These are a few scenes with Tigger and Pooh that ended up being cut from the feature film Winnie The Pooh. As I mentioned before Tigger's entrance used to be very different from the final version. Just like in the original shorts, he was always looking for something or someone to bounce on.
We animated the whole sequence that way, but after a screening it became clear that Tigger really wasn't that interesting just bouncing around. So the sequence was rewritten, and new and different business was added which included a red balloon. It turned out for the better.
I did enjoy animating these early scenes though.
Tigger grabs the wooden sign away from Pooh and enthusiastically starts bouncing on it, until he gradually looses interest. This was a scene that required some careful analyzing. Tigger's emotion starts out being euphoric, then he becomes bored and somewhat annoyed. It was lots of fun doing it.
I animated both characters for the first two scenes, Marc Henn did Pooh in the last shot.
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I just love the way tigger looses interest for the wooden sign.
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Me too :D, movement when slowing down and stopped position were super funny. And movement when it stands up from on tail to taking that sign from ground was also so funny. Works perfectly without big anticipation.
DeleteLoved seeing this at the workshop, and thrilled at the chance to analyze it in more detail now!
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ReplyDeletePencil tests are fascinating. They have this magic that somehow gets lost when they get colored.
ReplyDeleteAnimation is really a second nature for you. I wish I had that skill. Really does not come naturally even though I love it. You have a lot of talents. ANd also, there is nothing better than rough animation!
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing these tests in the deleted scenes of the "Winnie the Pooh" Blu-Ray. These are some really amazing stuff (Tell Mark Henn it goes for him too!)!!
ReplyDeleteBut if you get the chance, Andreas, I would LOVE to see a post on Milt Kahl's Tigger stuff. Tigger happens to be my personal favorite of all of Milt's characters and haven't really seen enough original drawings other than the low-resolution pencil test on the "Many Adventures" making-of documentary, and those thumbnails from the "Tigger Too" sequence of him in the tree. So if you can fulfill my request, it'd make me extremely happy!!!!!
I think the best part of this pencil test is that Tigger's acting goes right down to his tail. It takes a lot of creativity to determine how a tail, something with no face or hands, can evoke any sort of emotion. Amazing.
ReplyDeleteHis whiskers also intrigue me... this entire pencil test was just well done right down to the smallest details. A job well done indeed, Mr. Deja~
What was it like animating an old school Disney character, it had to be difficult to match what the original animator did and add a few new things of your own.
ReplyDeleteI like how the characters in that film are animated similarly to their 1960's versions. They have many of the same mannerisms.
ReplyDeleteI have a question, and I don't mean this in a bad way... Did anyone ever consider finding new voices for the characters, instead of just doing impressions of the original voice actors? I did the voice of Yogi Bear in a show, and although it worked, I felt like I could have given it a lot more if I was finding a voice from within myself instead of trying to imitate Daws Butler. It was doubly hard because I was trying to convey emotions that the character never expressed before. I really think that voice actors and animators should be free to reinterpret the characters from the ground up, not put on someone else's performance like someone else's pair of pants.
ReplyDeleteYou have a point, Steve.
DeleteI guess there is a fear among studios that if a character is changed too much, the audience won't accept this new version, because that's not the way they remember him or her.
Even though...there have been drastic changes in the appearance of Mickey Mouse lately, as a cg and as a 2d character....sigh!
Beautiful! I love how seeing it in pencil really shows off the line work.
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