Animation &Fleischer &Frame Grabs 26 Jul 2008 08:16 am
Popeye Goonland Walk
- Here’s a walk I thought funny in the 1938 Popeye cartoon, Goonland. It’s part of Vol. 2 of the Popeye collection.
Drawing for drawing the animation in this film is hilarious. Everything seems to change sizes from frame to frame – just watch Popeye’s feet. They grow, then go back to size. Just the same, the cycle on the legs is very tight and feels as though it has some weight. This is a bit of an animation style that’s lost to CGI.
I’ve forced the drawings into a cycle – they aren’t meant to be. In the actual film, Popeye keeps perusing in other directions as the scene goes on. However, splitting it up like this gives us a chance to look a little closer.
Here are frame grabs followed by a QT movie of the cycle.
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_______________________ _________-______________Popeye scours Goonland withe very expressive arms.
