on this but I LOVE TALKING ABOUT IT (if anyone& #39;s interested): Gauging accurate character height from animated shows is almost impossible, because characters can be bigger or smaller in the composition based on how we& #39;re supposed to perceive them in the moment. 1/? https://twitter.com/schildwand/status/1386066666233245698">https://twitter.com/schildwan...
Since this scene is about how Jim being vulnerable and in danger, he& #39;s lower in the frame than Morgana, so while she is Very Tall, it& #39;s hard to estimate a character& #39;s height this way. Here are some examples of inconsistent height for cinematography in Trollhunters that I love 2/?
My teachers used the phrase & #39;if it looks right, it is right& #39; to say that, things don& #39;t have to be scientifically accurate in your art. If you& #39;re evoking the emotion you want out of the piece, it& #39;s okay if it& #39;s not how it would look in real life, and ToA does that REALLY WELL 3/?
tl;dr: take height comparisons with a grain of salt, because composition reigns supreme in cinematic storytelling. But the ToA team is SO GOOD at prioritizing dynamic and emotion that you really don& #39;t notice the shifts (unless you watch it a bunch of times, like we do lol)
Re:Various Jim Heights, I would love to do a breakdown about how children and adults are framed in animation and why DoubleFine is so funny for just saying the taller adults are just over 7& #39; because of how we obsess over realistic heights in stylized media but ANOTHER DAY PERHAPS
