Dumbo (Disney) (1972)

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(LAL A Ahthh.444 4444444444444 4 4 44 4 CA by Technicolor. {hhh tle | 4444444444 4 4} With a “magic” feather in his trunk, Dumbo and his pal Timothy Mouse prepare a big surprise for the circus audience in this amusing scene from Walt Disney’s cartoon classic, “Dumbo.” Story of a flying elephant, the animated feature is re-released by Buena Vista in color TZ Zi sists istitititiitiisiistizitiziaiso © aD ©Walt Disney Productions I77T7 7 iitZtididistiisitsitsassaaiaa A Talking Train Steals Scene in Walt Disney’s “Dumbo” ASEY Jr., an animated little cir cus train equipped with a half human, half locomotive voice, is one of many delightful characters featured in Walt Disney’s alleartoon classic, ‘Dumbo,’ being rereleased by Buena Vista. Using an electronic instrument called a Sonovox, the Disney sound men were able to give Casey Jr. a voice that sounded like a train talking, if a train could talk. To accomplish this, the chugging and whistling sounds of an actual locomotive were first recorded. Then the Sonovox operator held part of the unique appa ratus — biscuit shaped resonators — to the throat of the actor playing Casey Jr’s. voice. When the recording of the locomotive sounds was played back, the sound vibrations traveled from the record through the apparatus and into the actor’s larynx as he silently mouthed the words of dialogue into a microphone. The result was a most believable talking train. In color by Technicolor, “Dumbo” is a poignant tale of a baby elephant with over-sized ears, who with the help of a little mouse named Timothy, learns to use his ears as wings and becomes the world’s only flying elephant. Artists Give Elephants “Facial Treatment’ for Disney’s Classic “Oumbo”’ Sa HEN artists at Walt Disney Productions began developing various circus animal charee acters for the studio’s ani mated feature, “Dumbo,” which is being re-released, they ran into a problem with the elephants. The title character is a baby pachyderm with over-sized ears who becomes the laughingstock of the circus. But with the help of his little pal, Timothy Mouse, Dumbo learns to use his ears as wings, becoming the world’s only flying elephant. Besides Dumbo, there are a dozen other elephant characters in the color by Technicolor film. The artists discovered at once in drawing close-ups of the pachyderm’s heads, they were faced with a big bulge of forehead, two beady eyes set far apart, and a proboscis that would hardly fit in a love scene. How could they convey emotions with a set of features like those? The animators evolved a subtle development of line treatment and planned staging to achieve what at first had seemed impossible — the delineation of various facial expressions and reactions. By concentrating the features, bringing the eyes closer together and enlarging them, emphasizing expressive cheeks and jowls, and suggesting eyelashes, they were able to give the immense beasts very definite personalities. There was also another difficulty. An elephant’s trunk conceals its mouth; the mouth must be seen to be heard. The animators solved that by having their cartoon actors use their trunks when they spoke, either lifting them or gesturing to the side. Thus the mouth was revealed, and at the same time, the gestures added emphasis to action. (1), Ah nthmbnadenlbeolle boner, 177 Mat — DUMBO-1C (1 col.) ©Walt Disney Productions GIDDY RODENT ... 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