Hello and welcome to my second Anitation, where I study animated film and break it down. I couldn't resist anitating the opening credit footage for "Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes" for two reasons:
- This opening credit footage is one continuous shot nearly 10 minutes in length. "Unbroken Shots" are uncommon, bold and difficult to do well, and have been used by Alfred Hitchcock and Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men (2006), Gravity (2013)). I'm curious as to how this continuous shot plays with composition.
- I'm a huge fan of the Metal Gear Solid series, and am excited for Kiefer Sutherland's performance as actor (voice and face-motion) for the main character, Snake.
In the previous annotation, I wrote what basically became an analysis paper over 1,000 words in length. This time, I am going to do a series of clips with my notes inserted within. Here's a preview of what's in store:
Here's the original footage in full, recently released and featuring part of the English vocal cast:
