The Secret Of Kells

The Secret Of Kells (2009) is the story of the boy behind the famed Book of Kells directed and written by Tomm Moore. I really enjoyed this film I found it very engrossing and enjoyable.

The visuals are very dramatic and based heavily on what looks like Celtic designs, there are alot of patterns used and alot of false perspective in certain scenes. The characters are drawn in a basic flat    colour style the real detail is found in the backgrounds with a heavy use of colour and patterns they really come to life. I thought the story was also very interesting and full of tense moments and alot of empathy is created with the main protagonist overall.

Azur And Asmar

Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest (2006) is a feature length film by Michel Ocelot and is the tale of two "princes" who grow up hearing the fairytale of the fairy princess and both intend to rescue her and win her heart. Although this film has been rated quite highly I did not enjoy it or the visual style it uses throughout.


Overall I found the audio track irritating and also alot of it is in arabic with no subtitles which makes many scenes hard to follow and also the soundtrack is rather prominant and noisy which after a while becomes irritating to listen to. The  visual style is also somewhat uncomfortable to watch as the use of flat colour against 3D rendered parts looks very wierd and does not work well together in my oppinion. The use of colours and patterns is very visually stunning throughout but sadly the combination of two different styles of animation (2D flat and 3D) spoils this greatly.