The video by The Canadian Lad is a detailed breakdown of Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, viewed at 0.25x speed. It reveals 25 hidden details throughout the film, providing a unique perspective on the creation process. The video directly interacts with animators from the film, providing insights into the development and animation process. It also includes a review of the film's color grading, attention to detail in character development, and plot twists. The video concludes with a look at the upcoming film, Jawan.
1. The video is a breakdown of the movie "Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse" at 0.25x speed.
2. The video was created by "The Canadian Lad", who has previously made a 3-part breakdown series on the same movie.
3. The video includes insights from some of the animators of the movie.
4. The video has already been watched by about 3 million people.
5. The video does not repeat any details from the previously made 3-part breakdown series.
6. The video is a unique type of breakdown, taking viewers into the minds of some of the creators of the movie.
7. In the movie, Jessica Drew tells Gwen that she has 1 hour to fix everything.
8. Spencer Wan, one of the animators for the film, used spam emails he received as background textures for Hobie Brown's animation throughout the film.
9. The animation for Spider-Man India used to look a lot different in the initial stages.
10. In the scene where Miguel unmasks himself and was about to literally eat Vulture alive with his venomous fangs, we can see the classic Spider-Web pattern for less than a second.
11. When the Spot was about to steal some money from the ATM, the face on the 100 dollar bill is not of Benjamin Franklin but Alan Hawkins, the Sony animation supervisor.
12. The entire scene where the Spot tries to push the ATM into the portal was created by Arran Baker and a few more talented artists.
13. The color grading of the movie has a different story on its own. For example, Gwen is depicted in Blue, while Captain Stacy is depicted in Orange.
14. Before the animators completed Spider-Punk's model, they actually used a model of Miles to run some mock up tests in the graffiti room.
15. In the digital version, the comment from a video where Miles had to apologize for endorsing a baby powder was changed.
16. Miles posted another apology video for his weird mustache, and the comment from "chrisokay" was changed from the theatrical version to the digital version.
17. The color coordination in the film tells a story of its own. For example, in the scene where Gwen was about to take her mask off and reveal her true identity to her father, all of these colors were raining down in the background.
18. In Mumbattan when everything starts falling apart, Miles takes the lead and asks the team to do this.
19. In Miles’ dimension aka Earth-1610, Michelle Obama is running for President in 2024. But in Evil Miles’ dimension aka Earth-42, AOC is running for the office instead.
20. Towards the end of the movie, Spider-Punk sends a device to Gwen that would allow her to travel through the multiverse.
21. When Miguel sends Gwen back home using the "Go-Home" machine, there are couple of hidden details here.
22. Apart from the obvious differences, Earth-42 is made with colors that recede into blocked up shadows, and the inking style is heavy and gritty.
23. Spider-Punk's shoe laces are colored blue. This is potentially a reference to punk communities and their use of "lace code".
24. Initially, Miguel O'Hara's facial expression wasn't as evil or menacing. Therefore, animator and character designer Ami Thompson added additional brush lines to emphasize his facial features.
25. At the end of the movie, when Miles is tied to the punching bag, we can see that Uncle Aaron had put rubber gloves on Miles to prevent him from using his venom powers.
26. The video concludes with a thank you to all the Animators and Visual Effects Supervisors who have responded to the creator's requests and answered all his questions with extreme patience.