The Land Before Time was one of my favourite childhood film series, but I obviously had no appreciation for the effort that went into creating the environments within these films. However, now I do. Although these films are extremely old, I still feel that the backgrounds within them are incredibly detailed and very well drawn. They are extremely atmospheric and tell the mood of the story in a very clear fashion through the tones and colours used within them.
I really like this about the animation and I feel that it adds a lot to the actual story, as it creates a very strong atmosphere for the audience to engage with and it also helps the audience to relate to the characters mood. By drawing an audience in this way, I feel it makes the story more emotional, as it invokes emotional and personal responses to the colours used within certain scenes. For instance, the image above suggests sadness and loneliness, with the possibility of danger due to the red hue emerging from behind the rock.
It's not only the colours and detail I like about the environments within this film but also the depth that is created within each environment. Despite the fact that children are very unlikely to pay attention to the details in the background of films like this, the detail in the distance is still consistent to the detail in the foreground, which I feel helps to create this strong sense of depth and it makes it feel like the environments the characters are in are never ending.
Finally, the spacial awareness within these environments is also very well thought out and works very well in the telling of the story. Overall, I feel that this film has some great examples of very successful and imaginative environments that fit really well with the theme of the storyline and the characters. Not only that, but I feel that it gives an audience a great sense of the world that the characters live in and it's very easy to feel almost like you're there in those environments with the characters.
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