Nine Old Men

A series of lecture notes by Eric Larson and Ham Luske, two of Disney's Old Masters.

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Memo from Walt

Entertainment I - Animation Theory & Practice
Entertainment II - The Phrasing of Action and Dialogue
Entertainment III - Acting for Animation
Entertainment IV - Drawing for Animation
Entertainment V - The Character and Texture of Action
Entertainment VI - Movement, Rhythm and Timing
Entertainment VII - Staging, Anticipation and Silhouette
Entertainment VIII - Dialogue for Animation
Entertainment IX - Music and the Animated Picture
Entertainment X - Pose to Pose & Straight-Ahead Animation
Entertainment XI - Angles, Straight Lines and Curves*
Entertainment XII - Our Work Habits*
Entertainment XII - Personality: A Command Performance*
Entertainment XIV - Be Yourself*
*generously transcribed by Tom Dow

Notes from a Lecture by Ollie Johnston

The Art of Thumbnailing - A series of thumbnails from Disney's "The Rescuers"
for those with less bandwidth
The Art of Thumbnailing Part 1
The Art of Thumbnailing Part 2
The Art of Thumbnailing Part 3