DATELINE: 1983.
Animators' greatest concern - Faustian bargains.
There's a promotional piece from the time of the film's release that credits Anne Marie Bardwell with the lion's share of "Angel's" animation. There's a softness to the character and Broadway feel that, in light of her credits with Don Bluth, suggest she handled the part in this sequence.
I suspect "Mok" was animated by another hand. He's snappier. Not just in his posing, but his linework is harder, more angular.
Animators' greatest concern - Faustian bargains.
There's a promotional piece from the time of the film's release that credits Anne Marie Bardwell with the lion's share of "Angel's" animation. There's a softness to the character and Broadway feel that, in light of her credits with Don Bluth, suggest she handled the part in this sequence.
I suspect "Mok" was animated by another hand. He's snappier. Not just in his posing, but his linework is harder, more angular.
This is probably the strongest sequence from "Rock and Rule". The effects are pretty nice.
From right around the same time, R. O. Blechman's "L'Histoire du Soldat." Tissa David up until the silhouette which is Fred Mogubgub's work:
From right around the same time, R. O. Blechman's "L'Histoire du Soldat." Tissa David up until the silhouette which is Fred Mogubgub's work:
Butterflies.
Music.
Everything.
Music.
Everything.
When I talk about "Broadway posing" this is what I mean:
to here ("Where'd he go!")
a cut, then here. ("OMG! There he is!")
which animates right into this
The drawing reminds me of the point in "Waltz with Bashir" when I realized we would be watching uninspired animation. In that film wild dogs run through the street. They run past a woman holding her child. She clutches the baby facing the dogs. Tsk. Tsk. How much more powerful, more real if she were to sacrifice her body to protect the child.
And look at what Vertov is doing here. Cradling the violin, protecting it from the Devil.
That look! Like a boy with his puppy.
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In defense of the 'Broadway' style movement (though I prefer the subtle actions more myself), Rock n' Rule is all about the showiness of the music so, in way, I'd say it fits.
I do find it interesting, though, that the film with what might be considered the more 'realistic' character designs is the more 'cartoony' when it comes to movement.
Wow, a comparison of Rock and Rule and Soldier's Tale; I'm impressed. If we cross highbrow and lowbrow do we end up with... a unibrow?
Anne Marie as you surmised was the lead animator on "Angel" .
The lead animator on "Mok" was Robin Budd.
The original name of the character was "Mok Swagger" (Mick Jagger ... get it ?) . Jagger's lawyers put a stop to that , though there's still a bit of Mick in that character design.
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