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Chico & rita. Directed by Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba Spain/UK, 2010 (UK), 2012 (US) Multiple techniques 94 min. Unrated . Chico & Rita.
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Chico & rita Directed by Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba Spain/UK, 2010 (UK), 2012 (US) Multiple techniques 94 min. Unrated
Chico & Rita • “A buttery rich animated tale of love, jazz, showbiz, fame and politics in the late ‘40’s and early ‘50’s that’s as catchy as its tunes.” • “Fluidly elegant soundtrack.”
Chico & Rita • History of the golden age of jazz when Cuba was at its nightclub height • Animation tributes to Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo and Ben Webster as emulated by Cuban pianist BeboValdés • All recorded new
Chico & Rita • Javier Mariscal, one of Spain’s most famous and successful designers • “Going to the cinema….is dreaming a fantastic dream in another world” • Needed graphic solution to tell the story • “industrial, clean, realistic – that allows the audience to think as one person”
Chico & Rita • Fernando Trueba, co-director and foreign langue Oscar winner for Belle Époque in 1994 • Influenced by Mariscal’s posters for the documentary Calle 54
Chico & Rita • 2012 Academy Award Nominee Best Animated Feature • Lost to Rango
Chico & Rita • Filmed entirely with live action actors • The sets including dummy objects and tracker marks for camera tracking
Chico & Rita • The live action shots are edited and becomes the live action version of the animatic • Approximately 2 frames of every second of live action is traced in TV-Paint and becomes the drawn version of the animatic
Chico & Rita • The traced frames are • printed on paper • pegged and sent through a classical 2D hand drawn production pipeline with • rough animation • key animation • clean up • ink & compositing • Live action shots are used to create backgrounds
Chico & Rita • The how-to after the film • 5 min. 3:32-8:54 on disc