A promotional trailer for prolific Disney producer Don Hahn’s upcoming book, The Alchemy of Animation, has been posted on YouTube. The video features Hahn talking about the book, and offers some great images from various films Hahn has worked on. The book will hit shelves on Oct. 7.
Don Hahn has produced such Mouse House favorites as Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. His first book in nearly seven years, The Alchemy of Animation is geared to a slightly older audience than his acclaimed Animation Magic, affording readers a comprehensive look at the process of making animation at Disney in the modern age.
The Alchemy of Animation will feature never-before-seen art from Disney and Pixar films through the ages, including a few sneak peeks at art from upcoming projects such as Bolt and The Princess and the Frog. Readers will get an overview of the animation process across three mediums’hand-drawn, stop-motion and computer-generated(CG)’as executed in such Disney classics as Dumbo, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Toy Story, among others.
Hahn has been producing at The Walt Disney Studios for more than 30 years. His other films include The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Atlantis: The Lost Empire and the 2006 short The Little Matchgirl, which earned him his second Oscar nomination. He is currently developing the stop-motion animated feature Frankenweenie with director Tim Burton, and directing and producing several documentary projects.
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