Researching the East: Kung Fu Panda

Th art style in Kung Fu Panda is simply sublime. Some of what I have noticed and will use in places myself, are the use of tall thin mountains raising high above the mist, much like the Tianzi Mountains in China I have previously looked at. This can be seen in the first six images, and also the use of low mist is used in images 9, 10 and 11.  The tall look of the mountains is copied in the cities architecture where building are often tall and slim, such as in images 13, 14 and 15, and in plant life such as image 8. Trees, however, appear to have taken much inspiration from Bonsai trees, (such as image 5) a type of miniature tree of Japanese and Chinese origin, which is the art of growing miniature trees.

What Kung Fu Panda also does spectacularly, is its use of colour. The colours barley contrast in the environment which helps the characters 'pop'. For example, in image 2. If any colours do contrast, it is usually to draw attention to something, i.e a character or a door (such as in images 6 and 13) using colour to draw the viewers eye to the subject of each image/shot.

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