Storyboard Drawings 3 – Ink and Paint Club… David Russell
These storyboard drawings were done primarily by David Russell, an artist contracted by Amblin.
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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 …
1986 Test-of-Concept – part 2
A second portion of the proof-of-concept test involved Jessica. It utilized the technique of tonal and shadow mattes that had been developed by Chris Knott for commercials at Richard Williams Animation. The test-of-concept with Roger Rabbit was presented on the 2003 2-disc Vista Series DVD release of ‘Who framed Roger …
1986 Test-of-Concept – part 1
Both Bob Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg had been aware of Disney’s Roger Rabbit project in its early stages, but the first formal meeting between Disney and Amblin was in October 1985. The Amblin team of Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, and Steven Spielberg were Executive Producers. Robert Watts was chosen …
storyboard from interim Disney/Amblin development period
The Roger Rabbit design of the early Disney development period was more ‘clownish’. When Robert Zemeckis became involved, he wanted Roger Rabbit to be more like Michael J. Fox, the star of his most recent film, Back to the Future. Roger Rabbit’s character evolved through the story process and his …