Daily post 09 Nov 2011 10:19 am
Mickey and the Brooms – 2
- Here I continue with the second part of Mickey’s action in this scene from Fantasia. Mickey and the brooms. The Mickey section of the scene will probably finish up next week, then on to the broom chopping shadows. There are a lot of those. We’ll keep it going until we’re done.
Riley Thomson animated this scene with an assist from Harvey Toombs.
Jim Algar directed this sequence.
This is production #2004- Seq. 7 – Scene 53. It runs 28 ft. 3 frs.
You can find out about all the scenes from Fantasia by studying the animator drafts posted in 2007 by Hans Perk on his site A Film LA, a great resource for animation study.
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The following QT incorporates all the drawings from this post
as well as the previous post, Part 1.
All drawings were exposed per the Exposure Sheets.
on 09 Nov 2011 at 2:16 pm 1.Emmett Goodman said …
I love these drawings! Great character animation too.
One thing I’d like to know. Some of these drawings show Mickey with stitch marks on his face and hands. Was this reference for the animator or an unused feature? These features aren’t in the finished film, and they lend something a little scary to the Mickey Mouse in these drawings.
on 09 Nov 2011 at 5:58 pm 2.Michael said …
What I gather the “stitch marks” in his face is an indication of where the inbetweens should fall, if that marks the center of the head. It’s undoubtedly some kind of system between anmator and asst.
on 09 Nov 2011 at 6:20 pm 3.Hans Perk said …
These are very interesting to study, especially with regards to weight and timing of same.
I would venture to guess that what you call “stitch marks” are lines that indicate where shading (like the “blend”) was to be applied, with crosses over the lines either because they should not be inked, or they were for some reason not to be used at all.
Personally, I do not think they have anything to do with inbetweens, as they are lines that define areas within these drawings only.
on 09 Nov 2011 at 8:55 pm 4.Michael said …
You’re probably right, Hans. The scene had a note attached (in my xeroxed copy) requesting a second shooting for airbrushing problems. The assistants probably had to give them a guide.