In a playful conversation earlier Zenith, a short in the new Disney Plus anthology Short cycle, Director Jennifer Stratton says her light-hearted story that traverses the universe is inspired to watch Fantasia as a child.
He explains: “I have always enjoyed examining it. "Beauty, how did the music go with the animation."
Zenith sounds like a heavenly catch Fantasia 2000S “Part of the Firebird Suite ”, especially when the ethereal deer accidentally creates a black hole. In fact, all the shades in the anthology play with style and music in a way that illuminates back to both original Fantasia and its sequence. But while Disney Classics is building parts around ancient music, they are shorter inside Short cycle Use original songs. Stratton notes that finding the perfect artist – in this case, composer Nathan Curtis – has been an important factor Zenith. Blended with triumphant sounds of trumpets, strings, and xylophone, bright images of Zenith it really is.
Di sney & # 39; s Short cycle
The Short cycle the entries range in tone from comedy about a mobster-style wig to a business wig to the elegiac story of a war artist who pays for his adviser late. Some are more experimental in nature, such as Zenith, and some of the most traditional, touching Disney faves, Switch Reader, when an earthly girl goes to a new school in space.
Vice versa Fantasia we are moving away from the evolution of Disney & # 39; s blockbusters reality fiction, at best Short cycle stages play and past the studio's CG visual style, similar to the previous 2D / 3D hybrid experiment session, Paperman and Banquet Inspired by the thought bubbles of thought in newspaper journals, Just a thought is translated in the same style as the humorous pages. The result is a world of wide spaces too Ben-Day dots
In the meantime, Jing Hua, a short about tragic artist, inspired by director Jerry Huynh's attempts to connect with his culture, so he uses ink and watercolors that are notable in Chinese art. It is particularly frustrating, because the warrior's movement paints the world around him – he rubs his hands with his hands, then inks in and out, producing flowers and shrubs – that transforms the art style as a key element of the building and not just the visual.
All films are shorter than your average Fantasia part – the pit of being the experiments made only for the studio's eye – but understanding has its benefits. One of the most compelling pieces works over a minute: Downtown, where city street art helps guide a lost soul home. It is noticeable, it is completely utilized in music and bright colors to tell this quick story, and its elegance adds to the dreamlike experience.
Because the shorts are so tempting, Disney Plus becomes their natural home. As beloved in memory as Fantasia's anthologies are, they were both office pocket pockets – with Fantasia 2000 dubbed the "stupidity" of Roy Disney by then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner. Installing a series of theater screening shorts without binding an existing IP will, therefore, not lead to commercial success; incorporating them into a streaming service that people already pay for, however, allows the channels to be creative and quirky without having to focus on making a profit.
Unfortunately, while Disney Plus is the perfect way to watch these shortcuts, one of the most ambitious ones is losing its effect when viewed on a streaming platform. Translated reality Cycles tells the story of a single-family home, where an elderly woman becomes a living place to help. It was officially launched in 2018 at the annual SIGGRAPH conference, Cycles designed for the viewer to gradually explore the house and the memories within. In short, I was really emotional, gentle guitar music that included warm visuals, but it felt incomplete because it wasn't presented the way it was meant to be.
Short cycle proves that the Fantasia format is still valid for years of streaming – with minor tweaks here and there. With a variety of visual styles and a variety of stories ranging from fine baby moves to delightful heart damage, the anthology is totally worth watching.
Short cycle is now available on Disney Plus.