A
A. J. Kwak series, 112
Abstract film, visual development work, 45
Action
and composition, 74
design choices, 17
The Adventures of an * 131
African Tribal Art, 58
Aladdin, 29, 48–55, 89, 105, 120
Alexander Nevsky, 20
Alien, 20
Allen, Woody, 20
Altieri, Kathy, 52
Amarcord, 20
Amblimation Studio, 67, 100, 101
Andersen, Hans Christian, 148
Anderson, Ken, 129
Animation Department style guide, 11
Antonioni, Michelangelo, 20, 26
Architecture
and sketching practice, 22
St. Petersburg, 148
in visual development, 44
Artistic freedom, 9
Artmatic software, 182
Ashes and Diamonds, 20
Ashman, Howard, 48
Australian Aboriginal Art, 58
Azadani, Rasoul, 52
B
Baby Herman (Who Framed Roger Rabbit), 5
Bacher, Hanne, 102
Backgrounds
artists, 8
Bambi glass plates, 203
and color choice, 141
department style guide, 11
design choices, 17
painted glass masterpieces, 196–207
and values, 136
Badger brush, 120
Balance
shapes, 124
Balinese silk painting, 59
Barry Lyndon, 20
Bass, Saul, 129
Battleship Potemkin, 20
Beatrice and The Great ‘Film Noir' Director, 20
Beauty and the Beast, 5, 26, 28–41, 47, 48, 51, 105,
Benton, Thomas Hart, 154
Bernal, Mitch, 153
Bertolucci, Bernardo, 20
The Bicycle Thief, 20
Bierstadt, Albert, 58
The Birds, 20
Black Narcissus, 20
Black Rain, 20
Black value, 136
Black & white, in Mulan development, 105
Black & white films, 20
Blade Runner, 20
Blair, Mary, 129
Blaise, Aaron, 144
Blowup, 20
Boldini, Giovanni, 114
Bongo, 50
Boorman, John, 20
Bozzetto, Bruno, 131
Brandt, Rune, 144
Braque, Georges, 146
Brazil, 20
Bridge Over the River Kwai, 20
Brother Bear, 76, 142–147, 151
Brother Sun, Sister Moon, 20
Budget considerations, 45
C
Camera angles
and composition, 74
effects, 26
and formats, 99
jump cuts, 64
movement and composition, 77, 81
Mulan floor plans, 65
shot examples, 61
and sketching practice, 24
and staging, 94
visual development work, 45
from workbook meeting, 60
Camera lens
effects, 26
and sketching practice, 24
and staging, 97
Cartoon development work, 45
Casson, A. J., 58
Cat People, 20
Cats, 67
CG animation, 131, 153, 154, 160, 162, 166
Chagall, Marc, 146
Chaplin, Charlie, 44
Character, 20
Character design
design choices, 17
interaction and composition, 85–86
movement analysis, 26
and sketching practice, 14, 22, 24
in visual development, 44
China Doll, 100
Chinatown, 20
Chinese art
comic books, 109
Choreography, and rhythm, 123
Chwast, Seymor, 58
Cinemascope format
invention, 98
and sketching practice, 22
Clay animation, 131
Clean-up Department, and style guide, 11
Close-up lens, and sketching practice, 24
Coen, Joel, 20
Color-chapters, 140
Color choice
and composition, 74
visual development work, 45
Color concept, in early production, 11
Color Department, and style guide, 11
Color Script
in early production, 11
Color-transitions, 140
Comedy movie
visual development work, 44, 45
Comic books
in Mulan development, 105, 109
Comic characters, and color choice, 141
Commercials
rhythm, 26
staging, 93
style, 131
Composition
Brother Bear, 76
camera movement, 81
complicated sequences, 94
definition, 72
film analysis, 26
knowledge developments, 18
Lilo & Stitch, 134
lines, shapes, and values, 82
live-action-based studies, 85–86
mood and action, 74
and movement, 77
rhythm and balance, 75
static and moving images, 78
Computer software
for archiving, 15
C Artmatic, 182
and decision making, 168
for image capture, 203
and staging, 95
Concept design, in visual development, 44
The Conformist, 20
Contrast, 26
Cook, Barry, 101, 105, 112, 192
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille, 113
Costumes, in visual development, 44
The Cranes are Flying, 20
Cukor, George, 20
D
Dali, Salvador, 127
Dangerous Liaisons, 38
Danton, 20
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, 20
Decision making
design choices, 17
necessity, 168
Der Golem, 38
De Sica, Vittorio, 20
Design choices, 17
Development timeline, 38
Dial M for Murder, 20
Dialogue scenes, set-up, 62–63
Die Nibelungen, 38
Dinosaur, 102
Director, in production design, 8, 10
The Discovery Channel, 15
Disneyland series, 203
Disney Studios
Bambi glass backgrounds, 200–207
choosing artists, 30
early Africa work, 67
first pure CG-movie, 153
research trips, 47
and Salvador Dali, 127
short films, 129
Distribution of masses, 124
Donald Duck, 127
Don Quixote, 131
Dore, Gustave, 58
Double Indemnity, 20
Dr. Mabuse, 20
Dr. Zhivago, 20
DreamWorks, 102
Dudoc du Witt, Michael, 30
Duel, 20
The Duelists, 20
DVD, 15
E
Eastman Kodak, 98
Edison, Thomas, 98
Editing, film analysis, 18, 26
Effects Department, and style
guide, 11
Eisenstein, Sergei, 20
Elmer Elephant, 132
Emotion/action curve, 139
Emotions
editing effects, 26
from music, 18
visual development work, 45
The Emperor's New Groove, 47, 148
Engel, Jules, 129
Eskimo Art, 59 European art, 141
Excalibur, 20
Executives, 8
F
Fashion designers, 153
Faust, 38
The Fearless Vampire Killers, 20
Fechin, Nicolai, 148
Fellini, Federico, 20
Film analysis
basics, 18
cameras, 24
floor plans, 24
rhythm and balance, 26
sequences and image ratio, 22
suggested films, 20
Finn, Jim, 153
Fleischer, Dave, 127
Floor plans
and camera rules, 60
Mulan, 65
and sketching practice, 22, 24
and staging, 94
Foregrounds
Bambi glass frames, 203
Cinderella, 13
and values, 136 Forman, Milos, 20
Formats
composition and camera-moves, 99
Panavision, 77
and sketching practice, 22
types, 98 Fragonard, Jean-Honoré, 38, 58
Framing Effect, 13
Frankenheimer, John, 20
Franquin, André, 58
Frazetta, Frank, 58
French Connection, 20
Frenzy, 20 Furniture designers, 153
G
Galien-Laloue, Eugene, 114
Gans, Christoph, 20
Gaskill, Andy, 89
Geffen, David, 102
Genre, visual development work, 45
George, Mac, 153
Gerome, Jean-Leon, 49
Gilliam, Terry, 20
Gilmore, Jean, 30
Girard, Francois, 20
Girl with a Pearl Earring, 20
Gladiator, 20
Glaser, Milton, 58
Glass backgrounds, masterpiece
Gogol, Derek, 30
Goldberg, Eric, 50
Goofy, 127
Gordon, Dean, 153
Grand Prix, 20
Grant, Joe, 43
Grant, Joseph, 13
The Great Jewel Robbery, 131
Greek Gods (Hercules), 91
Greek research trip, 47
Grey value, 136 Grimault, Paul, 131
H
Hades (Hercules), 91
Hair, 20
Halas & Batchelor, 131
Handheld camera, 26
Hanna-Barbera, 127
Harmonius center, 75
Hawaii research trip, 132
Henn, Mark, 52
Hercules, 29, 88–91, 102, 118, 120, 127
Historical environment, in visual
development, 44
Hokusai, 59
Horror movie, visual development
work, 45
House of Flying Daggers, 20
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 29
I
Image archives, 15
Image capture software, 203
Image ratio, and sketching practice, 22
Inspiration, in creative process, 58–59
In The Mood for Love, 20
Ivan the Terrible, 20
J
Jaffar (The Lion King), 52
Jaws, 20
Jessica (Who Framed Roger Rabbit), 5
Jewison, Norman, 20
Jippes, Daan, 51
Jones, Chuck, 5
Jump-cuts, 64
Jurassic Park, 20
K
Kalatozov, Mikhail, 20
Kar-Wai, Wong, 20
Katzenberg, Jeffrey, 102
King of the Jungle, 67
Klee, Paul, 158
Kubrick, Stanley, 20
Kupershmidt, Alex, 144
L
La Dolce Vita, 20
Landscape, in visual development, 44
Lang, Fritz, 20
Laserdisc, for research, 15
The Last Emperor, 20
La Strada, 20
L'Avventura, 20
Lawrence, Gay, 91
Layout artists, 8
Layout Department, and style guide, 11
Leading the eye, 122
Legend, 20
Lenica, 191
Lens size
and sequence sketching, 24
and staging, 97
Le Pacte Des Loups, 20
Light
Lilo & Stitch, 134
in visual development, 44
Light sources, and sketching practice, 22, 24
Lines, in composition, 82
The Lion King, 5, 29, 47, 52, 66–71, 105, 148
The Little Matchgirl, 148
The Little Mermaid, 118
Live-action movies, 60, 85, 92, 94
Looney Tunes, 127
Love scene, and color, 139
Luhrmann, Baz, 20
M
M, 20
Macbeth, 20
The Magic Marker Wizard, 5, 119–120
Majorelle, Jacques, 49
Maquette, Kent Melton, 153
Mary Blair, 13
Matrix Trilogy, 20
McLaren, Norman, 78
Medieval European art, 141
Melton, Kent, 54
Menken, Alan, 48
Merchandise, 11
Metropolis, 20
MGM, 127
Minkoff, Rob, 67
Miracle in Milan, 20
Miro, Joan, 158
Modern art, 129
Moebius, 58
Mon Oncle, 20
Mood
and color choice, 138
and staging, 93
Moonbird, 131
Moran, Thomas, 58
Moulin Rouge, 20
Movie titles, style, 131
Mr. Arkadin, 20
Mr. Hulot's Holiday, 20
Mulan, 5, 8, 29, 43, 47, 51, 65, 82, 91, 100–121,
Music, and emotions, 18
Music clips, 26
The Music Lovers, 20
Music videos, staging, 93
My Fair Lady, 20
My Peoples, 154
N
Neverland, 140
Nine, Carlos, 58
Nino, Alex, 109
The Ninth Gate, 20
Noble, Maurice, 129 Normal format, 98
O
Oil techniques, 119
Oldenburg, 146
Oliphant, Pat, 59
Oliver Twist, 20
Order, and composition, 75
Othello, 20
Out-of-focus effect, 24
Out of the Past, 20
P
Pacing, and composition, 74
Panavision format
and composition, 77
invention, 98
and sketching practice, 22
Panoramic shots, and formats, 99
Paradine Case, 20
Paramount Pictures, 127
Paul Bunyan, 129
Peet, Bill, 154
Perkins, Bill, 52
Personal Projects
animated short, 184
Peru research trip, 47
Peter and the Wolf, 50
Picnic at Hanging Rock, 20
Pink Elephants (Dumbo), 146
Pizazz Studio, 50
Plunk and Boom, 129
Pocahontas, 29
Point of view (POV), in dialogue set-up, 63
Polanski, Roman, 20
Popeye, 127
Posters, 11
Powell, Michael, 20
Production designer
sketching practice, 14
Projection method, and staging, 94
Props
in early production, 11
in visual development, 44
Psycho, 20
Puccini Opera, 13
Puppet animation, 131
Purdum Studio, 32
R
Raiders of the Lost Ark, 20
Raising Arizona, 20
Ranft, Joseph, 5
Rauschenberg, Robert, 146
Realism, visual development work, 45
Rebecca, 20
Red Shoes, 20
The Red Violin, 20
Reflection, Lilo & Stitch, 135
Reiner, Carl, 20
Rembrandt, 58
Repulsion, 20
Research trips, 47 Rhythm
and composition, 75
film analysis, 26
leading the eye, 122
and shot choice, 65
Richard Williams Animation, 50
Richter, Ludwig, 58
Rockwell, Norman, 59
Romeo and Juliet, 20
Rosemary's Baby, 20
Russell, Ken, 20
S
Satyricon, 20
Scott, Ridley, 20
Scribner, George, 67
Script
and composition choices, 74
in development cycle, 43
Sequences and color, 140
and composition, 74
dialogue set-up, 63
in early production, 11
Mulan floor plans, 65
sketching practice, 22
snow and nighttime, 148
and staging, 94
The Seventh Seal, 20
Shadows
and sketching practice, 24
in visual development, 44
Shadows and Fog, 20
Shapes
The Sheltering Sky, 20
Shot choice
and decision making, 17
examples, 61
and visual rhythm, 65
Siegfried, 20
Siepermann, Harald, 112, 143, 144
Signor Rossi series, 131
The Silence, 20
Silly Symphonies, 118, 127, 132
Sketching
Alaska research trip, 145
in creative process, 59
and decision making, 168
early Mulan work, 101
and values, 137
Smith, Lella, 118
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 29, 81, 127, 199
The Sorcerer's Apprentice, 140
Space, and composition, 75
Spellbound, 20
Spielberg, Steven, 5, 20, 100, 101
Staging
complicated sequences, 94
and computer software, 95
definition, 92
and floor plans, 94
and lens size, 97
simple method, 96
and values, 137
The Steadfast Tin Soldier, 102
Story
and color choice, 140
and early production design, 10
Fraidy Cat, 166
importance, 8
and unproductivity, 192
Wild Life, 151
Storyboards
Aladdin, 51
Beauty and the Beast, 30
and camera rules, 60
in development cycle, 43
sketching practice, 22
Wild Life, 150
The Stranger, 20 Style
early production work, 10
Wild Life, 153
Style Guide
creation, 11
Mulan, 119
Sunday in the Country, 20
Sunset Boulevard, 20
T
Tales of Hoffman, 20
Tati, Jacques, 20
Tavernier, Bertrand, 20
Team effort, 8
Telephoto lens
and sketching practice, 24
and staging, 97
Television
and color, 140
and sketching practice, 14
Texture
in composition studies, 86
Fraidy Cat, 166
Lilo & Stitch, 134
Thief of Baghdad, 20
The Thomas Crown Affair, 20
The Three Caballeros, 140
Three Little Wolves, 132
Thriller movie, visual development
work, 44 Thumbnail sketches
in creative process, 59
for film analysis, 26
Lilo & Stitch, 134
Mulan developments, 109
for practice, 22
Wild Life, 150
Time Bandits, 20
Title logo, 11 ToddAO format, 98
Tom and Jerry, 127
Tommy, 20
Tones, and values, 136
Toot, 129
Toppi, 58
Touch of Evil, 20
Tourneur, Jacques, 20
Travels With My Aunt, 20
The Trial, 20
Triangle rule, 86
Tricks of Our Trade, 203
Trnka, Jiri, 59
Twelve Monkeys, 20
U
Universal Studios, 5
Unproductivity, 192
Unterberger, Franz Richard, 113
Utamaro, Kitagawa, 59
V
Valmont, 20 Value
in composition, 82
and rhythm, 122
Van der Wende, Richard, 50, 54
Van Diem, Mike, 20
Ventura, Valerio, 91
Vertigo, 20
VHS, for research, 15
Victorian England, and color choice, 140
Video prints, for research, 14–15
Vink, 112
Visual development work
budget consideration, 45
camera angles, 45
Mulan, 105
in production timeline, 44
style, 45
team responsibilities, 10
Voyeuristic effect, 26
W
Wachowski Brothers, 20
Wajda, Andrzej, 20
Walker, Bob, 144
Warner Brothers Studios, 127, 129
Watercolor techniques, 119, 120, 132
Watteau, Antoine, 38
Webber, Peter, 20
Weir, Peter, 20
Welles, Orson, 20
Whistle, 129
White value, 136
Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 5, 18, 30
Wide-angle lens
effects, 97
and sketching practice, 24
Wilder, Billy, 20
Wild Life, 145, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154
Wild Strawberries, 20
Williams, Richard, 5
Winter's Light, 20
Witlatch, Terryl, 143
Witness, 20
Witness for the Prosecution, 20
Wood, Grant, 154
Workbook meetings
and unproductivity, 192
Y
Year of Living Dangerously, 20
Yimou, Zhang, 20
Z
Zeffirelli, Franco, 20
Zick, Bruce, 91
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