Action Analysis &Animation &Animation Artifacts &Disney &John Canemaker 21 Aug 2013 04:54 am

Mowgli & Kaa – repost

Today I’m going to re-post this scene between Mowgli and Kann. It was loaned to me by John Canemaker and stands out like the gem it is. THere are”75 drawings in all, and I’m going to post this whole right here, thoug I’ve put in two short breaks. Enjoy.

I’m not a fan of this film, however, I can’t deny the animation is mostly excellent and sometimes brilliant. Needless to say, Frank Thomas delivered some beautiful work. This scene is a typical example of his work even though it’s not one that calls attention to itself.

In studying the scene you might pay attention to what is on one’s (1-12) as opposed to what is on two’s (13-27) and figure out why.

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More to follow next Monday.

Here’s the QT of all the drawings from this scene.

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Mowgli & Kaa
Click left side of the black bar to play.
Right side to watch single frame.

Here is another, companion scene with the same two characters. (It comes in the film with only a closeup of Kaa separating the two.)

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There are 103 drawings to the scene, so I can’t possibly get them all into the one post. Consequently, I’ll try to do it in three.

Once again, many thanks go to John Canemaker for sharing these on line.

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The Following QT movie is of the complete scene.
I love how he shakes his head and mouths the word “No”
just prior to wrenching his hand from Kaa’s grip.

Click left side of the black bar to play.
Right side to watch single frame.

- Last week, I posted the first part of a scene Frank Thomas animated for The Jungle Book. This is the second scene offered that involved the boy, Mowgli, and Kaa, the snake.

This scene follows one I posted several months back. (The two come in the film with only a closeup of Kaa separating them.)

The 103 drawings in the scene will have to be broken into three parts, so you can expect the last third next week.

Once again, many thanks go to John Canemaker for allowing me to share these on line.

I begin with the last of the drawings up last week, #33:

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The Following QT movie is of the complete scene.


Click left side of the black bar to play.
Right side to watch single frame.

2 Responses to “Mowgli & Kaa – repost”

  1. on 21 Aug 2013 at 9:47 am 1.Floyd Norman said …

    Frank Thomas was amazing. On occasion, he’d come up and look at our boards in 2-C, Woolie’s unit. I knew Frank was looking for good stuff to animate. He’d also join us in story meetings from time to time. Milt, not so much. But, Frank was always there.

    It was probably a good thing I moved to story. I tried to follow up Frank on one occasion and it was a disaster. The man was good – but was he tough to work for.

  2. on 19 Oct 2013 at 11:07 pm 2.Cha'Mya Girouard said …

    Wow, I would love to be part of Disney when either i am an adolescent or adult. I am starting of with sketching and making little animations such as this Mowgli & Kaa .gif. I absolutely l♥ve Disney!

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