Great look at the use of shadows in Alice in Wonderland. This has always been one of my favorite things about the old Disney features - the subtle and artistic use of depth in certain shots. It reminds me of another shot in Ichabod Crane where he’s reading in bed. I love that shot!
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This won’t last.
Apparently you can get it off of iTunes now (which is what I’ll be doing later tonight).
10 second review: animation is awesome, almost felt like it was hand-drawn at times! Overall fun to watch, but a little confusing at times—wasn’t sure what I was looking at. Entertaining nevertheless. Better than that one with the little girl with the coin or the jelly alien with the mixing board.
Credits are horrible though. I can’t read a single name!
Some time ago, Pete Emslie posted a wonderful tribute to Ollie Johnston. In his post he uploaded a scanned image of a letter he received from Ollie. The text of that letter is so priceless that, in an effort to make it available in digital form, I’ve gone ahead and transcribed it. Of course, nothing can replace the original (the letter or the man behind it).
Michael has posted Part 2 of Rico LeBrun’s Bambi Guides (Link to Part 1 here). Again these are just beautiful beautiful drawings that showcase the foundation the animators had in preparing for Bambi. One look at these and you have to agree with Sky-Davis’ comment after the jump (he also provided these stunning images): Long live Hand Drawn Animation!
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Awesome. For some reason it reminds me of Roger Rabbit - and not in a bad way. It’s just that the lighting and the posing on the rabbit almost make it look like it was hand-drawn.
Can’t wait to see the whole thing!
Witness Disney animator Clay Kaytis (the guy behind the Animation Podcast) zoom and tumble around a CG hamster! He’s really bringing that character to life. Way to go, Clay!
The day we start to think about what the audience wants is the day we’re going to start making bad choices.
Amen.
Information on Richard Williams’ DVD series The Animator’s Survival Kit can now be found here.
My first impression was Holy Hell! - $1000 for the animation lectures - no way!. But after watching some of the clips, and especially the 10 minute promo piece, I’m thinking it might be worth it. Might.
