FROZEN: Making of

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: Voice Actors, Making of & Deleted Scenes in Storyboards

The thing I like most about Dreamworks Studios is their versatility. Every film they make, when you see them separately, seems as if they were made from completely different studios. For example, Shrek is totally different from Kungfu Panda and Kungfu Panda is completely different from How to Train Your Dragon and so on and so forth. And I know it's easy to stick to what works and is comfortable, especially when you are a public company/studio, so I have respect for what they do. So here are some AWESOME VIDEOS I found for inspirational purposes just like the Tangled post before. Check it out~!

As always Voice Actors give you soooooo much inspiration as an animator, because they are the heart and soul behind the characters and they give you soooo much with their gestures and poses and subtle, unique habits.

This is the Making of Video I found, this is actually the second half of the video. You can find the first half of it on youtube, but I thought this was the more interesting part and better quality. Enjoy!

Here is a deleted scene from the movie. It is an animatic version and I was very interested in seeing how they made their storyboards. I was a bit surprised, because there weren't many expression changes drawn into the storyboards as the characters were talking, which made me think maybe they made this before the voice actors recorded or maybe it was because they wanted the animators to be creative on their own.

Tangled: Voice Actors and Hair Trouble and Extended Animation Bits

I love Disney voice actors, ever since Ariel in The Little Mermaid, because when they sing it sounds like you when you're singing by yourself in the shower or in your room. They have a sense of vulnerability that is genuine and in many ways imperfect which makes it sound more real. The actors here show the same kind of Disney magic just with their voices and it is simply amazing! Puffy cheeks, lip movement and shapes, hand gestures, head tilts, eyes bulging in and out emphasizing specific words, there are so much juicy bits and pieces for animators to use in this clip in terms of acting choices. Great reference!



I think this is why Tangled was such a success. Genuine workmanship and dedication to getting it right.





I put these two videos up because I like to see un-rendered versions of the animation. I think you learn more from watching these. Enjoy!

Rise of the Planet of the Apes Making Of Behind the Scenes

I love this trailer.
Weta Digital did an astounding job on this one. 



Leading the sound team is supervising sound editor and sound designer Chuck Michael and co-supervisor John Larsen with the talents of first assistant sound editor Smokey Cloud and sound re-recording mixers Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett.

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