So my basic understanding is they were hand drawn, but how does this even work? Did they hand draw every frame brand new each time? Did they erase then redraw the characters that moved and keep the background the same? But wouldnt that mess up the background if they erased even some tiny parts??
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As far as the animating, there is usually a Character designer who, you guessed it, designs the character. He will draw the character in the main/important positions. For instance, 10 or 20 positions to a scene.
Then you will have “In-betweeners” who draw the steps in between. Then you have “Inkers” who add the color, and so on down the line. The staff to create those films were huge.
PLUS, the average rate for film is 24 frames per second so that tells you how many “cels” you need. Animation, the old fashioned way, takes a long time and a lot of work. You had to set all the backgrounds, then add the characters, any foreground, then “Click” take the shot. THEN, move everything the one eighth of an inch, change the cels to move the character, “click”. Do that 24 times for every second of the movie. How long is Sleeping Beauty? Fantasia? Yes… a LOT of work.
(this is an ultra simplified version of course. You should see the shoot sheets that tell you which cels you need for every second of the movie!)
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