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Interview with Ben Hibon |
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Interview with Ben Hibon, director of the animated series Heavenly Sword IT’S ART: From your first short movie to Heavenly Sword how do you think your creative process has evolved?
My ideas and tastes have certainly changed over time as I learned more about the different animation techniques and story mechanics. In the beginning I had to create my own films entirely by myself so I was very limited by my skills as an animator. Now I work with different production teams, so when I read a script or a brief I know pretty much anything can be achieved, from live action to 2D to CG. Now, when I start a new project, I have many different creative opportunities to express my ideas and concepts. My “universe” has really opened up and these days I have the chance to collaborate with great talents and creators. That’s definitely the biggest change in the way I work. |
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Heavenly Sword. Ep1 : The Legend of the Sword |
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IA: If you should have to define your graphic style, what would you say? BH: I generally design and create concept artworks for all my films. I guess my graphical style is very much a result of years of drawing. Over time my style has become more defined by strong deformations of proportions and graphical stylization. I used to draw graphic novels when I was younger so there is of course a huge influence there. And certainly cinema has always been a great influence. From very early on I’ve been fascinated by the way contrast in Akira Kurosawa’s black and white films was used to define shapes, moods and atmosphere |
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