When a Garden Snail Dreamed Bigger Than Anyone Expected
When DreamWorks announced Turbo in 2013, an animated film depicting a snail wanting to be the fastest racer in the world, the skepticism of the premise was an “absurd snail in the Indy 500” summoned the most questionable reactions. A cartoon snail even winning the Indy 500 was the most “absurd” premise one could think of. Still, the dedication that went far past the glossy surface was what turboed animated film production into an even more spirited underdog story.
Turbo was animated to be the most energetic, funny, and heartfelt film. Turbo IS a snail. Besides the absurdness of the premise, Turbo embodies the dedication to voicing animating and putting in the most emotional effort to capture what acting brutally honest against all odds looks like.
The Story of a Snail Who Refused to Stay Small
Turbo follows the story of Theo, a small garden snail with a “Turbo” dream of wanting to be the fastest racer, and was the odd one in the community who wanted big and fast things. Becoming Turbo and superfast with a big dream was made possible in a freak accident of receiving nitrous oxide, a substance that helps pumps the speed of a major muscle movement and broadening the horizon of possibilities of becoming racing at speed.
Like most actors, Ryan Reynolds tends to approach roles, also with considerable seriousness, and equally so in animated comedy. And while some argue voice acting ‘should’ be easier in comparison to live action, Reynolds himself has said that Turbo called for \”more vocal stamina than any fight scene.\” And with Turbo personas of optimism albeit bright and naive, he had to capture each and every take breathless, and up until whispered self-doubting moments. There was so much to do, so much to capture, and after long days of shooting other roles, Turbo was worth every voice he had to spend and every tone of emotion he felt were right. There was no other alternative than to repeat lines. \n\nThe bond Turbo shares with older brother Chet (Paul Giamatti) is no doubt, and maybe most importantly, a most critical aspect of the movie. While Turbo lets out dreams that run wild and free, Chet is more of a voice slowing things down; a voice cautioning and protecting, but with love and not jealousy. Playing the roles separately, Reynolds and Giamatti recorded their lines to be edited, but in replays, Eagles (the director) and his crew, noticed his actors were synchronizing their respective recordings to match each other in small nuanced emotional detail.
Giamatti always exemplified masterful intensity in his acting roles. Although, he had difficulty loosening up as he usually does, with this role. Chet’s panicked outbursts were the most challenging parts, and he had to repeat scenes with lines that were frantic in nature, dozens of times, until he struck the right balance where he sounded more comedically stressed. He quipped that Turbo was the film wherein he had to “yell more than any movie in my career.”
The Human Side of the Racetrack Turbo’s aspirations of his dreams lead him to a taco shop operated by Tito (Michael Peña), a character who visually and mentally represents the film’s theme of a dreamer. Tito and Turbo’s relationship in the movie turned out to be meshing well with the main lesson of the film. The touch of hopefulness that Tito possessed was of Peña’s expected energy, but recording his lines was a different and more complex story.
That year, Peña was involved in several other projects, including more intense and heavy roles. He frequently came to the studio suffering from emotional fatigue. However, animation team members cherished it whenever he had spontaneous outbursts of dialogue that weren’t a part of the screenplay, as it added a touch of childlike innocence that Tito possessed. Quiet and emotional scenes like when he displayed disbelief as Turbo made it to the Indy 500 came from Peña experimenting with more child-like dialogue.
Constructing a Vision of Velocity — and Shattering Some Machines
The production of an accelerated portrayal of life involving creatures that move at a rate of millimeter-per-minute intervals was undoubtedly a technological difficulty. The animators had to experiment with deliberate camera angles, motion blurs, and textures to ensure that Turbo’s animated speed did not overly distort the screen. The team’s initial Turbo speed trail concept was so intense that it resulted in a lack of visual control, leading to a redesign that felt more organized.
DreamWorks Animation produced 40-minute segments for the Indy 500 for a unprecedented integration of animation and live-action. To achieve accuracy and authenticity in the film, the production studio colaborated with real-life racing professionals. Multitude of animation and in-program effects generated the largest digital crowd ever conceived. An animator stated, without sarcasm, that there was no real villiain, and that the biggest enemy of the film was “the crowd simulation program that kept crashing our machines.”
Everyone bonded through exhaustion and laughter. Communication through recording messages and leaving notes did not hinder any cast integration. Reynolds was known for doing this one-sided communication frequently by leaving messages intended to get a sarcastic response. For Snoop Dog, also known as the laid back snail Smoove Move, ,recording sessions were done in a studio containing multicolor neon lights. Afterwards, recording engineers claimed the studio to be the most “freestyle” as they were able to develop line improvisation that they did not anticipate.
In terms of recording, Samuel L. Jackson had the most experience of the cast. He provided the voice of Whiplash, one of the racing snail elder. Most of the recordings were done with straight face, however, Jackson sometimes had a bit of trouble doing voice lines with the correct pause distribute for humor. To this, Jackson joking commented, noticed that comedic timing, in animation, was really its own martial art. Thus, Jackson did several recordings of the same line in order to give the team, that was in charge to assemble all the lines, a variety of options.
What Fans Anticipated – And What Their Expectations Did Not Include
Before the premiere of the film, many audience members assumed that Turbo would come out as a child friendly light hearted film. However, the trailers caught the audience’s attention as they presented an underdog story that included a star powered cast combined with a racing animation. Fans were left to speculate as to what tone the film would take; would it be a light hearted comedy? Perhaps a sports based drama? Something to inspire the audience? Ultimately the answer was all of the above.
After the films release, Turbo began to be followed by audience children as well as a following of adults that interpreted the films motto as one would be able to achieve their dreams even if others thought it to be impossible. The film also went on to inspire a Netflix series titled Turbo FAST. This proved to be an indication that Turbo’s universe had much more potential than early skeptics would have guessed.
What People Expected of Turbo And What People Did Not Expect of Turbo
Turbo was one of Dreamworks most anticipated films of the year. Turbo was to gross $282 million globally. However, it was not a huge box office success. People were behind the film as a huge box office success, but people on the film were able to regard Turbo as one of Dreamworks more creative films. Turbo was an example of how Dreamworks was able to take an unconventional film and turn it into a creatively driven story.
Much of the cast and crew’s effort went into how the movie would affect viewers emotionally. Reynolds reflected on the early stages of his career when he was pigeonholed as a comedian and doubted as a potential. Giamatti, having just become a parent, identified with Chet’s protective parental instincts. Also, Peña said he saw himself in Tito’s tireless efforts. Each individual felt a deep and personal connection to the movie’s central theme, and their emotional engagement showed in the storytelling and the character portrayals. Their efforts and engagement transcended the recording studio, resulting in recording sessions taking far longer than anticipated. Turbo was the result of all-nighters spent in the studio, and of unrestrained bursts of artistic inspiration. Turbo is a movie that believes in the magic of self-affirmation, and in the importance of self-belief, especially when the world tells you that what you dream of is a fantasy.
Turbo is one of DreamWorks’ oldest movies, but it is still one of their most charming. Out of all the movies DreamWorks has put out in the last decade, Turbo seems to be the most unpredicted, especially in light of the pleasant surprise many viewers experienced. Turbo has a lot of emotional depth, and speaks to the core determination present in all humans. It is fast-placed, and as just as it is humorous, it is also very colorful. It is a movie that will last for many years to come. Turbo is a movie that will last for many years to come, out of all the movies DreamWorks has put out in the last decade.
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