It probably isn’t surprising that the artwork in Makoto Shinkai’s
Five Centimeters per Second
was inspired by real world locations in and around the Tokyo region,
although as the collection of screenshots below attests, the level of
detail is nothing short of impressive, and upon first glance, it is
difficult to tell which of the images are from the anime, and which are
the concept photos used to make the environments. This process is
mentioned in one of Makoto Shinkai’s artbooks: titled
Sora no Kioku, or
Memories of the Sky,
the artbook is a B5-sized, 175 page artbook that features stills from
Makoto Shinkai’s works, as well as outline to computer graphics elements
and techniques, such as how RGB, anti-aliasing, resolution, trace and
flare play a role in the production process. The artbook also elaborates
on hthe process behind how Makoto Shinkai converts photographs of
real-world locations into the settings depicted in his films.
Besides showcasing artwork from
Five Centimeters per Second, The Place Promised in Our Early Days and
Voices from a Distant Star,
the book goes into various details underlying scene composition,
providing some of Shinkai’s insights and images of the locations that
inspired a scene paired with section of the script. In particular,
Shinkai explains how his team uses Mac OS X, Adobe Photoshop and After
Effects to turn the concept art into scenes for the film. As each of the
artists render the images, they select particular colour palettes to
appropriately convey a particular season, weather, time and temperature
to ensure that everything is consistent. The end result are the
balanced, detailed, photo-realistic images that viewers enjoy in films
bearing the Makoto Shinkai style.
Source:
The Infinite Zenith
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