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Djsm~, AnJnj~¥' Frank Thomas and Olli ~ J 1- The Illusion of life Disney Animation [...]... gag 0 and let the situation develop than to mOve quickly to another gag And mosl imponant of all the thing thaI n:ally gI to an aud~nce was their knowing how the character on siage fe l! about whal waS haJlPening to him : the "' looks " at the camera the ··bum.·· the rage the helpless stare the blea k express ion Lau rel and Hardy used these ructions extensively and Edgar Ke nnedy was well known... roll f'lm capable of s urviving the harsh m«hanisms for projecI ing its images a new art form was born, animation Sy making SClant ralC, an ani~t II(IW rould creatc ~II of the m(w."",nt and inner tife he " 'as capable of An artl~t could rcp"'SI.'n! the actual figu if... that it is necessary to "feel" the life sUPJIOO"d to be in them Thi s can be done onl y by "mlling" the drawings back and fonh with one finger between each of any five drawings The aClion is checked forward and backward in minU!e delail or in brood relationShips Drawings 12 frames apan c an be checked against each other 10 see whether Il1C achic~emenl This is what moSI he CIamined and uplained, un . the !lasemenl "catacombs"; in Arc hi vu. Dave Smith and Paula Sigman. who tracked down informalion. checked names and dates and spt"lIings and tides and locations; An. Iwm'ialion to the following peopi( who helped us remembor the way il was : Ed Aardal James N. Algar Ken Anderson William Andersoo Xavier Aleno;io An llabbin Te d Berman Al. 5 1I'1:n&,h. a vitality. a separate idenlil)'-SOrnelhing that speaks out wilh authority- a creation Ihal gives the illusion of life . T" · ~1I1y . five thousand yean ago.