Animation &Disney &Frame Grabs &walk cycle 18 Apr 2008 08:06 am
French “girl” and poodle
- Continuing with my exploration and breakdown of the walk cycles which appear at the start of Disney’s 101 Dalmatians, I have scene 21 “French girl walks French poodle” animated by Blaine Gibson. It employs the same BG as scene 14, the art student (posted Apr 3), but it extends, beyond what we’ve seen before, to include a telephone booth.
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This is a slightly faster walk than others, and I’ve been able to grab all of the drawings. It’s animated on “ones.”
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14This walk is an absolute gem !
Once again, check out Hans Perk‘s excellent site A Film LA to get the drafts for this film to be able to identify who was behind what. Then go to see Mark Mayerson‘s arduously constructed and informative mosaics as well as his detailed commentary about the film and its animators.
Check out Floyd Norman‘s story about Blaine Gibson on Jim Hill Media.
on 18 Apr 2008 at 11:58 am 1.Pete Emslie said …
Aside from the obvious sophisticated sexiness of this girl’s design, what I also love is the way the randomly applied texture on both coat and poodle fur trim is deliberately allowed to “boil” on screen. Today’s mindset would probably consider this a major no-no to be avoided at all costs, but I think it’s a very clever design choice that only adds to the appeal.
on 18 Apr 2008 at 12:25 pm 2.Michael said …
I also remember noticing that “boil” when I first saw the film on its initial release (I think I was 14) and loved it. I still love it, and obviously go for that in all the work I do. Actually the entire film boils with the xerographic line. The film feels alive, and it is. They slowly removed that feel from their movies. Slick slick slick dominates.
The animation is everything in this film, but that’s because the brilliant design supports it. After fighting Eyvind Earle for all those Sleeping Beauty years, there was no way the animators were going to give up this film.
on 18 Apr 2008 at 12:47 pm 3.Tim Hodge said …
I love this cycle! The roughness of the pencil line really adds to the effect. There is a random line on her calf as her lag reaches the back reach of her stride (frames 12 & 13) that almost feels like a seam in her hosiery. I don’t think that was intentional, but it looks cool.
Also, compare her posture to the artist/beatnik you posted before. And how walking in high heels really affects her hip movement.
The poodle’s walk is almost a trot, with her opposing legs in sync. A real quadrupedal walk is off-set by a frame or two. So this is a bit of a cheat. When dogs trot there is usually more bounce than this, but here Mr. Mayerson combined the rhythm of a trot with the smoothness of a walk.
Brilliant, brilliant
on 18 Apr 2008 at 1:41 pm 4.Mark Mayerson said …
Ahem. Much as I would love to take credit for something this good, I had absolutely nothing to do with that animated walk or any other animation in 101 Dalmatians.
on 19 Apr 2008 at 12:54 am 5.Eddie Fitzgerald said …
Wow! A nifty walk! I haven’t seen this film in ages but your posts are making me curious about it.
on 19 Apr 2008 at 9:49 pm 6.Tim Hodge said …
My apologies Mr. Mayerson. I mis-read the post. I went and checked the draft. The French Poodle scene is credited to BLAINE.
on 23 Apr 2008 at 5:20 pm 7.Jenny Lerew said …
Gosh, these walks isolated are so fantastic! Thanks as always for taking the trouble-it’s not a quick thing to do and it’s a wonderful resource.
on 06 Nov 2014 at 4:35 am 8.Carlo Kloeppel said …
I really enjoy the blog. Awesome.