Congratulations to Mark Henn for receiving the Disney Legend Award!
I worked with Mark on the same sequences from time to time. Here are a few of my favorites.
King Triton argues with his daughter Ariel. I said this before, I was practically animating my own father when he gave my teenage sister Christa a hard time for returning back home late after an evening out. James Baxter also drew a few scenes here toward the end.
Jasmine confronts Jafar to find out what is going to happen with Aladdin. By this time Mark had relocated to the Disney/Orlando studio while I was working on Jafar in Burbak. It might sound strange but we never felt the need to discuss things over the phone. Everything was laid out so clearly in the story sketches, it was obvious who would do his animation first and who would follow.
Scar sets up Simba on a rock just before the wildebeest stampede. With such great voices to work with, it was almost easy to come up with interesting performances. Again, Mark animating Simba in Orlando, I animated Scar in Burbank.
What are some of the other ones? Probably Mickey Prince and the Pauper, Mama Odie and Tiana, Belle and Gaston?
ReplyDeleteFor anyone out there, I'd really recommend Mark Henn's video on John Pomeroy's website. Andreas has a cool one too! It's well worth paying the 20 bucks for one month to watch those
Wasn't Belle animated by James Baxter?
Deleteboth of them supervised Belle
DeleteGreat chemistry between you guys on these three great animated films.
ReplyDeleteAnd what did you think of "The Cunning Little Vixen"??
That Jasmine/Jafar one has meme potential!
ReplyDeleteMy humble opinion, it goes without saying that you are a Disney Legend as well.
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