Hair changes in The Book of Life - What's this called?
In The Book of Life, I just noticed a very interesting graphic effect.
Manolo's hair swirl physically changes from scene to scene to face the camera.
This effect occurs constantly but is never animated. The change occurs at every off-camera opportunity. It's even sneakily done in the middle of one scene when he passes behind another character.
This artistic effect seems very unusual. Is there a name for this technique in movie-making? Has it been done before?
Best Answer
It is called a cheated angle. It is quite typical for animated movies or comics to retain iconic features. Often the features (typically the hair) wouldn't look nice from another angle, sometimes the character wouldn't even be recognizable without it at all.
A similar effect is the billboard effect where certain objects always face the camera so they are clearly recognizable or legible. This also removes the need for perspective shift and thus made the production cheaper when things were hand drawn.
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