There are a couple of Peter Parkers (voiced by Chris Pine and Jake Johnson). Playing with a conceit borrowed from theoretical physics - the hotly contested вЂњmultiverseвЂќ hypothesis - вЂњSpider-VerseвЂќ proposes a multiplicity of web-slingers from different dimensions, all of whom converge thanks to disruption in the space-time continuum. He is still a cerebral, introspective teenager from outer-borough New York, contending with existential confusions and merciless supervillains. Its jaunty, brightly colored inventiveness and its kid-in-the-candy-store appetite for pop culture ephemera give вЂњInto the Spider-VerseвЂќ some of the kick of the first вЂњLego Movie.вЂќ The responsible parties (Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman directed a screenplay by Rothman and Phil Lord) also hold onto the traits that have defined Spidey for more than 50 years. My point here is that this animated reworking of the Spidey mythos is fresh and exhilarating in a way that very few of its live-action counterparts - including the last couple of вЂњ Spider-ManвЂќ chapters - have been. Either way, these movies can feel like a lot of work. The alternative is an abrasive self-consciousness that pretends to be subversive but quickly turns sour and cynical. Most of the better specimens of the genre, as well as the worst, assume a heavy burden of self-importance: the future of the planet, the cosmic balance of good and evil, the profit margins of multinational corporations and the good will of moody fans all depend on the actions of a gloomy character in a costume. вЂњSpider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseвЂќ contains a vital element that has been missing from too many recent superhero movies: fun. And then, of course, itвЂ™s just fun to have him be blase about the spider biting him. And then here, this is sort of the first introduction of really leaning into the 2D artwork and the comic book graphic with the spider bite. So weвЂ™re trying to tweak the rules of cinema and lighting a little bit in very specific ways to make his world distinct.вЂќ вЂњThis was one of the early scenes that we did between Aaron and Miles, and it really became a touchstone for the style of animation we were doing as well. The story reason for doing that is weвЂ™re trying to say that MilesвЂќ universe is different than any other. ItвЂ™s all drawn from graphic techniques to create the illusion of space and distance.вЂќ вЂњYeah. In our movie, we donвЂ™t have any computer blur effects. ThatвЂ™s drawn from the imperfect comic book printing techniques that give the illusion of blur.

Those become important later in our movie, so weвЂ™re setting that up here also.вЂќ вЂњA little help?вЂќ NARRATOR: вЂњYou can also see a lot of the use of different printing techniques that are transposed to cinematography techniques with our halftone dots, which are drawn from comics, the use of chromatic aberration you can see here, where the figures in the foreground are kind of blurred, and the colors and the edges drift over each other. Jack Kirby is a comic book artist and is famous for these very abstract expressive dots. WeвЂ™re also setting up this idea of Kirby dots. WeвЂ™re not just evoking kind of, like, вЂњ80s and вЂњ90s visual aesthetics. WeвЂ™re doing an effect right here where his paint is splattering the camera in dots. I mean, we really tried to stretch and use the textures of hip-hop, use the textures of graffiti, street art, even the cutting patterns that youвЂ™d see in, like, a music video. And heвЂ™s looking to just blow off some pressure from school.вЂќ вЂњNow, you on your own, Miles.вЂќ NARRATOR: вЂњThe sequence is fun. You know, his uncle Aaron brought him down to this place that heвЂ™s never been before, a place that has some history between Aaron and MilesвЂќ father Jefferson. This is Bob Persichetti.вЂќ вЂњThis is Peter Ramsey.вЂќ вЂњAnd this is Rodney Rothman, and we are the directors of вЂњSpider-Man - Into the Spider-Verse.вЂ™вЂќ вЂњAlright, so this is our obligatory spider biting kid scene, but this oneвЂ™s special because weвЂ™ve got Miles. Transcript вЂSpider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseвЂ™ | Anatomy of a Scene The directors Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman discusss a scene from their film where the lead character Miles (voiced by Shameik Moore) gets bitten by a radioactive spider.

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