What techniques did animators follow to show the age of Lightning Mcqueen?
In Cars 3, Lightning Mcqueen is depicted as a veteran race car who tries to prove he is still the best racer in the world. He is old when compared to many characters.
Some cars even say that they have grown up watching him racing.
A retired race car Smokey says the dialogue:
You are old and not fast. You have to accept that.
He is shown older than many cars.
For human animated characters, some techniques like wrinkled skin, grey hair etc., can be used but such tricks are not be applicable to cars and vehicles.
Apart from dubbing voice, what are the other techniques followed by the animators and directors to show that Lightning McQueen has aged?
How can audience know that they are looking at an old car by looking at McQueen in Cars 3?
Best Answer
In Cars 3 the "new generation" cars are visually different from those of Lightning McQueen's generation. Their body paint is more shiny (with the inclusion of metal flakes that look like tiny sparks). Their shape is also different, their chassis are wider and lower (closer to the ground). Also, their "eyelids" are lowered more, letting visible less of their "eyes".
Apart from their appearance, the dialogues in the movie show that the new generation cars have arrogant personalities - a trait often attached to the over-confident and inexperienced youth. Mainly they are told to be training using advanced technologies, teaching world record speeds.
In opposition McQueen remains with the same appearance (although his new boss tries to have him adopt a "modern look" for a while), and is shown having difficulties to adopt and believe in the benefits of those new training technologies.
There is no noticeable difference in the animation of the old and new generation cars ; I would say the main distinctions are in the cars design and, above all, the characters behaviors and story context.
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What type of model is Lightning McQueen?
HITC reports that he didn't get his look modeled after one car. Instead, it's been modeled after two: the Chevrolet Corvette C1 (produced from 1953\u20131962) and the Chevrolet Corvette C6 (produced from 2004\u20132013).How old is Lightning McQueen in human years?
Appears in According to Brian Fee, he is 40 years old as of 2017. That means he was born in 1977, therefore he is 43-44 years old in 2020.How was Lightning McQueen created?
However, Lightning was actually named after Pixar animator Glenn McQueen who sadly passed away in 2002. Lightning may have passed up his chance for a Piston Cup in the movie Cars , but don't feel badly for him. He went on to win four consecutive Piston Cups, from 2007 to 2010.Does Lightning McQueen have a kid?
Sally married Lightning and they had kids, Lightning McQueen Jr. and Linda McQueen.[4K] Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy FULL SHOW, Disney Hollywood Studios, Disney World
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