Monday, June 7, 2010
Film / TV
Blog Highlights Unsung Artistry of Animated Movie Set Design
Posted
by Benjamin Sutton
on Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 1:53 PM
Ever stop to notice the sunny modernist architecture from the WB classic
What's Up Doc?, or the scintillating mountains of gold in
Aladdin's Cave of Wonders? The blog
Animation Backgrounds obsessively catalogs the beautiful but rarely explored environments that appear as backdrops in animated movies. The Toontown streetscapes from
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (above), for instance, look like the East Village
circa 1979, right down to the unhinged "Caution: Falling Anvils" signs. (
Urlesque)
Tags: Animation, Who Framed Roger Rabit?, Aladdin, Animated films, Set design, Blog