MOSCOW, April 16, Anna Nekhaeva. In 2000, the Oscar was awarded to Alexander Petrov's animated film The Old Man and the Sea. With the help of a rare technique, the author revived the legendary story of Ernest Hemingway, for which he received the Nobel Prize. Interesting facts about the masterpiece of animation — in the material .
«Revived painting»
There are 29 thousand frames in the cartoon. Petrov painted them for a year and a half, all this time he lived and worked in Montreal. In addition to Canadians, Japanese investors participated in the project.
The master used to take A4 size, but since The Old Man and the Sea was conceived specifically for IMAX, the canvas was four times larger.
The cartoon was made in the technique of «animated painting» using slow-drying oil paint on a glass surface. One frame — one drawing. When viewed, it appears on the screen for 1/24 of a second. That is, more than a thousand images are required for one minute.
Petrov spread the paint not only with brushes, but also with his fingers. I used a method that only a few masters in the world know how to mix colors between frames, take a photo of the final picture, and then pour oils to slightly change the next image and repeat the process.
For the project, a special motion-controlled camera system was constructed — it was later called one of the most accurate computerized animation devices.
The technique of «animated painting» is very rare because of the labor costs. But it turns out masterpieces. For example, «Van Gogh. With love, Vincent.» The roles there were voiced by Saoirse Ronan, Douglas Booth, and in the Russian dubbing by Konstantin Khabensky, Irina Gorbacheva and other famous actors. type=»ar16x9″ data-crop-ratio=»0.5625″ data-crop-width=»600″ data-crop-height=»338″ data-source-sid=»» class=»» />
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"When using a computer, it is easy to lose control of the material. In such animation, sometimes the artist is not visible at all, but the program with which it was filmed is clearly visible,” says Alexander Petrov. ), and in detail.
The master with the producers visited the Cuban village where the story takes place. I spoke with local fishermen and even with the prototype of the main character, Grigorio Fuentes, who was then 99 years old.
Classic Plot
Hemingway wrote «The Old Man and the Sea» in the Bahamas, published in 1952 in Life magazine.
This is the story of an elderly Cuban fisherman Santiago, his wanderings on the high seas and the story of the struggle with a giant marlin, which became his largest prey. A story-parable about resisting the forces of nature, a lonely person, perseverance and work. ratio=»0.5625″ data-crop-width=»600″ data-crop-height=»338″ data-source-sid=»» class=»» />
Within two days of going out of print, all five million copies of the magazine's circulation were sold out. Hemingway was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in May 1953 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.
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“No good book was written in such a way that the symbols in it were invented in advance and inserted into it,” the writer recalled. — I tried to create a real old man, boy, sea, fish and sharks. But if I make them well enough and truthfully enough, they can mean a lot.»
In 1958, the book was first filmed. In Russia, the story was also adapted for the stage — for example, in Tovstonogov's BDT.
First in everything
The cartoon «The Old Man and the Sea» received not only the «golden knight». In 2000, he competed for best with Peter Peake's The Monotony, Thorill Cove's My Grandma Ironed the Royal Shirts, Paul Driessen's Three Girls, and When All Day Is Ruined by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis.
Petrov's project was noted by British filmmakers (BAFTA nomination as «Best Short Film»), as well as at festivals in Japan, Canada, France, USA, Croatia.
In Russia, the tape was awarded a state prize, a special prize at the Message to Man festival.
In 2000, The Old Man and the Sea became the first ever animated film to be screened in an IMAX theater. «ar16x9″ data-crop-ratio=»0.5625″ data-crop-width=»600″ data-crop-height=»338″ data-source-sid=»» class=»» />
Alexander Petrov is working on new projects, but tries not to divulge details before completion. He is called the most mysterious and mysterious multiplier.