The Kids Picture Realms to Stay in the Unreal, or (Creative Antisocials and Determined Charismatics)

The first film, In the Realms of the Unreal, a quiet janitor who stayed in his own room and talked to himself using various voices ended up died and had his giant fantasy book discovered in his room. Not only was he writing but he was illustrating detailed battle scenes between pretentious army men and little blond girls who were enslaved by the adults. The film would take his elaborate illustrations and cut out characters to animate them fighting or flying around. It was an interesting technique however i was not much impressed. Flags and smoke was attempted to look as though they were moving. however it was painfully obvious it was just a cutout stiffly waning back and forth. Might as well have left it out or used composite footage or particle animations. This was successfully done in the better of the two, The Kid Stays in the Picture. Text and cutouts were well layered over another to create a great feel. At times it was obvious they had a full access to paparazzi shots for Robert would move 5 seconds ahead at a time while the background would do the same at a separate pace. Composite footage of smoke was also used to great effect at times while newspaper clippings of Evans would slide past each other on the screen. I found Robert Evans story strangely uplifting and inspiring for myself. He pushed through so many obstacles and people who told him he couldn't do it. There was always a way and in the end he was helped up by those he had helped in the past. This movie gave me hope to push through whatever comes my way.