Floyd Bishop

I’m moving across town to a larger house, so I’m doing a lot of packing. It kind of reminds me of this classic Disney short, “Moving Day”. Completed in 1936, this short is one of the first ones to combine Mickey, Donald, and Goofy as a team, working toward a common goal.

Goofy is animated by Art Babbitt in this piece.  He really pushed Goofy’s poses, flexing his body past the point of breaking, yet it all works and looks great. It would be nice to see more of this in today’s animation.

-Floyd Bishop

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You may remember a post I did the other day about the Disney short film “Lonesome Ghosts”. While doing some additional research on the short, I found that Mark Mayerson did a shot by shot animator identification for the piece. (Mark has a great blog. Add it to your bookmarks) It’s very interesting to see just how the short was broken up, and who animated which sequences. [Read more…]