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Disney’s Return to Traditional Animation – The Princess and the Frog


after venturing into the realm of 3d
they said they were done with inked
animation welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re taking a look at Disney’s
return to creating traditional
masterpieces up until 2004 Disney
Studios had always produced their
classics with the focus on hand-drawn
animation however since the early 90s
the process had undergone several major
changes in order to maintain the appeal
of their pen and paper cartoon features
as well as reduce the amount of
resources required for the process in
1990 Disney released the rescuers down
under their first film to use a system
called caps this system allowed artists
to color and copy handmade drawings with
the use of computers
this gave Disney’s top artists the
freedom to become key character
animators that could focus their
energies on producing character sketches
that other artists would clean up and
prepare for the computer this method was
perfected and enhanced in 1991’s Beauty
and the Beast
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the test this animation style allowed
Disney to seamlessly incorporate CGI
into moving shots that would otherwise
have been nearly impossible with
hand-drawn backgrounds in 1992 Aladdin
represented another stepping stone for
the company in a first for Disney they
completely animated one of their
characters in CGI in addition to
presenting even more visually impressive
backgrounds this use of technology would
continue to evolve in scale with 1994’s
The Lion King as it was used to produce
an entire stampede of wildebeests all
future films would continue to expand
their use of CGI such as The Hunchback
of Notre Dame and Mulan
however the success Disney felt was
undermined by several high-profile flops
films such as Treasure Planet were
panned for abusing CGI among other
things
critics trashed Disney for sacrificing
the endearing qualities of their
animation such as plot and characters
too instead overuse new technology you
give up a few things chasing a dream due
to this backlash Disney opted to make
several more cartoony film entries as
demonstrated by 2004 ‘s home on the
range
this film was pronounced as the final
traditional Disney cartoon ever to be
produced theatrically following its
failed stint at the box office this
resulted in Disneyland off most of their
art department and acquiring Pixar
Animation Studios in 2006 with Pixar
Disney produced such successful films as
wall-e and up the first film to be
released in Disney digital 3d No after a
five-year break from traditional
animation the new leaders of the art
department decided to bring Disney back
to its hand-drawn roots with the 2009
Broadway style musical The Princess and
the Frog to achieve this creative
rebirth artists will again animate
characters using inked art that is
scanned into the computer from paper and
the characters will not be influenced by
the CGI look that dominated their
earlier efforts instead characters will
retain a sculptural look as was crafted
in the 1950s Disney is hoping that their
focus on the classic traits from their
past will revive the genre I suppose you
want a kiss kissing would be nice yes
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