Lilo and Stitch is in the news again, so I thought I might post film frames from a few of my scenes with Lilo. Just going through these scenes after so many years...a lot of emotions are coming back to the surface. It was a privilege animating this complex character. The studio knew me from my work on Roger Rabbit and Scar, but this was a very different challenge. All about subtleties, holding the character still for the most part to let the audience know about what Lilo was thinking. They really took a gamble on me here.
What a beautiful film. Look at those mind-blowing watercolor backgrounds. Everything came together here. The unusual story, stunning art direction, emotional as well as very funny animation and an amazing score by Alan Silvestri.
I only animated Lilo in these scenes, except when we hear Elvis singing out of Stitch's mouth. I did both characters in that section of the film.
More on Lilo's visual development and model sheet here:
https://andreasdeja.blogspot.com/2011/06/lilo.html
Awesome. So what do you think of the live action remake? How do you like the Lilo casting? Seems like they tried hard to cast someone who captures her uniqueness...
ReplyDeleteLilo is one of those characters who seems simple but is difficult acting in low Dynamic range.
ReplyDeleteYou should do more posts featuring the scenes you animated on certain movies. It's very educational.
ReplyDeleteall the Lilo and Nani scenes especially are GORGEOUS, so nicely done!
ReplyDeleteAlso, now I'm wondering if they changed the 'pizza box' back into a dryer in the current release