List of rotoscoped works

A list of works that were produced using rotoscoping.

Animated films

• Fleischer Studios
  • Out of the Inkwell (1918 - 1929)
  • Minnie the Moocher (1932) - short (the dancing walrus rotoscoped from Cab Calloway dancing)
  • The Old Man of the Mountain (1933) - short (The dancing Old Man rotoscoped from Cab Calloway dancing)
  • Snow White (1933) - short (The singing Koko the Clown rotoscoped from Cab Calloway dancing)
  • Sally Swing (1938) - short
  • Gulliver's Travels (1939)
  • Superman shorts (1941 - 1943)
  • Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)
• Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • The Goddess of Spring (1934) - short (Persephone)
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1939)
  • Pinocchio (1940) - (Blue Fairy)
  • Fantasia (1940)
  • Bambi (1942)
  • Make Mine Music (1946) - Two Silhouettes segment
  • Cinderella (1950)
  • Alice in Wonderland (1951)
  • Dude Duck (1951) - short (The pretty cowgirls)
  • Hello Aloha (1952) - short (The dancing Hula Girl)
  • Peter Pan (1953)
  • Lady and the Tramp (1955) - (human characters)
  • Sleeping Beauty (1959)
  • One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
  • The Sword in the Stone (1963)
  • The Jungle Book (1967)
  • The Aristocats (1970)
  • Robin Hood (1973)
  • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
  • The Rescuers (1977)
  • The Small One (1978) - short
  • The Fox and the Hound (1981)
  • The Black Cauldron (1985)
  • Pocahontas (1995)
  • Fantasia 2000 (1999)
• Don Bluth
  • The Secret of NIMH (1982) - (human characters)
  • An American Tail (1986) - (human characters)
  • All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
  • Rock-a-Doodle (1991)
  • Thumbelina (1994)
  • A Troll in Central Park (1994)
  • The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
  • Anastasia (1997)
  • Bartok the Magnificent (1999)
  • Titan A.E. (2000)
• Ralph Bakshi
  • Wizards (1977) ^[1]
  • The Lord of the Rings (1978) ^[2]
  • American Pop (1981)
  • Hey Good Lookin' (1982)
  • Fire & Ice (1983)
• Other
  • The Adventures of Pinocchio
  • Alois Nebel
  • The Arrow Flies in the Tale - short
  • The Brave Man's Heart - short
  • Brothers Lyu - short
  • The Case of Hana & Alice^[3]
  • Cross Country Detours - short (The deer, crying bobcat and shedding lizard)^[4]
  • A Christmas Carol
  • Chico & Rita
  • The Cow's Husband - short
  • Daffy - The Commando - short (Adolf Hitler)
  • Earthlink Sucks - short
  • The Even More Funtrip - short
  • Fard - short
  • The Adventures of Tintin
  • Felix the Cat: The Movie
  • Fellow-Friends - short
  • The Flower with Seven Colors - short
  • The Frog Princess
  • Geese-Swans - short
  • Germania Wurst - short
  • The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
  • The Golden Antelope
  • Grasshopper - short
  • Have a Nice Day
  • Heavy Metal
  • How People Got Fire - short
  • The Humpbacked Horse
  • I Lost My Body
  • I Love You - short
  • Jack Frost - short (The singing scarecrow)
  • Kashtanka
  • Kid's Story (The Animatrix short)
  • Welcome to Irabu's Office
  • The Legend about the Moor's Testament
  • Life is Cool
  • Little Boy Blue - short (The dancing scarecrow)
  • A Lively Market Garden - short
  • A Letter To Colleen
  • Loving Vincent
  • The Magic Bird - short
  • The Magic Shop - short
  • A Magical Treasure - short
  • Mashenka's Concert - short
  • A Miraculous Bell - short
  • Moidodir - short
  • The Night Before Christmas
  • Nobunaga Concerto
  • Nope
  • The Oak-Tree Thrower - short
  • The Old Oak-Trees Tale - short
  • Olimpia
  • Once Upon a Time in the Woods - short
  • Peace on Earth - short
  • Piercing I
  • Portraits de Voyages
  • Princess Iron Fan
  • Przygody Kubusia - short
  • Puzzle 3D - short
  • Renaissance
  • Rock & Rule
  • Sarmiko - short
  • A Scanner Darkly
  • The Scarlet Flower
  • Sister Alenushka and Brother Ivanushka - short
  • Snack and Drink - short
  • The Snow Maiden
  • The Snow Queen
  • The Spine of Night
  • The Straw Bull-Calf - short
  • The Sturdy Fellow - short
  • Taiga Tale - short
  • The Tale about the Dead Tsarevna and Seven Bogatyrs - short
  • The Tale about the Soldiers - short
  • The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish - short
  • Tehran Taboo
  • Thugs with Dirty Mugs - short (The audience member who's silhouetted directly against the movie-screen)
  • Three Bags with Tricks - short
  • The Tin Soldier (1989) - short
  • The Twelve Brothers-Month
  • Verlioka - short
  • Waking Life
  • A Walnut Switch - short
  • When The New Year Trees Lights Up
  • Why Can't We Walk Straight - short
  • Yard - short
  • Year of the Fish
  • The Yellow Stork - short
  • Yellow Submarine

Live action films

• The Adventures of Hercules (fight between Hercules and Minos)
• The Birds
• Brenda Starr (comic strip sequences)
• Bride of Frankenstein (The homunculus scene)^[5]
• Cool World
• Chopping Mall (laser effects)
• Demon Wind (hand rotoscoped demonic effects throughout)
• A Fistful of Dollars (title sequence)
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (title sequence)
• Guardians of the Galaxy (Rocket Raccoon was created by rotoscoping Oreo, a tame raccoon)
• Harry and the Hendersons (scenes from the film are rotoscoped for the end credits)
• The Inglorious Bastards (title sequence)
• Juno (title sequence)
• The Last Waltz (cocaine under Neil Young's nose was rotoscoped out in post-production)
• The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (For the character Gollum, rotoscoping live action shots with keyframe computer animation and motion capture)
• Sin City
• Spaceballs (schwartz-saber effects)
• Speed Racer (Many of the night race sequences involved rotoscoping the computer generated background scenes for a more non-realistic look)
• Star Wars Trilogy (lightsaber effects)
• Tower (combination of rotoscoped action, live & historical footage)
• Tron (combination of computer animation and live action)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (combination of traditional animation and live action)

Video games

• Another World
• Batman Forever
• Blackthorne
• Commander Blood
• Dragon's Lair (NES version only)
• Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp (only used for the time machine)
• FAITH: The Unholy Trinity (Only used for the cutscenes)
• Flashback: The Quest for Identity
• "Heavenly Star", by Genki Rockets, as featured in the PSP game Lumines II
• Hotel Dusk: Room 215
• King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
• Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
• Joy Mech Fight
• Just Dance
• Karateka
• The Last Express
• Lester the Unlikely
• Mortal Kombat (in early games in the series)
• Nosferatu
• Prince of Persia
• Project Firestart
• Space Ace (only used for Ace's spaceship "Star Pac", his motorcycle, and the tunnel in the game's dogfight sequence)
• Shaq Fu
• Star Wars: Dark Forces (Only used for the animations of Darth Vader)
• Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (Only used for the animations of the capoeira character Elena)
• The Banner Saga
• Wing Commander II (Only used for the kiss scene between Blair and Angel)

Music videos

• "21st Century Breakdown" by Green Day
• "Baby I'm Yours" by Breakbot
• "Bedshaped" by Keane
• "Breaking the Habit" by Linkin Park
• "Brothers in Arms" by Dire Straits
• "Calling All Girls" by Hilly Michaels
• "Destiny" by Zero 7
• "Drive" by Incubus
• "Eres" by Café Tacvba
• "Fell in Love with a Girl" by The White Stripes
• "Forsaken by Dream Theater
• "Frijolero" by Molotov
• "Frontline" by Pillar
• "Go with the Flow" by Queens of the Stone Age
• "The Kids Aren't Alright" by The Offspring
• "Lemonade" by The Bawdies
• "Let It Slide" by Joanna Pacitti
• "Like to Get to Know You Well" by Howard Jones
• "Lone Digger" by Caravan Palace
• "Luv Your Life" by Silverchair
• "Momma's Boy" by Chromeo
• "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits
• "No More Lies" by The Moody Blues
• "Opposites Attract" by Paula Abdul
• "Shadrach" by Beastie Boys
• "Shoot the Runner" by Kasabian
• "Take On Me", "Train of Thought", and "The Sun Always Shines On TV" by A-ha
• "Ten Thousand Strong" by Iced Earth
• "Tom Waits for No One" by Tom Waits
• "Toshishun" by Ningen Isu
• "Uno, Dos, Tres" by Motel
• "Heartless" By Kanye West
• "Wash In The Rain" by The Bees
• "What You Need" and "Need You Tonight" by INXS
• "You Got Me Up" by Jamie Lidell
• "You Know I Love You, Don't You" by Howard Jones
• "Bad Kids to the Back" by Snarky Puppy

Television shows

• The Aquabats! Super Show! (segment in episode "The Return of The Aquabats!") (2013)
• Blackstar
• Codefellas^[6][7]
• Delta State
• Dream Corp, LLC
• Doin' The Thin Thing from A Little Curious (1998)
• Easy For You! from A Little Curious (1999)
• Flowers of Evil
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
• It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown (dance club scenes)
• Josie and the Pussycats (band's performance sequences)
• Jem (intro)
• John Henry: The Steel Driving Man (A Tale from the United States of America) from Animated Tales of the World
• Kowabon
• The Lone Ranger (Filmation 1980)
• The New Adventures of Flash Gordon
• The New Adventures of Batman
• The New Adventures of Zorro (Filmation 1981)
• Rocket Launch from Sesame Street Pilot (1969)
• She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown (figure skating scenes)
• Skyland
• Space Sentinels
• Sport Billy
• Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
• Tarzan/Batman and the Super 7
• Undone
• What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? (portions)

Commercials

• Bubble Tape (1989)
• Fruit Wrinkles (1980s)
• Toyota Supra (1986)
• Nickelodeon IDs: Mengarie, Bicycles and Skating (1989)
• Charles Schwab (2008)
• Akbank (2010–2011)

Comics

• The DaneMen (2005-2017)

References

This page was last edited on 24 February 2024, at 23:48