Animation Artifacts &Disney &Frame Grabs &Layout & Design &Story & Storyboards 12 May 2008 08:05 am

Baby Mine Breakdown

- Dumbo is certainly one of my favorite Disney features if not THE favorite. Naturally, the “Baby Mine” sequence is a highlight. The sequence is so tender and fine-tuned to appear straightforward and simple. This, of course, is the heart of excellence. It seems simple and doesn’t call attention to itself.

This is a storyboard composed of LO drawings from the opening of that sequence. They appear to be BG layouts with drawings of the characters cut out and pasted in place.

It’s not really a storyboard, and I’ve always wondered what purpose such boards served to the Disney machine back in the Golden Age.

Below is the board as it stands in the photograph.


_____________(Click any image to enlarge.)

Here is the same photographed board, split up so that I can post it in larger size. I’ve also interspersed frame grabs from the actual sequence for comparison.

8 Responses to “Baby Mine Breakdown”

  1. on 12 May 2008 at 4:28 pm 1.Eddie Fitzgerald said …

    “Simple and doesn’t call attention to itself” was a great way to describe this. The sequence was a masterpiece of understatement. Thanks for putting it up!

  2. on 13 May 2008 at 3:55 am 2.slowtiger said …

    In BM4.jpg I see what seems to me an indication of a shadow cast by the bars in the window, which doesn’t show up in the painted cel. I wonder if that was just a decision to cut costs? I could imagine that scene with animated shadows (no recent Anime would do without) – and answer myself: no, that wouldn’t add anything to the scene.

  3. on 17 May 2008 at 7:46 am 3.Brian Sibley said …

    Wonderful sequence! Great to be able to get up close and personal with these touching images. That final picture of the sassy, cynical Timothy caught up in the emotion of the moment is bliss. Thanks, Michael.

  4. on 11 Nov 2008 at 7:17 pm 4.Stephen Perry said …

    This was put together for Frank & Ollie’s book? The Elusion of Life and not something from the golden age at Disney’s?

  5. on 28 Feb 2010 at 7:13 am 5.Steven Hartley said …

    Didn’t Eric Larson animate the sequence, because on Alberto’s page, Eric Larson is credited for the “Lullabye sequence” in Dumbo, so I’m just wondering if he did provide the animation. Also, the Internet Movie Database put Eric Larson as an uncredited animator.

  6. on 28 Feb 2010 at 9:08 am 6.Michael said …

    Bill Tytla animated Dumbo and Mrs. Jumbo in the sequence. If Eric Larsen did anything it would have been the other baby animals in the montage sequence.

  7. on 05 Mar 2010 at 12:44 pm 7.Steven Hartley said …

    Thanks Michael, I’d probably known that Larsen could have animated the baby animals. I’d wish that the drafts could be posted

  8. on 09 May 2010 at 12:18 pm 8.Steven Hartley said …

    Also, Eric Larson could have animated Timothy Mouse, but the animals are more fitted into his animation.

Trackback This Post | Subscribe to the comments through RSS Feed

Leave a Reply

eXTReMe Tracker
click for free hit counter

hit counter