How to Animate a Fight - Disney "The Lion King"

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Rafiki is a supporting character in Disney's 1994 animated feature film, The Lion King. This is one of the best animated scenes in the movie where he
Kung Fu fights acting like Bruce Lee.
The Lion King is one of the best Disney movies in my advice,
We relate to the characters in a very strong and personal way. They’re instantly recognizable and relatable to a lot of people.
I hope you enjoy this tutorial as this action is amazing when viewed frame by frame.
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@galaxydeathskrill5607 10 месяцев назад

The fact that that the stretch, twist and smear make the animation so fluid is the best, I always wonder how they're made the animations in TLK so smooth Awesome tutorial

@PixiGags 10 месяцев назад

Thanks so much Galaxy! Yes, all those animation principles create such an harmony of movement!!

@DJZKEVIN 6 месяцев назад

Their frames are handrawn

@Water_Bird 10 месяцев назад

I loved the lion king! It was one of my favorite movies as a kid! Glad you could bring back the memories!

@PixiGags 10 месяцев назад

Yes Lioness, it's such a wonderful film, timeless!! :D

@SpacialRend7 10 месяцев назад

I always enjoy this scene and how fast-paced it is with Rafiki pulling of those moves.😄

@PixiGags 10 месяцев назад

Yes SpacialRend, this scene came as a nice surprise in the movie!! :D

@CushionSapp 10 месяцев назад

I remember this scene being a highlight in the movie theater when I was a kid.

@PixiGags 10 месяцев назад

Oh yes, it comes quite as a surprise in the movie! :D

@madjidchouarbi3921 10 месяцев назад

This was far better than what they did for Mulan. You really can see in this clip how james baxter used references from shaw bothers kung fu movies and how Bruce Lee's moves inspired him, on the other hand, the Mulan crew didn't know anything about Kung Fu and made really poor fighting scenes. Thanks as always for this deep analysis of a iconic scene.

@PixiGags 10 месяцев назад

Hello Madjid, I am glad you like this animation! The scene is very inspiring, so much research and work! On Mulan the exploration was mostly about the visual style, they could have searched the culture and martial arts on a deeper level.

@madjidchouarbi3921 10 месяцев назад

@@PixiGags Hello Pixi ! I feel they'd better study the chinese acting from the classical comedy kung fu movies to give the audience a sence of exotism. In Mulan, the acting is a bit to " on formula ". You can clearly see that the crew was american and, even if they did their best to respect the chinese culture, it was something too unfamiliar to them to suceed at giving convincing experience. Maybe they didn't had enough time to study another acting style or maybe the producers pushed for something more casual ? Because I love Liu Chia Liang movies, I felt quite disapointed when watching Mulan, not only for the acting, but for the message too : there was no subtlety in the way they depicted the women. Everything was like :" oh, of course, you're a woman so you can't do this, you can't do that " and so on... Unfortunately, it was the starting point of what disney is now doing : movies which look more of propaganda than stories. You can certainly add some positive messages within a film, book etc... but if your purpose is to force your beliefs into society, then you'd better write an essay instead of producing movies. The bad box office results Disney faces for some years are proof that the audience doesn't adhere to this vision anymore. Have a good day Master !

@EmberWolfsArt 10 месяцев назад

I always loved this scene. I remember the first time I saw it and the kind and gentle Rafiki just goes Bruce Lee on the hyenas. I laughed so hard and it is so bada**!

@PixiGags 10 месяцев назад

Hello Ember, it was a surprise also for me, but it fits his type so well!! :D

@EmberWolfsArt 10 месяцев назад

Oh yes! One of the most bada** scenes in animated history! @@PixiGags

@Zackzilla2479 7 месяцев назад

FUN FACT: James Baxter animated this Rafiki scene where he was the supervising animator of the character at that time.

@PixiGags 7 месяцев назад

Oh yes indeed Zack, he animated most of Rafiki!! .d

@S.E.A.Productions 10 месяцев назад

1. Thank you, I needed this video! 2. The Lion King was an awesome movie, still is, I haven't watched it in a few years though, but I will watch it tonight!! I heard they're making a live action prequel in 2024, so that will be interesting to possibly learn about Mufasa and Scar's backstories!

@PixiGags 10 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it SEA, I appreciate it! Yes indeed, I am also looking forward to that!! :D

@CrazyFox._Official 10 месяцев назад

Lion king was my childhood 😭

@PixiGags 10 месяцев назад

Such a good movie!!

@Torterix 10 месяцев назад

such a beautiful movie

@PixiGags 10 месяцев назад

Yes Snotrat, I agree!!

@Cloverlolz4111 10 месяцев назад

HOW DID I SEE THIS A MINUTE AFTER YOU POSTED IT ALSO I

@PixiGags 10 месяцев назад

Hello Luna! :D

@charlyghb 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for the new vid pix, love your new logo btw ❤

@PixiGags 10 месяцев назад

You are welcome Charlie, thank you so much!! :D

@ElloryTheCelery 9 месяцев назад

Awesome! -Tarragon

@PixiGags 9 месяцев назад

Thanks so much!! :D

@WondrousAddilynn 10 месяцев назад

Hi Pixi-Gags! long time no see! 👋🏻 Ever since I’ve been interested in animation I find it funny sometimes when you watch a 2d animation movie then pause to see the smear or stretch frames of the animation 😂 but I find it smart how it makes the animation motion look smoother in flow 🧐

@PixiGags 10 месяцев назад

Hello Ariel, nice to see you!! :D Yes, doing that is what made me interested in animation, all those invisible and creative inventions one can make between the frames!

@karinhjort8456 10 месяцев назад

Beautiful animation ❤️

@PixiGags 10 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@SamuelAttias-lt6mh 10 месяцев назад

Great love

@PixiGags 10 месяцев назад

Thanks Samuel! :D

@arnaudwurm-munoz1325 10 месяцев назад

Excellent vidéo! This help very much!

@PixiGags 10 месяцев назад

Glad you think so Arnaud! :D

@User83646 10 месяцев назад

Pixi.... Thats is Realy cooool And amazing Your animating Skills is Realy good!!!

@PixiGags 10 месяцев назад

Hello Dogie, thanks so much for the comment!

@BOLATOBOLA2.0 10 месяцев назад

Amazing video

@PixiGags 10 месяцев назад

Glad you think so!🙂

@eaglewolffox6275 10 месяцев назад

Idea: smoother wing sprouting from back animation

@PixiGags 10 месяцев назад

That's really cool Eaglewolf!! :D

@eaglewolffox6275 10 месяцев назад

@@PixiGagsthanks

@jlark2077 19 дней назад

Love your work man, aspiring artist here. Did you work on this film?

@solirablack5934 10 месяцев назад

Very nice and informative tutorial. In my opinion, to make believable and at the same time breathtaking and tense fight scene is much harder in animated films with G or PG (PG-13) rating than in animated films for more mature audience (we're talking about most part of USA cartoons for kids), because censorship seriously limits animators and writers in showing blood and wounds. So the main focusing is on characters and their advantages and disadvantages, where their strong and weak sides, where it's better to defeat a villain, using either own sharp mind or his own weapon (magical weapon or simply own arrogance and power-hungry nature) against him/her, as well as the death of characters has strong emotional shade. On the opposite, very often animated films for adults simply show brutal killings for brutal killings, forgetting about tense, context, characters and etc I mentioned earlier. But for me it is really weird to not show blood. Blood and wounds make characters more real, hence the threat and danger toward them becomes more real, and we care about them even more. It doesn't mean that we have to show brutal killings in all details (although, as a kid I watched such type of animated movies and enjoyed them), just to not fear to show exactly blood and wounds. I mean, almost every kids had wounds on their knees, for example.

@PixiGags 10 месяцев назад

Hello Solira, that's a very interesting topic. Today it would be brave to show that type of imagery as the rules for distribution are very strict. Think that many movies and shorts ( like the old Warner Brother ones ) have been banned for having cigarettes, dynamite etc! Even Pepe le Pew ( the skunk ) has been removed for his suggested violation towards another gender. It was very different a few decades ago for some reasons, I guess because a broader age group watched animated movies back then.

@solirablack5934 10 месяцев назад

@@PixiGags Fair argument. From another side, I'd say it's also a problem of parents, who can not (or doesn't want) explain to their kids, why using dynamite and smoking cigarettes is a very bad idea for kid and a pretty risking choice for adult. I.e. instead of normal explanation they prefer to ban animated films and throw own responsibility on cartoons. I heard about the situation with Pepe le Pew. In my opinion, they should simply re-conceptualize this character, either making him a lady's man or making him a guy, who is ready to love a lady of every species, i.e. he has no prejustice or whatever. Maybe even some kind of a character arc. I.e. there's lots of ways, how to make this character relatable in modern iterations of Loony Tunes.

@michaelkelley737 10 месяцев назад

Wow. So cool. ^^

@PixiGags 10 месяцев назад

Thanks Michael!! :D

@michaelkelley737 10 месяцев назад

@@PixiGags No problem. :3

@101jir 10 месяцев назад

That "Nooo!" at the end was the best. Not sure that's what he was saying, but that's how I always heard it. Nice breakdown. Do you have any breakdowns of the characters getting hit yet? It looks like they spend multiple frames in a daze. Would be interesting to see a breakdown of the other side of the fight scene, the side that loses.

@PixiGags 10 месяцев назад

Yes 101 this is a particular fight, the hits are very sudden with very little anticipation to mimic the Kung Fu fights in some of those cult movies. I a more natural fight the hits and reactions would be more noticeable. I will post some of those.

@101jir 10 месяцев назад

@@PixiGags Awesome!