Great post! This and Roger Rabbit cemented my love of 2D animation (and started my other career, but that’s a different story 😉)
Mo cap was still twenty years away from any practical application at that point. And this was PROPER 2D animation. On cells, by hand with actual brushes and paint. Digital didn’t exist at this point (not for 2D anyway. The stain glass knight from Young Sherlock Holmes and clock tower gear scene from Great Mouse Detective were still a couple years away)
For Disney’s GMD, they didn’t have a way to transfer the computer generated frames, on to the cels, so they printed them all out, on paper, then had animators trace them.
Thx for reminding me about this video. It brings me back. ❤️
Excellent choice! I remember loving both the video and song.
Love this insight on an iconic music video! It’s fascinating to see how Abdul incorporated animation into her music, this series is so interesting :)
I think this was the first tape I bought with my own money. :)
It is a pretty cool video! Interesting thoughts on it, Jon.
Great post! This and Roger Rabbit cemented my love of 2D animation (and started my other career, but that’s a different story 😉)
Mo cap was still twenty years away from any practical application at that point. And this was PROPER 2D animation. On cells, by hand with actual brushes and paint. Digital didn’t exist at this point (not for 2D anyway. The stain glass knight from Young Sherlock Holmes and clock tower gear scene from Great Mouse Detective were still a couple years away)
For Disney’s GMD, they didn’t have a way to transfer the computer generated frames, on to the cels, so they printed them all out, on paper, then had animators trace them.
Thx for reminding me about this video. It brings me back. ❤️
Thanks so much for this. It makes me feel really old too, loved your animation timeline, brilliant.
Sry. My timeline was off for the films. YSH came out in 85 and GMD 86. now I feel reeeally old. 😅
Very true. They blend brilliantly here and think that everything flows incredibly well together. Thanks for taking the time to read and comment.