A photostat of actors as pirates, as they go through the motions of threatening Smee. As the sequence's story goes, they feel they are wasting their time near the island and would rather set sail to find ships to loot.
The brilliant animation in the film by Ollie Johnston shows that ideas of this live action reference could be adopted, but needed to be re-staged and pushed for cartoonier staging and acting.
It's unbelievable to see how far Ollie went to portray Smee's anxiety, having the pirate's saber getting closer and closer. Completely unrealistic animation, but you sure feel his jitters. Great scene!
(I had originally planed to show key drawing from this scene in my book, but we ran out of room.)
Smee's body is basically a water ballon, resulting in extreme squash and stretch animation.
Great facial reaction on Smee as the blade approaches his neck. These emotions are entertaining, but they also ring true. Most people would put on a similar expression being caught in a predicament such as this one.
