Second Pipe Sequence and Bathroom

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All: pipes by Ken/Raymond

Left: pipes by Ken/Raymond, Thief by Ken/Dick
Middle: pipes by Ken/Raymond
Right: Thief by Ken/Neil, bubbles by Neil/JaneNeil did the first 15 feet or so of the bubbles just to set the style, and then it was handed over to the Effects Dept. where the bubble animation was continued, and reflections were added throughout.
The effects animators also animated the bubbles with reflections for the rest of the sequence.


Left: Yumyum by Tissa David/Neil, not finished under Dick's direction
Middle: Jewel F/X by Mick Burns
Right: Thief by Ken/Neil, bubbles by Jane (reuse of scene above)In the days following the shut down of the production by the Completion Bond Company, Dick suggested to Neil Boyle and John Leatherbarrow that if there was any way they could continue to work on the production they should. Neil and John, joined by Effects Supervisor John Cousen and Color Modelist Barbara McCormack, then set up Premier Films to help finish The Thief and the Cobbler. From a new studio space in London they were able to employ a large number of the artists that had worked under Dick, and worked only on sequences that had already been carefully planned out by Dick with his storyboards, as well as finishing scenes through to trace, paint and shooting that had already been started under Dick's direction.
The Princess scenes for this sequence fall into these categories. In the 70's Tissa David had done scenes with originally 2 Princesses who were sisters. Neil and later in 2 scenes Tim were trying to reference Tissa's original scenes where possible, but because the dialogue had changed, the actress voicing it had changed, and the whole original set up of the scene had changed (i.e. that the original scenes were dialogue between the two Princesses Mee Mee and Yum Yum, but Dick had subsequently cut out Mee Mee from the story) -- that all meant that much of the Princess stuff had to be done anew. But the intention was to try and keep any nice poses or attitudes from Tissa's original drawings where possible, and integrate them into the new Princess design and the new geography of the shots.


Left: Yumyum by Tissa David/Neil, not finished under Dick's direction
Middle: Thief by Ken/Neil, bubbles and reflections by Jane
Right: Yumyum by Tissa David/Neil, Thief by Ken/Neil, not finished under Dick's direction



Left: Yumyum by Tissa David/Tim, Thief by Ken/Tim, not finished under Dick's direction
Middle: Tissa's linetest, originally there were 2 princesses in this scene
Right: Thief by Ken/Neil, bubbles and reflections by Jane

Left: Tissa's linetest
Middle: Yumyum by Tissa David/Tim, not finished under Dick's direction
Right: Thief by Ken/Neil, bubbles by Jane (not reflections) Tim's drawings of Yumyum here are very faithful to Dick's storyboards

Left: Yumyum by Tissa David/Tim, not finished under Dick's direction
Middle: Thief by Ken/Neil, bubbles by Jane (not reflections)
Right: Tissa's linetest
Neil also animated the curtain for the middle scene.