One of the earliest computer animations ever...from Disney??

MattSullivan · Post by **MattSullivan** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 4:34 pm

1984. Where the wild things are...if you've never seen this before...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvIDRoO8KnM

Shadow Wulf · Post by **Shadow Wulf** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 4:49 pm

Wow thats crazy.

White Paw · Post by **White Paw** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:48 pm

holy crap i remember that one....damn i feel old now...

Lycanthrope · Post by **Lycanthrope** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 6:08 pm

Fascinating.

Vuldari · Post by **Vuldari** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 3:56 am

OH WOW...

That is really very interesting.

Thank you for sharing Matt.

nekocj · Post by **nekocj** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:09 am

Beautiful! That is awesome and I remember seeing bits of this as a child as well. Thanks for sharing that with us Matt! Seeing as how I'm going into the field of computer animation this a treasure for me. I plan on sharing it with my classmates for the fun of it.

-Neko

Kaebora · Post by **Kaebora** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 3:07 am

Ah, I love their techniques. That old clip is a great example of well designed compositing. Their virtual camera work is STILL better than Pixar. Back then and now. I use similar steps to making an animation, but typicaly skip using vector tests. I just test shots using toned down graphics for quick test renders, and work with it one shot at a time. Disney will always be much more tedious going from the storyboards to the finished product. Makes fore higher quality shots that can be implimented into any technique of their choosing, like the that rotoscoping that they often excell at.

Notice how long each camera shot lasted. That envoles tremendous work in any project. I would love to see more people play with the camera movement in film more.

Teh_DarkJokerWolf · Post by **Teh_DarkJokerWolf** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 4:28 am

One of my fave stories as a child