Sunday, July 4, 2010

Prod. 2521 - The Small One (VI)  - Section 6 - Horse market and auctioneer

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Animation by Chuck Harvey, Cliff Nordberg, Gary Goldman, Randy Cartwright, John Pomeroy, Ed Gombert, Don Bluth and Bill Hajee.

Cliff Nordberg's auctioneer works well, though not a masterpiece - and the business isn't as entertaining as the three merchants. It is a strange mixture of underplayed over-animation - somehow a sign that he tried to get the best out of very little. Of the boy-and-donkey animators, John Pomeroy definitely has the upper hand - and the best material. Chuck Harvey and Ed Gombert's scenes are not much more than head-turns. Don Bluth and Bill Hajee's crowds are serviceable, and Randy Cartwright's two scenes are less angular than the scenes around them, which is strangely pleasing...

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3 Comments:

Anonymous Zartok-35 says...

Indeed, the auctioneer isn't as entertaining as the merchants, but it's still a great performance.

Many of the Nordberg scenes seem much quicker and more livley that they contrast the other animators. That seems to have been his trademark selling point for years!

Sunday, July 4, 2010 at 1:31:00 PM PDT  
Anonymous Bill Cotter says...

Cliff told me he was excited about doing these scenes. He had been stuck doing animated titles for features and other less than challenging jobs and he said this was a nice change. He was a great guy to talk with.

Monday, July 12, 2010 at 9:18:00 AM PDT  
Blogger John V. says...

Actually, listening to it again I think it was John Musker who claims to have animated those scenes. Maybe he was Nordberg's assistant and misremembers?

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 4:54:00 PM PST  

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