Professional Article Review: Doctor Strange's "Strange Effects"

Purpose of the Article:

The article discusses the laboring process of making the strange effects of the magic within Doctor Strange. The author also explains the inspirations behind the effects behind bending and twisting reality in the movie were similar effects used in Inception, and that the process of making, creating, and implementing the methods to create Doctor Strange. They use the evidence of both speaking to the VFX production supervisor, having watched the movie, and the supervisor explaining what they did on previous projects that helped create Doctor Strange's world. The strengths of this article is the feeling that this person who wrote it is generally interested in how Doctor Strange's animation was created, and having some evidence to back it up. But that is also is a weakness, as the author only really has one reliable source for his article so there's nothing else really backing up his claims. The author seems to conclude with saying that the impressive animation was created by the tenacity of the people involved, who worked with similar deadlines in Guardians of the Galaxy. 

My Own Conclusions:

Generally, my critique of the article is that even with the only resource being that supervisor, I found the article sound and informative. It is interesting to see the time and effort and thought that went into scenes of Doctor Strange like the final battle with Dormamu. It is significant due to the need to show others how exactly the movie was as spectacular as it was. The argument stands up on its own to display the work that went into the movie and the methods used to achieve the effects. The evidence is convincing as well if one of the main head honchos behind the effects agrees with it. I believe these effects inspire me as an animator to see what others can achieve in deadlines like 6 months. I honestly understand most of the article, as the author took the time to explain what each difficult term meant and the reasoning behind his writing. So all in all, it is a well written work attributing the credit for the animation to the people who deserve it. Well done Disney, yet again!

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