The trick that made animation realistic

Rotoscoping changed animation forever. This is how.
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One breakthrough made animation look natural. And it involved a clown dancing on a roof.
In this episode of Vox Almanac, Vox’s Phil Edwards explores the beginning of rotoscoping, a technique animators can use to create realistic motion. Invented by Max Fleischer of Fleischer Studios (and echoed and practiced by many others), it involves taking filmed footage and using it as a traceable model for animation. The results are fluid and natural in a way animation had never been before.
As the above video shows, it started with Max’s brother Dave dancing on a roof in a clown costume. Footage of that was then used to model the classic Koko the Clown cartoons, which formed the basis for many Fleischer Studios films. Today, animators still use techniques like rotoscoping to turn real movement into animation.
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You can also read Man and Superman: The Fleischer Studio Negotiates the Real in Quarterly Review of Film and Video by J.P. Telotte, which describes the techniques used for the animated Superman series.
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The Fleischer Story by Leslie Cabarga is invaluable for any early animation fan and has lots of trivia you won’t find anywhere else.
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[@Vox]

If you want to learn more about early animation, check out this video about the delightfully weird origins of stop motion. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmGmfIeFn8-NfLM

[@thanos4959]

Vox ok

[@tyleroliveira10]

*stocks*

[@winpuss]

I want to know more about ub iwerks

[@jascrandom9855]

Now you have to talk about Sakuga Animation.

[@darknessviking]

wow im almost 40 year old and i just learned something, thanx dude

[@naughtiusmaximus789]

Imagine *Walt Disney* coming up with Rotoscoping, and the patent would've NEVER EXPIRED.

[@wylnd]

We have screens now :D

[@chrismarinohardin9929]

Naughtius Maximus you are mixing up copyrights and patents. Disney has lobbied up copyrights forever, not invention patents.

[@RogerioPereiradaSilva77]

@@chrismarinohardin9929 Nope, the OP is right. Both patents and copyrights are different sides of the same coin; one to protect inventions and the other to protect artistic creations, so to speak, but that can all be summed up as intelectual property and we all know very well how Disney tends to treat its IP. Don't forget that copyright also used to expire after a while until Disney started to lobby against it and successfully managed to have legislation changed through bribery, effectively extending it until forever. Disney wouldn't let diabetics get a hold of insulin if it had that patent!!! I shudder to think of a world where Disney has ownership of important inventions of any kind...

[@ileanabriannemari]

@@RogerioPereiradaSilva77 Kinda sad about what Disney is now and what it used to be on the the time Walt was alive. Now it's just...remakes and copyright stuff.

[@iamerror2091]

I know this is a joke, but Disney isn't exempt from patent expiration. For example, the omnimover created in '67 by Disney, now can be used by anyone since it's patent has expired with parks such as KIng's Island having used the ride system in the past.

[@jddrewes]

"You can patent a device, but you can't patent a dance!" -Carlton wants to know your location

[@LetsTakeWalk]

William Drewes Still true. Also, Carlton’s dance was copied from a dance Bruce Springsteen.

[@handcoding]

I know that you’re mostly joshing, but Vox is right-you can’t patent a dance. If anything, copyright would be what would apply to dances (including Carlton’s dance), and as that goes, you might check out Legal Eagle’s video “Carlton v. Fortnite - Copyright Dance -Off” for some analysis from a real lawyer about whether dances are copyrightable. (Spoiler: It so happens that “simple” dance routines are explicitly not copyrightable. Now you might be asking, “Is Carlton’s dance a ‘simple dance routine’?” Well, that much may be for the courts to decide.)

[@smallies7154]

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[@RealJoey600]

You can copyright a dance, it just needs to within a larger sequence of syncopated moves. So instead of a singular move, the whole routine is under copyright

[@lukerinderknecht2982]

He actually said "you can patent a device but you can't patent that". The "that" he was referring to was the "different type of genius" it took to create this, not the dance.

[@RobertJRoman]

Fleischer cartoons were weird, but great. Their downfall came from two sources. One was that the Fleischer brothers fought as much as the Gallagher brothers of Oasis. The other was that Disney raised the stakes with Snow White, leading the Fleichers to make Gulliver's Travels, which was a studio-killing flop.

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

Sounds like you already know the history, but to anyone lurking in the comments, that book by Leslie Cabarga is a great read. It lets you imagine an alternate history for animation (one that would have been deliciously weird). And, of course, it lets you know why it didn't happen.

[@WillWivellAnimator]

The final nail in the Fleischer coffin: their attempt at a second feature, Mr Bug Goes to Town, had its Christmas release cancelled after Pearl Harbor was attacked and the US entered the Second World War.

[@MizzKittyBichon]

They really should have highlighted Snow White instead of Gulliver's Travels since it came first and was much more groundbreaking at the time than the latter.

[@RobertJRoman]

@@MizzKittyBichon Perhaps, but the innovations of the Fleischers began more than a decade earlier.

[@kymmzej9173]

Cartoon history Thank you for sharing that with us!

[@amanul_2474]

Walt Disney: I revolutionised animation! Max Fliecsher: Hold my clown...

[@matrixate]

You mean, hold on you rat.

[@ramonsancheztorello7111]

Max Fleischer pioneered the creation of animation techniques. Walt Disney pushed and perfected the potential of these and other techniques in animated films. Both are capital figures in the history of animation.

[@Princess_of_cute]

@Robert Barry Max wasn't pushed of by Disney. It was wanted that Fleischer tames Betty, what was a fall, as at that point the attention fell. Who would want to see a character that was free as a bird, in the dress of a normal woman doing laundry. It's a shame and I hate Disney for taking all credit.

[@matthewzakszewski2205]

😂😂😂

[@dejazO0]

*mcdonald

[@Alkivo]

4:28 I find it really wholesome that Cab loved the animation so much he fell to the floor laughing

[@RichardHannay]

They used rotoscoping in A-Ha’s “Take On Me” music video

[@davidlizom7556]

I wish music videos these days had more creative stuff like that

[@ChibiNyaNya]

:0 wow I would’ve never guessed!1!1

[@3rikfreshgeneration349]

What thats cool . i always wonder about that. The first time i got high i watched a-ha "take on me" thanks for the info

[@nenidetic]

I think that's pretty obvious, considering they occasionally turn back into normal people throughout the video

[@VerdeMorte]

*AND IT STILL LOOKS AMAZING TODAY*

[@SeeASquaRE]

Rotoscoping is still heavily used for harder sequences that require intricate movement. Like ice-skating or dancing etc. It's a cool technique but is used rarely since principles have evolved in animation that now that can make the job of animating something almost close to realism possible through raw skills and intuition. Edit: However even though Rotoscoping is used, it is still hard to do. The movements when traced from an actor will never feel natural and have generally "wonkiness" in their motion, it is usually difficult to account for *every* subtle movements in the human body. So a ton of cleanup work and corrections have to be performed for it to look convincing and in a way still requires a lot of skills as an animator.

[@akinmytua4680]

I think a lot of Yuri on Ice is rotoscoped. (And I love it for it)

[@hamzahamid2543]

@@akinmytua4680 I instantly thought of Yuri too, so nice scenes!

[@bbumbs747]

I would say that though rotoscoping does have it's strengths it also has weaknesses specifically when it comes to the uncanny valley with its movements,but I can't deny that yeah it is still a pretty useful tool,you just have to know when and when not to use it

[@chingizzhylkybayev8575]

@@bbumbs747 uncanny valley is strictly about faces. You can simply trace the body movements without tracing the face and you will not have any uncanny effects. The effect came from a weird and uncalled for decision of some animators to trace not only body movements but mimics as well.

[@hellfish2309]

Undone on Amazon Prime 👌👌

[@TheMgutierrez]

I mean with lyrics like "She messed around with a bloke named Smokey She loved him though was cokey He took her down to Chinatown And he showed her how to kick the gong around". This cartoon is pretty trippy

[@altheaequatorin1179]

Michael Gutierrez hideho!

[@royaldeer87]

@@altheaequatorin1179 hee Dee he dee

[@namejeff5849]

Ho de go de ho de ho!

[@siddharthiyer7244]

@@namejeff5849 Hi dee hi dee hi dee hi!

[@lonewretch]

@@siddharthiyer7244 brrrrrrrt. ain't a playa' if he ain't know my WAP. how things have changed.

[@HAXAD]

Twitter: "Tracing is a crime against the art community!" People in the 1900s:

[@lyraleen1504]

Tracing other peoples art its the crime, tracing real people its ok

[@stxllr4687]

@@lyraleen1504 exactly. as an artist myself tracing other ppls art is definitely not allowed (espc. if you claim it as your own). but using irl references are recommended because well, what other reference can you use?

[@lyraleen1504]

@@stxllr4687 yeah, when I get my digital pen (I dont remember the name In english) I Will trace real people for training

[@stxllr4687]

but to add onto that: maybe instead of tracing real people, try doing something like gesture drawing. you pretty much 'copy' the exact pose, but rather than just directly trace over, you make inferences for form and line and shape.

[@lyraleen1504]

@@stxllr4687 ok, i will try it, thanks

[@TheAccursedEntity]

I always wondered why old cartoons had better movement than those of the 80's and 90's.

[@jamonrandomstuff4294]

Same

[@fzcbh4698]

Actually the 80s & 90s are good but not that great as 30s-50s The real disaster decades are the 60s and 70s were 90% of the animations are limited and not traditional.

[@justsomeguywhoexploreforfu8236]

@@fzcbh4698 I think these new animation that are 2020s are worser then 90s 80s or old cartoons.

[@roxassora2706]

@@justsomeguywhoexploreforfu8236 That's cause you look at things with rose-tinted glasses.

[@iniquitouslemon5975]

@@fzcbh4698 Limited can be traditional

[@duchi882]

*For some reason* This made me feel nostalgic of the time when I was not even born

[@wendel5868]

Duchi There is a name for that, but I cant remember. Its pretty common feeling.

[@shadowkillz9606]

This feeling is called *Anemoia*

[@kerzariz8717]

I have always wondered what is the term for that.

[@thanos4959]

Duchi same

[@rebeccagibbs4128]

Ah yes, all the financial depression, segregation, polio and subjugation of women; sounds peachy!

[@KarlBunker]

I love thinking about Cab Calloway laughing hysterically at the animation of himself as a walrus. And anyone who hasn't seen Betty Boop Minnie the Moocher should look it up ASAP.

[@idavis094]

I remember watching it in my History of Animation class. It's still one of my favorite Fleischer animations.

[@antisfoxes]

@@idavis094 OMG YOU'RE SO LUCKY!!

[@idavis094]

@@antisfoxes how am I lucky? It was part of the that college class. We went through a lot of different animators and animations.

[@wizzelhoart]

Big Mouth

[@Jobe-13]

I heard rotoscoping freaked people out when it was first used.

[@Ajourneyofknowing]

Yubi K. - it is unnatural when the animated movements doesn’t seemed synced up with the character.

[@Spaghettiboy359]

Yeah i still find it a little uncanny in some applications

[@Physeter]

Uncanny valley :)

[@Sketchy_Dood]

I mean it looks human but cartoony

[@cheesyquokka]

Hmm

[@rachelmcdonough1506]

I miss the old style of animation where literally every object could become anthropomorphic at any moment and then go back to normal and no one cared. What happened to that?

[@zappers8027]

You.. didn't cared? as in.. you did not noticed?

[@pyros6139]

The Amazing World of Gumball did that a little bit.

[@RayPointerChannel]

Animation started becoming more literal, lead mostly by Disney's leaning towards naturalism. On of the few times he went back to that was in shorts like Little Toot, SUZIE THE BLUE COUP, and the feature, ALICE IN WONDERLAND.

[@rachelmcdonough1506]

@@zappers8027 meaning that the characters aren’t amazed by the inanimate objects moving- they just treat it as part of life.

[@graysonwells21]

Well, unless you can find a creative spin for it, I feel most people would think the bit is a little dated and run dry…

[@robynstopped]

Cab Calloway is unbelievably influential. Even his dance moves now stand out in 2022 as uniquely his own. Fletcher absolutely picked the perfect dancer to rotoscope.

[@bellibarra]

What I loved about fleischer studios was their absurdity in making cartoons. People are quick to refer to Disney when talking about old animation but fleischer's weird style is what their most likely talking about subconsciously. If people thought disney was weird back then; they we're merely watching a watered down version of fleischer's cartoons.

[@joshsampson5598]

So true, it is so upsetting what happened to fiescher studio, I mean disney great and all but nobody gives enough credit to the Fleicher's cartoons

[@alzack112]

*they're *were

[@Jiffles]

@@alzack112 Congrats, you've corrected a 2 year old comments incorrect use of words! On the internet no less! Truly a hero. /s

[@hatsunemiku5386]

@@alzack112 congrats

[@staringcorgi6475]

But disney made superior cartoons and even animated films like fantasia and snow white what did fleisher have to show compared to fantasia mr. Bug goes to town?

[@NestorCustodio]

Oh wow, I had no idea the Fleischers had *invented* the rotoscope. That explains so much about their studio's success when the late 70's cartoon explosion came about.

[@ghoulishjoe]

You mean 30s-40s?

[@RobertJRoman]

Ralph Bakshi was the primary Rotoscoper in the late 70s

[@cheesyquokka]

Yeah

[@davidbanan.]

70s? Fleicher studios went bankrupt in the 40s

[@RayPointerChannel]

@@davidbanan. It was more complicated than that.

[@bruh-lg6ch]

2:22 look at this poor clown, he lost one of his AirPods

[@JoseFloresEC]

bruh

[@Purzify]

Bruh

[@5people829]

Bruh

[@HydroEntertainment901]

Bruh

[@idioticanimator1257]

Bruh

[@gtabro1337]

Thanks to Ghostemane - Mercury the interest in this animation resurfaced for a while

[@johnathanmiranda9065]

gtabro1337 they didn’t start it

[@shadowrealmcitizen1149]

Agree. I instantly recognized the dance when I saw the thumbnail. Even played the music in my mind for seconds lol.

[@Coal-RubL]

gtabro1337 this is also used in the reverb of "kid kudi" by playboi carti

[@nxxdle_]

elder reid ya because the creator of that was most likely inspired by mercury by ghostemane

[@Coal-RubL]

Needle_Man no his came before ghostemane's... other way around

[@OlafLesniak]

Vox: You can patent devices, but you can't patent dance moves. Floss Kid: Hi

[@quantumjourney1]

Olaf Lesniak He didn’t Patent it though..?

[@DaP84]

His greedy mom wanted to. The mooves were even done by a bunch of people, some KZbinrs, years earlier.

[@Bakedcakeyyy]

I don’t think you can patent or copyright INDIVIDUAL dance moves but you can do so for full choreographies as it is considered an art form I think that was why it didn’t go through

[@hermeticallysealed1]

You realize that this was all back 80 years or so ago. No, back then, you wouldn't be able to.

[@goodmaro]

@@Bakedcakeyyy No, that would be matter for copyright. Theoretically a dance move could be patented, because methods of doing things are indeed patentable. It's just that it would be very hard to prove novelty and utility of a dance move -- and you couldn't get a design patent for a dance move, only a utility patent.

[@ruiqiumai323]

Always good to see Cab Calloway and Koko being brought up. I didn’t find out about them until this year even though they’re a part of entertainment history.

[@PinkPopcorn999]

It would be interesting to learn about the animation outsourcing industry. Many people don't know that their favorite cartoons were animated in the Philippines, Korea, India, etc. The Philippine animation industry beginnings are really interesting! It would be great to have Vox cover this.

[@melchizedekpsj]

Yes, the animation of Fujiwara Chika from the ending of Kaguya-sama: Love is War was also achieved through rotoscoping. Thanks a lot for the video!

[@vividclarities7860]

I can't wait for Kaguya-sama S2

[@ubayyd]

Haha wow

[@nicholas_scott]

Snow White used rotoscoping long before the patent expires. Though Disney and fleichter did work together on some projects

[@blossomingbeelzebub]

I dont believe they did actually! I think they filmed an actress doing Snow Whites actions in full costume, but only used it as reference. They didnt actually rotoscope the images.

[@JainaSoloB312]

@RyanLaVoisin I can't speak to Snow White, but I know they didn't rotoscope for Sleeping Beauty about 20 years later, they just used the live performances as reference. Aurora dipping her toes into the water, dancing, and even Prince Philip battling the great dragon-form Maleficent were all performed by the actors on set to use as reference for the animators, there's even a very limited amount of footage of these

[@kin2naruto]

No, they used refrence video and prints of the still photos behind a lightbox. There is still copies of the refrence videos you can compaire - and its not exact. Rotoscoping has a very reconizable... jitter to it. Even modern computer rotoscoping can still have problems with jitter.

[@ramonsancheztorello7111]

The patent for the rotoscope expired in 1934, the same year that Snow White's production started. In fact, Max Fleischer upon learning that Disney was using the rotoscope tried to sue him for patent infringement, but finally didn't do so because he realized that the patent expired in 1934, and the technique was already in public use. And neither Fleischer nor Disney worked together on any projects, with the exception of the live-action film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, directed by Richard Fleischer (Max Fleischer's son).

[@Atombender]

@@ramonsancheztorello7111 Snow White was made in 1933.

[@fetusdeletus9266]

I now want to found a movement in the world of filmmaking where we go back to the old ways and make these really weird but oddly beautiful cartoons with flowing animation that blurs and focuses the line between actual footage and animation in the best ways possible

[@jasonbarraza3553]

I could definitely see people being either unsettled or wonderfully intrigued by this when it first came out. Its like all of a sudden, drawings were moving like they were alive and it must’ve had a sort of uncanny valley feeling at first, still kind of does. Its sort of like how it seems a little odd or impressively alarming seeing those boston dynamics robots being able to do parkour and do perfect backflips and stuff. It seems a little too real for comfort for a lot of people.

[@hellatina]

I was thinking exactly the same. Two years later!!!

[@shanekimberlin]

Phil Edwards, the work you do for Vox is absolutely wonderful. It inspires me, and most, most likely, many others to look at the world a little differently and try something new. Thank you.

[@arcang2102]

"You can patent device,but you can't patent That!" Cab Caloways super- stylish-swag,was pricelessly- timeless!He took the bland standard, dry stiffness,out of Max Fleischers creative mechanical clever animation!Amongst others who Bit-n-Rippd his 1 of a kind class-act,"Birth of Cool",Be-Bop Hip figurative,origin of Original "RagTime" smooth moves!In the Real 20's Cab was "The Man"he put everybody on The Map!"Heide, Heidi,Heide-Ho!"Along with The only Chick, that was too Cool for School,was Betty-Boop!"Boo- Boopy-Doop" (Cold-Dope download)Thanx!!

[@roobindebbarma2957]

0:26 that groovy music..

[@natesmith3949]

Rotoscoping is a valuable tool in any animators arsenal but it tends to put characters in the uncanny valley, meaning it has that creepy effect of being almost life-like but not quite. The real breakthrough came from the 12 principles developed by Disney animators in the 30’s and 40’s and described in detail by Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas in their book, The Illusion of Life.

[@Shinjo_Ms]

I'd love to see you guys approach documenting the video games evolution or their own narrative, animation, planning, programming or visual art progress through the years or on certain games that changed history. Great content guys! One of my top 5 favorite KZbin channels

[@DCeeMusik]

I always loved the Fleischer's style of animation. To me, it was the precursor to motion capture. Who would've thought this little studio in New York would be the innovator for Hollywood in the future. Disney wouldn't have pushed for more innovation it wasn't for Fleischer Studios.

[@CaptainCretaceous91]

I thought they were based on Maimi.

[@ThePapaja1996]

@@CaptainCretaceous91 they became that

[@ZakWolf]

In a way, rotoscoping was basically like an old-timey motion capture. It looked fairly awkward with the ghostly walrus, though Koko the Clown and his ghost form looked noticeably better, and they perfected it with the Old Man of the Mountain.

[@TheGodOfSpitefulness]

I wonder how proud these people would be of modern day animators Cause like a majority of us don’t do this anymore well people who don’t rotoscope we have to come sit in our head and I wonder how impressed I would be by that

[@GlassheartRecords]

If you haven't seen the Fleischer Superman films, you are doing yourself an incredible disservice. Also if you get the chance, check out KaptainKristian's video essay that goes over those films a ton, it's a great video from an underrated KZbinr.

[@DinoWinoSaur]

Amazing storytelling and production. Thank you Vox.

[@captainthrall]

What an amazing video. It was informative, in-depth, interesting, and entertaining. Honestly I just wanted to know what rotoscoping was exactly. I wasn't expecting a quick 5 minute video to have such a dramatic impact, but for the rest of my life I'll never forget what you taught me about rotoscoping, Cab Calloway, and Fleischer Studios. You guys really knocked this one out of the park. Well done. Thank you!

[@Gimmie_my_legoz]

That's why king dice from cup head dances like that. I don't know if they used actual rotoscoping but it still looks like it and it's one of my favorite details in cup head

[@streetsahed]

great video but i'm kinda bummed y'all didn't bring up one of the most iconic animators who used this technique; Ralph Bakshi

[@Johnlindsey289]

Even heavy metal, Jessica rabbit and undone too

[@robfriedrich2822]

3:30 Disney tried to sell this process as something he developed. But the German Fischerkoesen Cartoon Wheatherbeaten Melody has also the use of multiplan camera

[@HonARGUru]

And honestly, having contributed to the method behind Star Wars' lightsaber effect has been another magnificent addition to pop culture media as a whole

[@masterimbecile]

When Cab Calloway saw his dance animated, he rofl'ed.

[@imjody]

Very interesting stuff. Thanks for this, Vox!

[@silvesterlowellimageek2140]

I love how Walt Disney did his work .I know that others did cartoons frist ,but never knew who did until now this is amazing.

[@merakkin]

I love so much this cartoon where Koko becames the ghost and sings St James infirmary, it's just so well done and beautiful

[@sarahmclaren8070]

Boris makes the best edits to those old videos

[@AnaloguePhoto]

Have always been amazed with how naturally the "prince" walked and run in the old DOS version of Prince of Persia. Tried to find a book on physics of human movement or some mathematical explanation. Your video beats any such book. Thanks!

[@kev1nruiz]

Anyone else think that walrus in the beginning is unsettling?

[@skystation7969]

I think the guy narrating this video is unsettling. He is clearly acting as an entertainer more than a humble teacher or informant. I'd love to rotoscope his hand-gestures. Furthermore, the piece is peppered with sensational tripe such as: when filming Dave on the rooftop, the sheet with the wind, almost blew him off the rooftop. There is better truth in the most basic books on animation written decades ago by those who were closer to the remnants of those who actually worked with this process. Leave the squeaky clean effects of time alone and stick to the fact. They're more boring.

[@MrJamesdryable]

GHOSTEMANE - Mercury

[@katamekothriis1613]

I absolutely love the style of the Fleischer cartoons, it was amazing even seeing the style adapted into a video game when Cuphead came out. I think my favorite will always be the Betty Boop as Snow White cartoon with Koko singing Cab Calloway's "St James Infirmary Blues" not just because of the dancing and singing, but because of how if you look at the background you'll see different imagery reflecting the lyrics as they're sung!

[@lionoh]

Every time I see these Animations,I'm Bumping GhostMane in my head.

[@cleopatraonlyfans]

I can’t believe this is how we got the Rotoscope guy from Smiling Friends

[@TheRealLumpySpirit]

I’m surprised there aren’t as many people talking about Cuphead here.

[@altheaequatorin1179]

Edgy Nightmeme yeah, right? cab was the muse for king dice. super amazing! also dice is my favorite cuphead character ❤️❤️

[@crimeexpocon]

Did they have to copy from real people?

[@TheRealLumpySpirit]

No, but it was partially and artistically inspired by the cartoons mentioned in this video, as well as a lot that weren’t.

[@theshyguy1580]

It looked like King Dice's head and hands are rotoscoped during the battle.

[@antisfoxes]

@@altheaequatorin1179 SAME OMG

[@n1ck2k]

You forget what pioneers these guys really were sometimes .

[@christopherjaigopaul3896]

I found this page today I learned something today

[@binkyboy448]

Before watching: Is it rotoscoping? Upon watching: Yep.

[@SimSummer]

0:27 thx for letting us see this, vox

[@turquoisephoenix9931]

Whenever I see that clown I hear heavy music

[@mr.b3168]

@@bigmantj2408 i think he means the mercury song that became a meme by ghostmane

[@fofivefella2254]

Jazz

[@mamarremamarremamarremamar4092]

Ko-ko

[@painandmisery8971]

When your'e going down to St James Infirmary:

[@smoothjazzfails]

Remember when patents and copyrights use to expire?

[@kalenburns4190]

"fire and ice" one of the best rotoscoping achievements

[@guilhermecordeirorodrigues798]

1:14 2:25 MOVIMENTAÇÃO PERFEITA! AINDA MAIS PARA A ÉPOCA!

[@cvebeats]

The theft of Cab Calloway’s dancing should have been addressed.

[@zogworth]

The whole of Hollywood is built on piracy. The reason they moved out west to California was so they could get away with patent infringement from inventers back east.

[@nathanielstevens1604]

Cab Calloway and his band worked directly with the Fleischers and were prominently featured and credited in their cartoons. There's plenty of theft and appropriation in film history, but this was a case of genuine collaboration.

[@faezezzy]

the most recent animation that stick out the most to me is spiderverse. Sony did it very well

[@thomasrainbow]

Did they use rotoscoping? And how much/often?

[@faezezzy]

i believe all modern animation/movie use rotoscope as movement reference. But my main point is how SpiderVerse animation style really pop out

[@seraby7151]

@@thomasrainbow mocap is the equivalent for rotoscoping for 3d animation.

[@tibormalinsky8751]

The animations where everything talks or just beahve weirdly are amazing. I love ‘em.

[@laylover7621]

I love Vox editing, seriously. Great videos guys.

[@middenway]

I feel like this subject needed a longer video. For five minutes, it does its job, but it oversimplifies in ways that I feel feed into the general public's misconceptions about animation.

[@DC-fm8wv]

Who else got this recommended because of Ghost Mane

[@Felix-yy2cb]

yeah

[@kyshawnhaggwood7031]

I'm assuming I was

[@miisubunny]

☿️

[@handsomest1]

Dennis Carlie who dat?

[@kennyminer2245]

He makes music vids with those old cartoons

[@MGYT2106]

So this is why the clown from the ghostmane video (and in this video I think) looks so fluid

[@sandyg.8318]

I love rotoscoping in animation. When done right it’s beautiful.

[@jayron9]

Thats so weird, i was just watching the "St james infirmary blues" 2 seconds ago.

[@aydankhaliq2967]

I justed watched it on 9gag

[@mooseraps]

Shout out to Ghostmane

[@sad10promo]

MooseTales xD headass

[@crombajaa]

It feels soo good to look at the old classic animation. The earliest of the clunky animation(the umbrella guy) is still what we have in India..Rarely 1 or 2 % can be called animation here..Yet they hail it as amazing..meh!!

[@chb2005]

Love the Vox Almanac series. Keep them going!

[@Mote.]

I love old cartoons. Thanks for teaching me some history

[@neoxenoz3262]

When a walrus has better moves than you

[@crystalheart9]

As a kid I loved all Disney animation and I wondered how the animators could get the movements so realistic. Disney had a show on every week that I watched and the showed how they would film real people doing things like dancing so they could see the moves and draw them better. I was amazed as a kid because I thought they made it all up right out of their imagination. 😂

[@sami-alnaser]

One of the most important videos about animation.

[@xqueenn5012]

I really appreciate the non auto generated English captions 😊

[@jazzadieu]

The animation looks so clean

[@ludwigjosh9619]

Why nobody use this kind of technique in every animation today?

[@kooliit448]

I think because it's tedious

[@MidhunS]

Rotoscoping on a large scale is really time consuming. It's used, but very sparingly and depends on the animator.

[@IshiiShiro8964]

There were plenty of Modern Western animations that used rotoscoping Also some anime studios animators started using some form of rotoscoping in recent years and it became popular in Japan too

[@sabayonz]

Because we live in the future

[@romarbetc123]

They have in undone. On Amazon prime

[@IceyJunior]

Vox is getting better

[@SilentPaw-sg5dh]

Honestly the realistic moves on a cartoony body is deeply unsettling

[@tyleroliveira10]

Walrus got some moves, not going to lie

[@NGC_2264]

1:16 where's the sample from? I know Mamamoo used it on Dab Dab

[@timewarpambience1956]

This is so amazing, I never knew this!!!

[@Dev1nci]

I always wondered how they were able to track scenery and 3D objects moving through space 😄

[@kizanko]

Maybe how they made the new 2D movie Klaus. And how it's a new step in reviving 2D animation.

[@FantasticFanatique]

I love how dedicated they were, even if it seems unconventional

[@tiernyt2051]

BEAUTIFUL,,the real artist...back in the day...

[@risdio51]

"This walrus didn't get his dance moves by himself" Well I sure hope he didn't

[@Laesx]

A good rotoscoping example is the chika dance ending if anyone was wondering

[@historyarmyproductions]

0:22 I love the way that was sung :D

[@Anhtique]

The power of reference. Beginning artists and animators, just use references with everything you draw. You gotta know what it really looks like instead of drawing from your head. You can't draw from your head unless you copy and study life

[@DonMikami]

Short answer: rotoscopy

[@blameitondanny]

"This walrus didn't get these dance move on it's own"

[@davyliu1491]

Well this appears in my recommendation after I watched a video explaining rotoscoping in the AoT final season.

[@Kill3rB345T]

ghostemane playing in the back of my head

[@petergriffin8535]

Ghostemane?