When I was new in Korea, I did a semi-home-stay experience where me and a Spanish friend stayed one night at a
Korean friend’s family home. The warmhearted matriarch of the home greeted us
with open arms and offered us dinner. If you looked away from your plate for
even a second, it would be filled up with seconds, no matter how full your
stomach was.
I remember this kind-heartedness
fondly, but my strongest memory from that night is something totally different.
The mother left for a trip that evening, so the rest of us decided to pull an
all-nighter. We had fun until the morning, when some bright mind decided it was
a wise move to go watch Kung Fu Panda 2 in the morning cinema. Said and done,
with 0 hours of sleep, we headed for the movies.
I can honestly say I remember
almost zilch from that movie. I was slipping in and out of sleep. The pandas
were taking over my dreams and I had no idea what was dream and what was “reality”
(read “movie”). As a person who has never smoked or taking any heavy
substances, I think that was the closest I’ve been to a mind trip.
So the name “DreamWorks”
surely fits the company. The exhibition in question travels the world and is
currently open in Seoul Museum of Art, just by City Hall station. With the under
title “Journey from sketch to screen”, the exhibition consists of concept
figures of the characters, sketches, story lines, movie clips of how the
character animations and motion capture was done and finally some insights into
how the soundtracks were made.
It is divided into four
subsections called “World”, “Story”, “Character” and “Drawing room”. Most are
self-explanatory, except the latter where visitors can create their own
pictures and videos via computer screens.
Even though I have not yet
seen the movie, my favorite part was the 180 degree cinema screen where we get
to see in video format how How To Train
Your Dragon went from paper sketch to intricately generated computer
environments. The virtual ride on the dragon’s back is almost more beautiful
than real life.
Info:
Name:
DreamWorks Animation – The exhibition / 드림웍스 애니메이션 특별전
DreamWorks Animation – The exhibition / 드림웍스 애니메이션 특별전
Exhibition period:
2016.04.30 – 2016.08.15 at Seoul Museum of Art - 서울시립미술관
2016.04.30 – 2016.08.15 at Seoul Museum of Art - 서울시립미술관
Open hours:
Tues –
Fri: 10AM to 8PM
Sat, Sun
and holidays: 10AM to 7PM
Every
first and third Tuesday of the month: 10AM to 10PM
Mondays:
Closed
Entrance
fees:
Adult:
13,000W
Youth:
10,000W
Child:
8,000W