Shadow and Bone: Season 2

 Since we're still not having class, and the new season of the Netflix show Shadow and Bone came out yesterday, I'm going to write about that. I think it's absolutely awesome. While the plot doesn't exactly follow the books, it's still super enjoyable, and really nice for fans of the book series to see their favorite scenes played out on screen from a cast they love. The costuming and set design is even more stepped up from the first season, making you feel like you're completely immersed in the world of the story. 

The digital effects have even been brought up a notch, especially with the effects showing the light powers from the main character. In the first season we don't get to see much of what the character has to offer through her power, but this season, as she has come into her own, we see her power manifested in a really fantastical way that looks even cooler than the previous season. The villain's powers have also been boosted, as his own power as well as his shadow monsters produce a really cool effect on screen, making you think they could be a real thing that manifests in our own world. 

Overall, I think this season is really incredible from all aspects, and I hope it gets renewed so we can see what else the effects team is capable of conjuring up. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Barbie Movie

 Last week, the first look at the new Barbie movie came out, and I absolutely am obsessed with the film and costuming and set design, so I'm going to talk about it here, because movies are digital media too.  I love everything about it. From the way the Barbies and their costumes look on camera, to the little details hidden in the backgrounds of different scenes (hints to Wizard of Oz type plot, homages to vintage Barbies), to the iconic moment where Margot Robbie, who plays the main Barbie, steps out of her incredibly toy-doll looking shoes on her tiptoes, like a real doll... I just think it slays. One thing that has come from these sneak peaks that I think is really interesting is the posters. Obviously, there were a good amount (one for each character in the movie) but the really cool thing is how the internet just took it and ran with it. Immediately we saw different TikTok and Instagram creators making Barbie posters for themselves, their friends, and even their pets or favori
Read more

Photo Collage

Image
 This week our assignment was to create our own kind of safe space in Photoshop (with our own pictures) and play with the hues and color balances as well. This is what I did:  I freaking love this. Like my previous entry, I'm in a bit of a Barbie mood, so I knew whatever I did, I wanted it to end up bright pink. I took a landscape photo from a few years ago at the Morikami Gardens in Boca Raton, and then added some elements that mean a lot to me. In the back, I added some mountains from a picture I took in Red Rock Park, when I took my first solo flight to visit my friend in Las Vegas. The tiny Rockefeller statue in the corner is from this past summer, when my family and I took a trip to visit my dad's side of the family in New York (the original picture is me and my dad taking a selfie with the statue in the back). I also added the planet in the corner, mostly because the colors were already pretty sick, and also because my sister and I have always been interested in astronomy
Read more

Avatar: Way of Water

Image
I was scrolling TikTok the other day, as one does, when I started seeing edits of the latest Avatar movie that came out last year. I had seen it in January, but I realized that I hadn't written a journal about it, so that's what I'm doing today. It's especially fitting because I'm guessing about 90% of that movie is digital effects.  The whole movie is just a massive step up from the first one visually. Obviously the surface level plot is good guys fighting bad guys, but what I think caught most people's attention was the incredible worlds and creatures they were able to create. Every scene, both under and above water, looked so real that you would never think it was all green screen and digitally produced. My favorite moments are when the family first arrive at the ocean village, and start learning how to work and live with the water. This is a still that I think really shows off how well they were able to replicate underwater life.  This honestly looks to me l
Read more