Disney's "Pinocchio" turns 80
Feb 8, 2020
These days mark the 80th anniversary of the release of Disney's "Pinocchio".
I am reporting this for two reasons: the first, "Pinocchio" was written by an Italian writer, Carlo Collodi.
The second, is that it gives me a chance to speak about this wonderful video filmed in 1957, where Walt Disney himself explains his multicamera technique, probably the most advanced tool ever made in the field of animation.
The invention is extraordinary in its idea, conception and result; I really love to see human ingeniousness at work, even if it is in tasks that may be considered frivolous. Before I watched that video, I was convinced every frame was drawn from scratch, turns out I was extremely wrong.
To see the Multicamera technique at work in "Pinocchio" itself, look no further than this extremely long sequence at the beginning of the movie with a very deep zoom into Pinocchio's town .
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