Post #11: The interpolated rotoscope process in A Scanner Darkly

Chapter 5: Pictorial aspects, p. 72


A Scanner Darkly is an adaptation from Phillip K. Dick’s novel in which the director Richard Linklater uses interpolated rotoscope, a technique that digitally “draws” the scenery and characters over the original film footage, including new colors and textures in the film. The approximation between the drawn and the photographed image is evident and the final effect of the film resembles animated movies and comics.

The steps of the interpolated rotoscope process.