“The challenge in writing the songs for The Aristocats truly fell on the animators & director of the film. Robert & I wrote the initial songs for the film, just prior to leaving full-time employment at the Walt Disney Studios. Therefore, some of the songs we wrote for The Aristocats were never used. I believe, therefore, the challenge fell upon the makers of the film to select what songs made the final cut.” WritingBelieveMadeFilmUsedSongI BelieveChallengesCuttingDirectorsFinalsLeavingStudiosEmploymentMakersInitialsSelectWaltAnimator Author:Richard Sherman
“With my personal work I prefer not to work from storyboards because being a director, producer and animator in one person I don't have to communicate my idea to anyone else, I can keep the feeling of the story, the story arc and structure in my head.” PersonsI CanIdeasStoriesFeelingsDirectorsStructureCommunicateProducersArcsAnimator Author:Signe Baumane
“Nine times out of ten, I'm trying to meet someone else's expectations, whether it's the director or the writer or the animator, when I go back in to re-record a line. I'm the icing on the cake, but the cake is the thing. I'm really just a hood ornament on a very solid vehicle.” TryingLinesRecordsDirectorsTenExpectationsNineCakeVehicleHoodOrnamentsAnimatorIcingIcing On The Cake Author:Adrian Pasdar
“(The) process of acting is no different to conventional screen acting, in that it's providing a perfect interface between the director and the performer. So there's no sort of long way around a viral committee of animators.” WayLongDifferentProcessPerfectActingDirectorsScreensPerformersProvidingConventionalCommitteesLong WayInterfacesAnimatorViral Author:Andy Serkis
“People are mystified by it and so they kind of think, the acting community thinks they're gonna be replaced by CG characters and animators think they're gonna be replaced by performance capture (and) a lot of directors, particularly European directors, who have no experience of it.” PeopleThinkingKindCharacterCommunityActingDirectorsPerformancesCaptureReplacedAnimator Author:Andy Serkis
“I have never played a superhero in real life and I would imagine it is very different Voiceover is super easy. You just come in and do a bunch of versions of it and then the animators and directors on that side of the movie put your performance together.” DifferentRealTogetherEasySidesImagineDirectorsPerformancesReal LifeBunchVersionsSuperheroAnimator Author:Jeremy Sisto
“I've been very lucky to work with many amazing animators and directors who can interpret and extend the music I make. When it's done well, it can create extra meaning and new context for the song.” WellsDoneSongLuckyDirectorsExtrasAnimator Author:Gotye