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Storyboard Drawings 8 – Escaping Lena Hyena
Storyboard Drawings 7 – Escaping from Lena Hyena… Harald Siepermann
These storyboard drawings were done by Harald Siepermann, working at Amblin in June 1987 along with Hans Bacher.
Storyboard Drawings 6 – Entering Toontown
Storyboard Drawings 5 – Chased by the Weasels… Marty Kline
Roger Rabbit and Eddie Valiant were chased by the weasels after escaping Judge Doom at the Terminal Bar. The following storyboards show the chase as it was represented in the final film and an alternate chase that was storyboarding by Marty Kline at Amblin.
Storyboard Drawings 4 – Eddie Valiant’s Office… David Russell
Storyboard drawings by David Russell
Storyboard Drawings 3 – Ink and Paint Club… David Russell
These storyboard drawings were done primarily by David Russell, an artist contracted by Amblin.
Storyboard Drawings 2 – Dueling Pianos… Chuck Jones
Chuck Jones was a consultant early in the film preparation. Of course, he had a proprietary interest in the Warner Bros. characters and did some story work for the ‘Dueling Pianos’ segment. Story development on the ‘Dueling Pianos’ segment was done later by Joe Ranft and Mark Kausler, in conjunction …
Storyboard Drawings 1 – Maroon Cartoon… Richard Williams
In the making of animated films, both shorts and feature length, story(board) drawings are made to develop gags, establish the story, identify camera moves, and guide the animation. ‘Who framed Roger Rabbit was one of the earlier animated feature films to utilize a ‘script’ prepared by designated scriptwriters. Nevertheless, storyboard …
Working at Amblin Entertainment on the Universal Studio lot
By early 1986, ‘Who framed Roger Rabbit‘ was being developed under Amblin Entertainment direction on the Universal Studio lot… although the title, ‘Who framed Roger Rabbit‘ had not yet been finalized. Peter Seaman and Jeffrey Price had written a couple of treatments for Roger Rabbit during their time on the …