Goofy's home theater short: using digital to produce "vintage" animation

[Taurus]

I haven't seen it yet myself, but have read about the Disney short about Goofy's experience with setting up a home theater system shown before the National Treasure movie that's now playing.

While looking for a link to watch it, I ran across this wiki page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_To_Hook_Up_Your_Home_Theater) about it, but what really caught my attention was this:

Being 50% paperless, it was also used as the premiere testing ground for the paperless 2D animation technology which has been included at Disney, the first major change in how to produce hand-drawn animation since the introduction of CAPS, and was also an attempt to see if the new tools could be used to produce a short with the same graphic look as that of a 40's cartoon. Instead of paper the animators worked on Wacom's cintiq together with software such as Toon Boom's Harmony software.Is this going to become more common now?

[sadie]

Well I can't answer your question, but I can tell you the short definitely is reminiscent of the old Goofy how to shorts. It was a wonderful surprise to see it.

Sadie

[BGLeduc]

We saw NT the day after Christmas, and clearly the folks that produced the short had some knowledge of the trials and tribulations non-Geeks face when setting up a HT system. It is a hoot.

My wife kept looking over at me, as if to say "That's YOU on the screen, honey".

I will be first in line to by any DVD that has THIS as an extra.

Brian

[tommy-thewho]

I loved the short also. More than the film... Very truthful also... Loved all the remote control's....

[CusBlues]

I loved this short, and it definitely had a vintage feel to it. My wife also said that the short was about me. My 15 and 11 year old enjoyed it too. I hope we get more of these in the future.

[acjetnut]

I saw this yesterday - made me think of the people that hang around these parts :laugh: ! The scene with the surround speakers was hilarious.

The animation definitely looked along the lines of "vintage", but there was still something a little too sterile about it, especially with the shadows. This, however, is just being nitpicky.

[BeatleJWOL]

Certainly among webcomic artists, tablets (Wacom and otherwise) are being used much more often, so its not entirely outside the realm of possibility.

[jojopuppyfish]

My brother and I were laughing at it.....we're in our mid 30s.

[HGN2001]

My wife and I saw this over the Christmas holiday weekend in front of NATIONAL TRAESURE 2. As mentioned, it was quite a surprise to see it lead off the program.

It really looked "old school", yet I suspected computers were used somewhere along the line, and now the info in this thread confirms it.

After just one viewing, we've already begun using the name "Shiny Things" instead of "Best Buy!" :D

Harry

[JoelDF]

I'd like to see this short myself.

It's apparently been around for quite a while. A writer for PC World talked about it about a year and a half ago, or so, in one of those back-page articles. It sounded funny and so true in the description of it. And just last summer I'd heard about it again, but I don't recall where.

[wayneklein]

The short looks extremely good and doesn't betray its digital origins. It's pretty amusing as well. A pity that animation cells are going away.

[Jimbo]

I couldn't help being reminded of my friend and fellow forum member JohnG while watching this cartoon! He's gotta see it.:winkgrin:

[Big Al]

The short looks extremely good and doesn't betray its digital origins.

Totally agree, all the way down to the opening.

I laughed so hard, my sides hurt; I almost fell outta my chair. My son, who was sitting on the other side of the theater with his friends, said that he and his friends could hear me laughing.

I'm with BGLeduc: if this short is on the DVD, I am SO there!