Inside the Animation Process: Gothel & Rapunzel Building A Shot

Disney animator Jamaal Bradley (alas, now at Dreamworks) created a video to show how a scene comes together. In this case a snippet of “Mama Knows Best” from Rapunzel is first shown in final render, then broken down step by step to show the process used when creating a shot.

Bradley created it for a class he was teaching, but I’m glad he put it on Vimeo for everyone to see. I love the shots of him acting out the scene and found it very eye-opening what sort of stages each figure goes through during the animation process.