(1993) The Lion King pencil test: Stampede

[saberanimationstudio]

disney you fucking amaze me

[KittyKraz13]

This must have been insane to animate.

[ohgarboy]

Those first string notes are so striking and disturbing... fantastic scene.

[QueenLuver123]

It sounds weird when the voices haven't been 'changed' I mean, like, echo-ee and things.... It's soooo cool that way

[Poever]

The laserdisc pays more respect to the film than the DVD could possibly do.

[dapshere]

Dang! I still get goosebumps watching this. Be it a pencil test or the final version.

[PardalisCatt]

Just wanted to clear this up. Technically each wildebeest was actually drawn but not in the same way the rest of the movie or Simba, and the others are, they created 3D models of them, multiplied them, gave them each a different running path then EACH ONE handshaded to appear hand drawn to keep things consistent . The time it took to animate was I believe 2 years. Time VERY well spent if you ask me. As no movies today can compare, they hardly hand draw cartoons anymore. >_>

[lilaanimation]

this sequence always tears up my heart in pieces, whether in final version or this rough test version :'( ahh disney why u so mean? :(( anyway huge respect for all animators, i worship them <3

[xxTigerzGirlxx]

My god. Those poor animators, drawing all those effing buffalo .w.

Wilde beast? idk

Either way that would suck BALLS.

Also. I always wonder how Simba was fine running around for a short bit of time while Mufasa was KILLED by them. I guess the fall could have done it too, but...

[Outrae]

@xxTigerzGirlxx I think they used 3D animation for them. Either way - it takes so much patience.

The magic of Disney!

[xxTigerzGirlxx]

@Outrae That is possible... but did they have that back in '93? I'm not sure when they got that technology...

But yeah, no matter what it would take a lot of patience... Much respect to those artists <3

[Outrae]

@xxTigerzGirlxx I think they did, just it was very new. Toy Story was only released 2 years after this movie. .. I wiki'd it. [:

[mjangelvortex]

They should have done what they did with Beauty & The Beast with the Lion King DVDs; have 3 versions of the movie: the TRUE original release (the DVD release did not have the true original), the updated version, and a third version with Pencil tests and story boards.

[Volcanic9]

seriously, why so goddamn terrifying

[streetpictures]

Scar, you motherfucker.

[bananastudios101]

haha. u trie to say its urs by sayin "pencil" like u made it

[tecagasdelarisa]

im crying :(

[sSupernaturalholic]

it's spelled 'Stampede' :)

This scene scarred me for life. but it's still THE BEST movie disney has ever made. no question.

[tiramisue]

@sSupernaturalholic I posted this back in 2006, and you're the first to point that out! (( fixed; thanks! ))

[pikkupa1]

24 frames per second.... that's crazy! These people are seriously amazing!

[ChaosLoveSmash]

The main antagonist of the film is Scar.

[KTKomedy2813]

3:03 Oh, by the way, I'm here, too.

[tomcat2285]

sad to see this now an endangered form of movie making

[Joshb81959]

Scar is a badass. Are there any other villains just as bad as him?

Scar reminds me of all the gods of mischief in any mythology you read.

[lyue1996]

@Joshb81959 Kabuto ..

[Kittydragonfly]

The wildebeest must've been such a pain to animate.

It boggles my mind just thinking about it, that my friend, it patience.

[hattie92ify]

@Kittydragonfly it took 3 years to do this section :)

[WinryElric6390]

@Kittydragonfly It was done when computers were just starting to be used in such a way for 3D animation. The fact it took 2 and a half years to complete shows how crazy it was back then, especially since all they did was model out 5 wildbeasts and duplicate them. D:

[DigitalShowcase00]

@WinryElric6390

Uh, no it was all hand drawn. My 2D Animation teacher actually worked on this film as a cleanup artist. Every wildebeest was hand drawn.

[WinryElric6390]

@DigitalShowcase00 Yes, the models were 2D, I give you that, but they replicated them using 3D in order to get the number of wildebeasts on screen. The evidence is even on the video: the animals are too clean cut (like cleanups) to be sketched out individually.

[dhotkunoichi]

scar bitch-slapped that bird @ 2:00 lol! this looks sooo cool props to all da ppl who made this!!!:D

[TheScriptKittie]

I think the 3d wildebeest actually add a ton to this-- it's a different system of animation which separate them from the characters with feelings. It's cool to see the actual dichotomy of frame by frame vs 3d though.

[loveofwolfs]

They should release this on DVD. I would love watching this. It would give the movie a new and unfinished look. Pemcel tests are alot of fun too watch. Just watching all the time that these amazing talented artiests put into this. If they have behind the seens on DVD now why not include a full fersion of the movie in its raw form?

[Melazee01]

The wildebeast were actually done in a 3D program ;)

Gah, I love this so much!

[LittleWoodenFlute]

I wish more DVD's had special features like this instead of silly games. This is so fascinating! It would be awesome if they had a disc of the movie(or movies) just as a pencil test.

[WhiteLioness100]

It must have been a pain in the ass to draw all those wildebeests!!!!

[LittleWoodenFlute]

@WhiteLioness100 I think they are computer generated, basically all copies of one another made to move at slightly different times, although of course a few parts are drawn, like when one runs into the tree ^^

[WhiteLioness100]

@LittleWoodenFlute Oh wow! I didn't know that! With all that work I respect those animators :)

[ronnydthechicken]

"Animation is the closest we have to real magic" - Shaw Kelly

[nddlj]

They're missing Mufasa's scream "Aaahh!!" his yell completes the scene. You hear fear, pain and sadness in his voice. It makes te scene scarier and sadder :(

[92af]

The Lion King is the best disney movie ever, no wonder why it took some years for them to made the movie.

[shamana69]

the work-in-progress reel of the stampede

[niefali]

I miss this old masterpieces. There are too much Pixar movies at the moment.

To the drawing: Like in Tarzan Disney drew this almost completely on CELs, but when it comes to something like the stamede or the drives in tarzan then its just too much work to do that with drawings. Its easier and cheaper to animate that stuff. A great idea, combining traditional and new media for best results.

[Staplesz]

this is cool

[TheRockstarAaron]

2:53 -2:59 epic

[TheMeteorah]

I just cried from the epicness

[92af]

The Lion King is a very good disney movie just like The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Black Cauldron, and The Little Mermaid are.

[paranormalium88]

do you have a video or something showing this scene?

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[hedgehogamy300]

Imagine how many frames it took to make this movie!

[hedgehogamy300]

It's very creepy when Mufasa is slowly falling and we see Simba getting a closer look. Well at least we now know why Simba didn't see Scar push him off the edge.

[CrudityDevArt]

the wildebeest were done digitally ;D

[lionkingfan77]

i wonder how many frames that would have took :O

[JayFoxFire]

Danggg the end of it gave me chills when he yelled "NOOOOOoooo!!!"

[SilverChao546]

@JayFoxFire It usually scares me when it's too loud.

[CompleteCorner24]

so this is how they made it

[lionkingfan77]

i like the ending better in this thank waht they put on the movie eventually!

[cbolanz]

do you have the pencil test where simba runs away and cries along his father's body?

[Batamon1997]

When was the laserdisc released?

[tanalepy]

Nowadays you dont see the drawing effort in cartoons, cause of computer animation.

I miss the hand drawn animation these days.

[JayFoxFire]

The Princess and the Frog is the first new 2D hand drawn animation 83

[AnirvanRay]

WHAT A SCENE !

[Samsam2992]

I never thought about it before, but DAMN. That scene must have been a real pain to animate.

[QueenLuver123]

@Samsam2992 ikr, thats why they computer animated the wildebeest's, they still look hand-drawn, pretty epic :)

[JokerishDish]

It's very weird to see that some parts look finished and other part don't even have inbetweens... :s

Love that they used Mozart by the way :D

[SimbaKimbaKovu]

they did keep that in!

[mylifeits]

Respect for the people who drew this all!

[pok3j0hn]

The gnus are computeranimated

[Pennyadodumuss]

3:26 They should've kept that scene.

[voodazz]

You mean they took it out???

[Freezingred2]

It makes the film darker and especially how long it takes for Mufasa to hit the ground.

[mmb101]

fucking epic

[cbolanz]

don't say that to such a great video

[mmb101]

it's a compliment..

[cbolanz]

oh ok

[bluedrac21]

LOL! i put this movie on hold in the library and im the 36th person in line for it!

[TheAnaraneKitty]

DDDDD8

This scene was so sad. But such a great scene at the same time. &hearts;

[cbolanz]

GREAT VIDEO

[egtoonster]

Possibly one of the best scenes in animated and cinematic history. The music, the animation, the directing, the expressions, and especially that close-up shot of Simba at the beginning of the stampede make it all such a grippingly emotional scene. Absolutely sublime.

[megadisneyfan2]

awesome

[ZoTicc]

The fist lion king scene that was done in color was when zazu got smacked into the wall by Scar

lol

[littlesongbird1]

cool. how did you know that?

[ZoTicc]

it says so on the commentary of lion king on DVD

[lizzytheperson]

and it HAS to be the saddest part of the movie.

[ajmrowland]

I'm guessing it was another laserdisc feature that failed to be on the dvd.

[littlesongbird1]

me too..it's a shame a lot of these were not on the dvd

[akawander]

where u get this?!?!?!?!?!!!!?!??!?!

[GiaMmyAVAtv]

hes mufasa

[Autumnvicky]

I always wondered why Simba didn't see Scar toss Mufasa off the cliff, this cleared up my confusion, thanks!

[BriarFilth]

LOL you know when you're obsessed when you listen to a segment of soundtrack and in your head you know EXACTLY where the action and dialogue goes.... like I can with this scene o_O

[xixluvxmusicx]

poor little guy

[WaltDisneyMovieFREAK]

his roar sounds better in the finnished movie

[KuribohFan10]

My favorite scene in the movie

[megadisneyfan]

dis is cool

[mcandhsmfan1]

wow cool

[makotopcs]

the best movie EVER!

[FromMysteriousWolf]

0:25 i soooooooo cute

poor Simba

[Invaderjes]

When this first came out on VHS, I'd watch it at least twice a week. I saw it 4 times in the theater, and about a million times since then. And this part still makes me all misty-eyed.

[SuperPotterFan]

I just saw it once because I was just 5 year old.. but when it came in VHS.. I saw ir a gazillion of times, and I still see it once in a time.. I wish they still kept making these type of animated movies

[BlizzardOfThyDoom]

It blows me away that drawings can provoke such emotion, I don't even realize I'm watching drawings anymore.

[hoodfan89]

Rare footage from a great movie!

[sneezybenjamin]

shivers up my spine

[LionKingErin]

wow! that last part was pretty creepy! i wish they kept it though

[briahna93]

how was the last part creepy? and what did u wish they kept? it is stencil? or the way it ended

[LionKingErin]

idk it just seemed creepy to me. they should have kept the part where simba looked.

[briahna93]

oh ok

[1AnimateArtist1]

@LionKingErin The part at 3:27.

[idioticlisa]

Wow- I wish they kept in the part where Simba steps up, sees Mufasa falling, then screams- it took a little longer, but it was really heart-wrenching because you see him actually move to look over the edge- it also better explains how he saw Mufasa falling. In the version we're used to, the last time we see Simba before Mufasa's fall is when he's climbing up the cliff to escape.

[violaplayer1987]

This is amazing - I remember when I was younger I would try to recreate these scenes and make little cartoons of my own and I always had problems with the backgrounds. I never knew the backgrounds were stationary and the actual characters move ON TOP of them.

[CodenameLegacy]

What is the study of the animated motion of these cartoon animals? is it like mechanics or something?

[matiasnunez]

They developped an special Computer program to make the stampee; check in imdb(D)com

[I8U8I]

no not mechanics

just a bunch of pictures...

the study not sure bout that

[strawberry0101144]

i didn´t know it that the wildbest were played by computer simba draw in blue

[mewmewfantasy]

i loved lion king wen i was young and i still love it now it never gets old! and the 2-D animation is much better. on lionking 2 and 3 are they in 3-D animation then ?

thnx for uploouding this cool thing hw dd u get it?

[Sitcomedy]

Nah, they're all 2D

[NKrel]

Well the wildebeast are computer-generated as you prob know. The wildebeast are programmed to interact with eachother/run/bump so that each one does not have to be animated individually...that would take away a decent chunk of one's life.

[randomandproudqueen]

no they are 2D also there are no large herds so its 2D

[ShifterMax]

ooh, that was amazing. I didn't realize that most of the wildabeast where computer animated. There was only one small part from this scene that Disney took out, but otehr than that, it stayed like it had been from its early stages. <3

[HiMyNameIsRoxi]

I can't stand computer animation. So unnatural and over-used.

[LionKingErin]

yeah me neither. i like it drawn better.

[Earthfang]

*sigh* The what happened to regular 2D animation... Anime from the 1998's, LionKing from 1993..

Today, they mostly have computer junk

[shangelina]

this is one of the best scenes, the line testgives shivers T_T

[ReniePawz]

That was interesting. Thanks for showing.

And zenta, you're right. i miss the 2-D cartoon. Now allt hey shows is all those computer crap..

[maxime430]

That's the kind of Bonus Feature that should have been put on the Lion King Platinium DVD

[Riddler95]

your right about that, the deluxe CAV LaserDisc boxset, The movie is spread on 2 CAV LaserDisc discs and the bonus features are on another 2 CAV LaserDiscs. It took me 2 days to watch all of the bonus features. The Platinum Edition DVD of The Lion King is better quality and better sound than the LaserDisc, but many of the bonus features on the LaserDisc did not make it t

[mrdavidgray]

Thank you for uploading. This is quite a treat!

[KingScar06]

Wow, thanks a lot for bringing this up!! It's my most favorite scene in my most favorite movie (as suggested by my username).

And I agree with Anteater22. "Pathetic"? It's still a fantastic technological and artistic achievment, even up to today.

Please post more of these! :D

[Funnyflute]

wow. awsome. its amazing hoiw it looks when they get the color in.

[screamifyoulikeit]

Ah, the early stages of computer animation. Looks pathetic compared to what they can do now.

[Anteater22]

no it still holds up. Artistically and technically. You won't find better integration of 2d and 3d. Looks much better than the cg animals in the more recent Spirit: stallion of the cimarron.

[h1596]

No kidding-when Spirit changes from 2d to 3d it's very obvious-I mean, he loses his eye-whites, and he has a very obvious color-pop...this still holds its own...

[zenta]

the new disney crap they pull out now sucks compared to the 2d drawn ones

[Shemba35]

This was amazing! I loved it, thank you so much for putting this up on the internet!!!!!