The digital cinematography of the peanuts movie

The creative demands of bringing The Peanuts Movie to the silver screen called for cinematography that would maintain Schulz' classic 2D comic appeal in a three dimensional world. Depth and scope needed to be added to a world drawn in a minimalist style and camera movement and shot progression needed to be created based on implied cinematic principles in the strip. To address these issues we designed a new camera, changed the workflow for staging set elements, and created a precise shooting style. The result is a previously unseen yet faithfully appealing look for the Peanuts world in 3D.