ABSTRACT
Don Crum, the ex-Disney traditional-style animator who works at Pixar in three dimensions, demonstrated to the authors students on a visit his animation process for a scene in Ratatouille. He explained that coming from a 2D tradition he learned that to sketch everything first, before even addressing his computer, was the best possible way. The most interesting thing that he said was that although he had a good idea of what he wanted to do with the scene in the first place, it was only by acting out his ideas on video and then improvising and taking the action further than he had thought to, that he arrived at the great sequence of animation he ultimately created. Preferably, sketch the actor in each pose, and then caricature his or her actions to bring a greater dynamic to them.
