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I greatly enjoyed this detailed glimpse into the movie-making process for The Peanuts Movie, especially since the creators shared such in-depth insight into their efforts to adapt every element of the characters in a recognizable way, turning profoundly expressive but flat comics drawings into 3D without making anything seem off about the children's characteristics. The book mostly focuses character concept art and animation techniques, but also covers other elements of the movie as well. For example, part of the book focuses on Snoopy's Flying Ace fantasy world, and another focuses on the young cast members who voiced the characters.
I enjoyed this book a great deal, and I appreciated it all the more because I just recently read [b:Happy Birthday, Charlie Brown|1004045|Happy Birthday, Charlie Brown|Lee Mendelson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1216167883l/1004045._SX50_.jpg|990173] from the 1970s, which includes lots of movie-making details from a very different era of animation. It was interesting to see what was similar and what was dramatically different in the processes, and in both cases, the creators did an admirable job of capturing the characters' essences.
This is published as an adult book, and most of the technical writing would go over children's heads, but the book is entirely suitable for a young audience. There are no adult jokes, and there is no content that would make this inappropriate for a child to enjoy flipping through or reading.
I enjoyed this book a great deal, and I appreciated it all the more because I just recently read [b:Happy Birthday, Charlie Brown|1004045|Happy Birthday, Charlie Brown|Lee Mendelson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1216167883l/1004045._SX50_.jpg|990173] from the 1970s, which includes lots of movie-making details from a very different era of animation. It was interesting to see what was similar and what was dramatically different in the processes, and in both cases, the creators did an admirable job of capturing the characters' essences.
This is published as an adult book, and most of the technical writing would go over children's heads, but the book is entirely suitable for a young audience. There are no adult jokes, and there is no content that would make this inappropriate for a child to enjoy flipping through or reading.
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