Touchstone Pictures was formed in 1984 as a separate brand of The Walt Disney Company to produce films containing mature elements. Amblin Entertainment is a production company headed by Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, and Kathleen Kennedy. SilverScreen Partners III was the last of three limited partnerships offered to the public to help finance productions. Investors received a portion of a film's gross. Artists studied titles of various cartoons of the 1940s. They decided on a look most reminiscent of Warner Bros. cartoons. Notice how the wood floor is also animated to move as the camera changes perspective. Animated backgrounds were unusual due to expense. Mrs. Herman was voiced by April Winchell. Who was April Winchell's father, who voiced a famous Disney character? Paul Winchell voiced Tigger, in addition to other characters. He also hosted a children's TV show and even invented an early version of the artificial heart. Animation pioneerTex Avery was probably the single biggest influence on the animation comedy style of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The next shot of Roger is known as a "take;" a character's sudden reaction. In an Avery-style take, eyes pop out, jaws drop to the floor, bodies become stiff as boards, to visually show in extreme how a character feels. Avery exaggerated action gags, through speed and body changes, as never before. This influenced everybody's animation. Born in Taylor, Texas, Tex Avery was a leading Animation Director at Warner Bros. from 1936 to 1942. Then at M-G-M, he did his most distinctive work from 1942 through 1954. Later, Avery created TV commercials. His best known ad shows an insect world's view of a leading bug spray. Avery developed a following of young admirers who rediscovered his work after his death in 1980, at age 72. This is classic "cause-and-effect" comedy structure. Something happens that causes another event, which causes a wilder event, and gags keep building layer upon layer. Silent-film comedians like Charles Chaplin and Buster Keaton pioneered comedy stories as a "chain-of-events." The early Disney animation staff studied Chaplin's movies. Director Robert Zemeckis stated, "Moving out of the cartoon into reality was the crucial scene in the movie. That shot had to work or everything would be over three minutes after it began." "The last three shots are subtly rendered so they are not flat cartoon animation but watercolours. We built a three-dimensional set and painted it flat, with even the shadows painted on. All of a sudden the director walks in." Baby Herman was animated here by Richard Williams, the film's director of animation. Director Zemeckis first got excited about this project-in-development in 1982. He felt this opening transitional scene, "was the ultimate concept shot," meaning it was a great sounding premise for a movie. Zemeckis feels that a key opening shot in his movies sets the tone for what follows. Raoul J. Raoul, the live action director of"Somethin's Cookin" is played by Joel Silver better known for his role as producer of big budget action films such as Die Hard and the Lethal Weapon series. Born in England, a 25-year-old Bob Hoskins (Eddie Valiant) was sitting in a pub next to a theatre when a stranger told him to go upstairs and read for the lead in a play. He actually got the part. After his first performance, an agent advised him to take up acting professionally. Previously, he had been a porter, circus fire eater, steeplejack, and seaman. Eddie glances down at a small Mickey Mouse figurine on the table. The editor hunched over the moviola is Morgan Deare, who also voices Bongo, the ape bouncer of the Ink and Paint Club. The dialogue is a parody of lyrics from an Irving Berlin song, "There's No Business Like Show Business," written for Annie Get Your Gun. The filmmakers thought Bob Hoskins fit the 1940s style of detective better than ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Электрические мечты на английском - текст Дневник камикадзе на английском - текст Мутанты Икс - Сезон 1 на английском - текст Чёрный квадрат на английском - текст Собачья дверца на английском |