History Bambi

[Tom Morrow]

Next after Snow White: Bambi

Next after Snow White: Bambi... A. Film L.A. Here is a little article from Liberty magazine of November 26th, 1938, "What Snow White's Father is Doing Now - Walt Disney's Startling New Plans." It tells, among other things, of Bambi as the follow up to Snow White, followed by Pinocchio. It announces the Sorcerer's Apprentice, and tells of the new studio that ultimately cost over two million, and not the $750,000 as Walt estimates here. When I read this, I could wonder why the strike ever even happened... by Hans Perk complete article and scan

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[princesschloe777]

I am not so sure, I understand?

[Ezra]

If you follow the link, there's a scan of an old magazine article from 1938, all about what Walt Disney Studios is working on "now": According to that article Bambi was supposed to first, followed by Pinocchio... I guess Bambi took alot more planning than they thought, because Pinocchio, Fantasia and Dumbo all came before Bambi.

[princesschloe777]

^ Oh Okay Thank you Ezra for explaining that for me! :)

[Tom Morrow]

Animators learn animal anatomy for Bambi

Rico LeBrun’s guides Michael Sporn Animation At the start of Disney’s production of Bambi, Rico LeBrun, an established Italian artist, who was teaching at Chouinard Institute, was employed to help teach the studio’s artists to learn how to draw animals. He created some intense classes where animators concentrated on the anatomy of deer and other animals. The story goes that LeBrun went so far as to cut open a deer’s corpse and slowly peel away parts of the animal for drawing and study. Over days, as the smell grew more putrid, fewer and fewer people attended. LeBrun prepared a book of some 40 or so pages of the skeletal system of deer for the artists to use as reference in learning to manipulate the animal characters. His art was copied onto animation paper with typed notes added. continue to the SCANS and PHOTOS complete article with PHOTOS and SCANS of LeBrun's guides

Related Link:
Part 2 -Rico LeBrun’s guides
Michael Sporn Animation

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[Tom Morrow]

Animators learn animal anatomy for Bambi

Part 3 — Rico LeBrun’s guides Michael Sporn Animation I’ve posted the first two installments of Rico LeBrun’s guide to drawing the deer. This will complete the booklet that was prepared exclusively for the Disney artists working on Bambi where LeBrun taught classes in animal anatomy. continue to the SCANS and PHOTOS complete article with PHOTOS and SCANS of LeBrun's guides

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