Project plan: Initial Research.
In this blogger post, I will be exploring the iconic artists and animation studios and look into their methods processes, and style of animation.
Walt Disney:
Walt Disney was an American animator born on December 5, 1901. With the record for the most Academy Awards with 22 Oscars from 59, he was known for the most iconic characters such as, Mickey Mouse, or Donald Duck. He also co-founded the 'Disney' known for numerous favourite The following are some of the storyboards that Walt Disney used in the creation for peter pan and Mickey animated films like 'Lion King', 'Cinderella', or 'Frozen'.
Below is a storyboard that Walt Disney made himself for the animated show' Donald Duck', which shows the order of movement and describes what will be happening in that particular scene. I am planning to use the same process during the creation of my my animation.
This is one of my own template I made of one of the scene in my animation project. It consists of 4 characters, 2 of which exchange a package and currently being targeted by other 2 of my Main characters pursuing them.
The downside of this is that there's not much detail for someone to look once and understand what's going on but they will be added.
In terms of style, Walt Disney's style of animation has been since evolving since 1932 with the creation of Silly Symphonies which were released with the Mickey shorts, in black and white. “I had a black-and-white picture in the works called Flowers and Trees. But I just felt that colour could do so much more for the cartoon medium, that it was worth doing over. I got Technicolor to give me an exclusive [in the cartoon field] for two years for the use of their three-color process.” - Walt Disney.
When Walt started focusing on creating his first full-length animated movie, he knew he had to upgrade the technology that was available to his artists. While the animators were devoted to hand-drawing scenes and characters from their own imagination and using personal mirrors for facial reference, Disney decided to introduce the technique of rotoscoping, which was created by Max Fleischer. Rotoscoping involves drawing or tracing over a transparent paper which help to achieve a more realistic appearance. Walt also enlisted reference models like Marge Champion to portray Snow White, filmed their movements, and used the footage to animate smoothly.
Reference:
Artnet.com. (2024). Walt Disney. [online] Available at: https://www.artnet.com/artists/walt-disney-studios/donalds-nephews-donald-duck-original-storyboards-An3Ebkt6et2PKl0fNkVf-g2 [Accessed 27 Feb. 2024].
Taylar (2021). The History of the Evolving Animation Styles of Disney. [online] The Disney Classics. Available at: https://www.thedisneyclassics.com/blog/animation-styles.
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