As a student of animation, it was my ultimate dream to work for Walt Disney Feature Animation. Michael Eisner’s move to shut down traditional animation and transition to computer animation dashed my dreams of animating among my animation heroes. On the positive side, my years of study and my connections to the studios have provided me a lot of knowledge on the subject.
Together, we will discuss the art of animation and it’s application into the world of entertainment. I utilize my years of study to bring a certain expertise of the medium’s history and the people who brought us an endless catalog of great animation.
I hope you join me EVERY FRIDAY for a new adventure!
i found this lost obscure opening and closing of the movie, its the original 1988 version ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rbq8O18LJ9A.html
Animator Talk, do you know David Hall did concept art 🖼️ for the film, but like 👍 Alice in Wonderland it share the same issues as the previous movie 🍿 and the story was much darker, that is correct 👍 right?
Hang on- how has the beast been enchanted for 21 years? The final rose petal is supposed to fall on his 21st birthday. Unless he was cursed prenatally, it doesn’t add up.
Saddest part of the switch was Dejas fantastic character and the overall story idea with the sun. The rest was in fact too bland imo, although it could’ve worked with 1 or 2 completely different and more interesting main characters. Plus: Sting seemed already outdated the moment the movie came out, so I never got why they went that route in the first place. Should’ve used Prince and really let him loose, this could’ve become the most „craziest“ Disney film ever
The other day I saw a clip online of Jessica Rabbit tied to a train track and thought, ‘I don’t remember that in the movie.’ Turns out it was from one of a Roger Rabbit short called: _roller coaster rabbit_. I never knew about the animated shorts!! To my pleasant surprise Who Framed Roger Rabbit is available to watch free with ads on youtube movies. I was curious on BTS and production and found your channel! Thank you for all the insight and behind the scenes you provided. Really awesome work!!
Fun 🤩 Fact: The Nightmare Before Christmas was originally going to released by Walt Disney Pictures and be part of the Walt Disney Feature Animation lineup, but Walt Disney Studios decided to release the film under their adult 👩 themed label 🏷️ Touchstone Pictures because they thought 💭 the film would be too dark and scary 😟 for kids
Now, consider one idea which may not have penetrated Disney's mind at the time; Yzma was still alive as a cat during the end of the movie. What if, instead of having everything follow as it did in Kronk's New Groove, Disney simply used Kingdom of the Sun as a theatrical-quality sequel, with Manco being the son of Kuzko, and Yzma is back to her original self, transformed Huaca into a living thing. All the aforementioned, and Yzma decides to take her revenge on Kuzco through Manco.
Another fun detail about Disney's Hunchback is that it got not one but TWO stage adaptations-both of which keep and expand upon the score of the movie, AND made the story progressively darker and closer to the book! (Yes, really.) The first one ran in Berlin from 1999-2003, and became one of Germany's longest-running musicals at the time. Then the musical came to the U.S. premiering at the La Jolla and PaperMill Playhouses, and getting hundreds of high school/college/independent-theater productions across the states, and in other countries too! (Though sadly, couldn't make Broadway, not just because its darker than Disney's typical brand, but even more because it included a live choir that they couldn't pay the union enough the include.) When I say the stage version gets darker and closer to the book, this includes details like Frollo going back to being an archdeacon, and even giving him some more backstory that adds to his character and makes his decent down the path of darkness even scarier! Quasimodo is not only physically deformed, but suffers hearing loss from being the bell-ringer (which had the bonus of giving the role to deaf actors in some productions). The stage version redid wise-cracking gargoyles sidekicks to having the cathedrals statuary explicitly being voices in Quasimodo's head, like how the book details that the cathedral "spoke" to Quasimodo. And the story gets much less kid-friendly with added story elements like Frollo stabbing Phoebus and framing Esmerelda for it, Frollo attempting to RAPE Esmerelda as opposed to gripping her and sniffing her hair...and yes, even puts back in the original ending where all the characters die! The stage version is so cool, and the added music for it is so epic that it's compelled me to make some of my own musical animatics (in a style similar to animatics you'd see for Brad Bird's movies), to give my interpretation to what the songs would look like if they were animated!
Some more fun facts about the movie (or Hunchback-related) details: -Jason Alexander would do other voice work for Disney, with Abis Mal from the 'Aladdin' TV series. -Mandy Patinkin played Quasimodo in a made-for-TV adaptation of Hunchback which came out the following year after this movie. -This was the only movie from Disney's animated canon to get nominated for a Razzie. (Yes, not even some of Disney's more reviled titles like 'The Black Cauldron', 'Home on the Range', or 'Chicken Little' got a nomination like that!) This is why I don't put much stock in award ceremonies.
Yes, it was a smash success. With a budget of $30 million, it made almost that much in its opening weekend. To date, it’s made almost $400 million, globally. 😎
I’m afraid Peter Pan was not a huge success when it was originally released. Disney would learn that re-releases would be a popular strategy to gain popularity for its films.
@@AnimatorTalk happ milestone anniversary to that nostalgic cult classic since its official releasing year was 1993 and was only premiered on october at Germany, plus it is now viewed superior compared ironically with the faithful yet polarizing WB hybrid version
I saw this in the movie theater when it was first released, and I was the same age as you! Every so often I get a hankering to rewatch it, thanks to Disney+ I can easily quench that urge. On my last viewing, I realized with great amusement that this movie was probably my gateway drug to Billy Joel 😅 Because the following year in 1989, We Didn't Start the Fire came out, which wore me down until I finally asked my parents to buy me his latest album. I probably love this movie more as an adult than I did as a kid. Thanks for this video! Brought back all the nostalgic feelings.
I wasn’t born until 1994 so I never saw it in theaters when it was released. However I owned the vhs tape for many years. Throughout my childhood I was in and out of hospitals dealing with a lot of medical conditions and my favorite movies I would take were Oliver and Company, The Little Mermaid and Toy Story.(I probably took other movies too, but you know what I mean.) I sang Once Upon A Time In New York City all the time and I remember singing Perfect Isn’t Easy at a recital years ago. The last time I watched the vhs was years ago. The next morning I lost it. I was very upset because it was one of my favorites. Then I remember my older sister bought me the dvd. Then years later my mom found the vhs as she was looking for things to donate. When she said she found it, I just decided to donate it because I already got the dvd. Today is this movie’s 34th anniversary. Yesterday was The Little Mermaid’s 33RD anniversary. November has always been a busy time of the year for the Disney studio and fans. I’m proud that I’m part of the Disney fandom. I’m nearly 30 years old now and I’ve never given up my passion for Disney. I don’t think I ever will.
I seem to remember them talking about the computer animation and it consisted of doing line drawing animation on computers that would be printed onto paper sheets frame by frame that would be transferred to cels and hand painted.
Despite this movie being a box-office bomb, the movie did gather a cult following and do well with critics and audiences alike. Even Ted Turner loved it so much.