Aladdin: The Making of the Animated Film

by John Culhane

Book Overview

Disney’s Aladdin: The Making of an Animated Film This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1562828924
• ISBN13: 9781562828929
• Release Date: January 1900
• Publisher: Disney Editions
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 11.3"
• Grade Range: Preschool to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Awesome content and layout!

The book is light and easy to carry! That's what I love about it first. But then this is more of a book explaining the progress and experiences of the film production team. It has good interviews on great animators like Andreas Deja, Glen Keane, and many more. It goes in detail of how animators cooperate with their actress/actors, designers, and even business folks (yes, those whom actually owns Disney, ahem.... Peter Schneider). What really bugs me is the absence of concept art and development sketches. It appears on several pages of the book, but not enough compare to "The Art of..." books. This is a great book to get for any Disney or animation fan, but if you want reference and simply....to get inspired by awesome Disney art--you may think otherwise. Do check it out before you purchase it, but it is a decent book!

A well thought out, well-written, well-concieved work

This book is not only excellent for any rabid Aladdin fan, any Disney-enthusiast will appriciate the colorful, yet simple, layouts, and the organization of the book itself. Each chapter centera around one particular aspect of animated feature-making (such as pre-production, character design, color scheeming, etc.) and uses a main character as an example for each process. A truly excellent find.--a bit of trivia: At the time "Aladdin" was being promoted, Robin Williams was working on another movie called "Toys," and didn't want to be promoting "Aladdin" as a priority over his other movie--since he had commited to the Disney project second. As a result, Robin Williams is not named once in the entire book! Instead, it used the phrases, "The Genie voice."

Excellent

Personally, I prefered this Disney "making of" book to any of the others in the series (Making of the Lion King, Pocahontas, etc.) Although it wasn't as flashily put togethre, it contained heaps more insightful information, and out of all the "making of" books it was the only one I thought entertaining and useful enough to actually buy. As another reviewer noted, the only real annoying point was the author's refusal to mention Robin William's name. The reason for this was that Robin Williams was having a dispute with Disney at the time. Still, it's the one place where this book lacks. A brilliant read, and I recommend it highly.

A "must" for any Aladdin fan

I really liked this book. Of course, I'm a fanatic of Disney's Aladdin and I found this book very interesting and very useful. Of course I'd like to know more but I think this book is a good, a very good start for any one who's interested in Disney's animated movies, specially Aladdin. A wonderful book!