Find out which real -life animals have helped to inspire Banguela, character of ‘How to Train Your Dragon’
Last week, the movie “How to Train Your Dragon”, live-action that adapts the classic Dreamworks Animation animation released in 2010, saga inspired by the books of the same name written by the English author Cressida Cowell.
Following the same events as the lively feature, but with some new inclusions, the production follows the story of Hiccup, a young Viking who cannot adapt to the tradition where he lives, Berk’s Island: becoming a warrior to eliminate dragons.
As he tried to be accepted and feel part of the community, he eventually meets fury of the night, the dragon considered as the most feared and mysterious of all. The two, however, instead of facing each other, end up developing an unlikely friendship, where the animal ends up being named as a bangule, promising to transform the way Berk deals with these mystical beings.
During live-action, the look of dragons, made with CGI technology, was able to surprise the audience and expert critics due to their high level of realism. In an interview with Variety, Dean Debloisdirector responsible for the new adaptation and also for the animations, credited the company Framestore as largely responsible for being able to make the animals be impeccable.
According to the filmmaker, his team and that of the company, besides having “very talented” animators, were also led by Christian Manzvisual effect supervisor, and Glen mcintosha professional who has worked in the films of “Jurassic Park” as an animation supervisor, and has great knowledge of paleontology and large creatures.
In the conversation, Deblois said he Mcintosh “It brings paleontology and the study of great creatures and subtle movements to the Framestore, where they specialize in the creation of eccentric characters. It was the fusion of these two things that allowed us to have photorealist characters who still had a lot of personality. They had very specific personalities and attributes we had learned from animated movies, but in a scenario where you completely believe in them.”
More than that, Dean He also revealed that to raise a bangedla, he was inspired by two animals: salamandras and black panthers. According to the director, the inspiration emerged long before the live-action, even at the time of the first animation movie.
Deblois He began explaining that at that time, “we had a lot of dragons designed with a reptilian sense. They were beautifully designed by Nico Marley. They had cartonecous proportions, and we needed to reinvent the bangla, because the bang of the books is a small dragon the size of a speech dog.”
“In our version, we needed Banguela to be large, impressive and dangerous, and a legend within the Viking community. So we were looking around, and one day we saw a photograph of a black panther hanging from a tree branch, and it was so elegant, but so dangerous, and had those penetrating eyes. Black panther and 25% salamandra, ”said the director.
The filmmaker finished his explanation by saying, “But he has many of those feline qualities we see reflected in our own pets. Banguela has been intentionally created to make you think of your dog and cat at home, because there are so many funny videos on the pet youtube that directly found your behavior.”
“How to train your dragon” is already playing in theaters throughout Brazil.
Source: Recreio
