"Sleeping Beauty" (1959)-Spinning Wheel Sequence

Although some folks don't like to mix media, but when it has some educational value I think it's OK. The pencil background is almost 3-feet wide and the Aurora/Briar Rose cel is almost as wide -- a fantastic image! Just putting the cel on a plain background would have been a waste. [Sorry about the Lion King globe in the foreground!]

I think this is one of the most powerful scenes for one basic reason -- you can't see her face. This technique pushes the imagination to fill in the blanks and results in a much stronger impact than if we had seen her face.

Attached to the pencil background was this multiplane shot-sheet:


Another item that I picked up was the pencil sketch below. What makes this great is that it is the same Sequence/Scene number as the more detailed pencil background.

The hand position in the cel is slightly different than shown in the pencil, but I have all of these items next to each other on the wall. It's a great composition set to talk about when folks visit.

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From “Sleeping Beauty” (1959). Consists of the pencil layout and the matching animation cel. Consists of (1) 258A Layout directions: "2082-14.0 -- 36 SC36 SEQ 14 2082" "CU - B.R. On Floor"; (2) 258B Cel: Cel of Briar Rose on the floor with crown. Extremely good color rendition for close-up. "1436"; (3) 258C Pencil background: A very large 28x15 pencil sketch of the floor that Briar Rose lays on. The layout sheet is attached to the pencil background. [30"W x 12.5"H] Acquired 1995. SeqID-0258 Updated: 8/1/2005

From “Sleeping Beauty” (1959). Se36 Seq14. Circa 1959. The pencil concept of Briar Rose on the floor after pricking her finger on the spinning wheel. The follow-up is the larger pencil layout and animation cel from this movie. "SC 36 SEQ 14 2082" "Blow up to 10 1/2 inches" Pencil with blue line. A wider view of Briar Rose and Maleficent. See SeqID-0258 for the finished product. [Item: 15.5"W x 12.5"H] Acquired 1995. SeqID-0259