Walt Stanchfield was a drawing instructor for the Walt Disney Studios. His classroom handouts are valuable tools for anyone looking to learn the art of animation. Animation Meat has collected and numbered them while Leo has grouped them by subject as if he was publishing them in a book. Whichever way you digest them, these… Read More »Drawing tips from Disney Animator Walt Stanchfield
2719 Hyperion continues to show why it should be on every Disney fan’s daily blogroll. This week there is an indepth look at one of the ‘lost’ Goofy shorts – How To Be A Detective. Due to violent and adult content this film was banished from regular viewing. But now it appears on a Disney… Read More »How to Be An Animated Short
When Michael Eisner came on board as CEO of the Walt Disney Company one of the first decisions he made about the future of Animation at the company was to send John Lasseter and his Computer Generated Animation experiment packing. Disney may not have liked… Read More »Found: An Important Moment in Animation History
I have to say that this was expected. Before the Pixar aquisition Walt Disney Feature Animation was geared to releasing one animated film every year (or so). With Pixar’s addition that will shift to a slightly longer distance in time. That usually means Layoffs. And now, Disney has announced they will be reducing their animation… Read More »Walt Disney to reduce Animation Staff
I distinctly remember when it hit me. I was walking out of
the theater back in 2001 after watching Atlantis: The Lost Empire and I had
this feeling like there was something just not quite right. Atlantis wasn’t a
horrible movie, so it wasn’t disappointment. It was just this nagging feeling
like there was something missing.
That was
when it hit me. There were no musical numbers.
It was a
startling revelation. I began to wonder, were my favorite Disney movies so
heavily influenced by music that the absence of a strong musical tie such a
shock that I actually disliked the movie for that reason?
Credit to Disney for going out and buying the best computer animation studio out there, Pixar. That move will help Disney return to its position as the king of animation. But if they really want to make it to the top in all forms of animation, there’s one more top-flight "animation studio" out there that… Read More »Weta to make Disney Animated Features?
As part of it’s series of bringing expert panels to discuss the best Disney films, the El Capitan recently hosted an evening celebrating the relaunch of Disney’s The Little Mermaid on DVD. Much of the panel was caught on video and has now shown up on YouTube. I have to say this is one of… Read More »Little Mermaid Panel on YouTube
MovieSay, the movie buzz blog, looks at the movie buzz rankings of some of Disney and Pixar’s most famous animated features. Disney holds number two spot with The Lion King, while yet another one of the company’s celebrated early 1990’s animated features, Aladdin, makes an appearance as the 13th most talked about movie on the… Read More »Disney animation ranks higher than Pixar’s