#kirk wise

[animationsource]

All, right. Who’s not dead? Sound off. ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE (2001) dir. Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise

[wardengrill]

Here is a riddle to guess if you can, sing the bells of Notre Dame: What makes a monster and what makes a man? Whatever their pitch, you feel them bewitch you, the rich and the ritual knells of the bells of Notre Dame. | The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

[thewaltcrew]

Director Kirk Wise, screenwriter Linda Woolverton, and actor Robby Benson on casting the Beast [x]

They gave me an incredible amount of freedom. I didn't want Beast to be a cartoon character. I played it as though I were doing a Broadway show. As if this was a living person. And I wanted him to be funny. By funny, I don't mean shtick or one-liners. I am talking about real comedy. When real comedy works, and is truthful, especially with the Beast, it comes out of the fact that he is so pathetic. For some reason, I really understood that. Ha! Because of that, they gave me a lot of leeway. [x]

My first audition was recorded on, of all things, a Sony Walkman. As a musician, I had branched out into recording engineer and loved to play with sound. When I saw the Sony Walkman I knew it had a little condenser microphone in it, and if I were to get too loud, the automatic compressor and built-in limiter would 'squash' the voice— and there would be very little dynamic range to the performance. I did a quick assessment and wondered how many people who had come in to audition for the part were making that error: playing the Beast with overwhelming decibels, compressing the vocal waveforms. I decided to give the Beast 'range.' Because of my microphone technique, and an understanding of who I wanted Beast to be, they kept asking me to come back and read different dialogue. After my fifth audition, Jeffrey Katzenberg the hands-on guardian of the film, said the part was mine…

Beauty and the Beast was so refreshingly fun and inventively creative to work on that I couldn't wait to try new approaches to every line of dialogue. Don Hahn is one of the best creative producers I have ever worked with. The two young directors, Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale, were fantastic and their enthusiasm was contagious. I not only was allowed to improvise, but they encouraged it. It never entered my mind that I was playing an animated creature. I understood the torment that Beast was going through: he felt ugly; had a horrible opinion of himself, and had a trigger-temper. Those are things that, if done right, are the perfect ingredients for comedy. Painful and pathetic comedy— but honest. The kind of comedy I understood...

In the feature world of Disney animation, the actors always recorded their dialogue alone in a big studio, with only a microphone and the faint images of the producers, writers, directors and engineer through a double-paned set of acoustic glass. Paige O'Hara and I became good friends; it was her idea that for certain very intimate scenes, such as when Beast is dying, we record together. We were able to play these scenes with an honest conviction that is often absent in the voice-over world...

The success of this film was the culmination of a team effort but I must say, the honors go to the animators— and for me (Beast), that's Glen Keane — and to Howard Ashman and Alan Menken. This was the perfect example of a crew who 'cared'. And the final results (every frame) of the film represent that sentiment. [x]

[frollosanctuary]

So, this is a little fanart inspired by what was said in the livestream, when it came to the recording of Hellfire in the recording booth.

Watch it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MAKdmA_Slk&t=6707s

Tony had it tough, trying to reach those notes. He was so nervous and really tortured himself doing it, but everyone was so encouraging and reassuring to him, and boy, he did deliver!

I decided to draw Tony as Frollo, as he is in essence embodying him, also I can't draw realistic people very well, and don't want any disservice or disrespect to him.

[mikyapixie]

𝟑𝟎 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐠𝐨 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐎𝐟 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬!!!

[adaptationsdaily]

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1996) dir. gary trousdale & kirk wise

[wolverwidowsinclair]

Your favorites are garbage and thats okay

I know that its infuriating that some people say your favorites are horrible or "nazi coded" its happened to me before and ill admit I was very infuriated. Thankfully I found some people who speak my language and while yes ill admit my favorite isnt a good person and still took part in a heinous crime, I can be rest assured that shes not the worst. Unfortunately some people will definitely stan the worst and act like they are secret heroes.

First id like to talk about the most common people who are often seen as good people despite the film EXPLICITLY SAYING THEYRE HORRIBLE.

Lets start with Gaston shall we. While he isnt the worst compared to the 2 im about to talk about next, hes still awful tho. He was sexist and rude towards Belle and tried to lock her father up. He also gaslit the whole town into attacking beast. Like yeah hes a beast, but he wanted to kill him out of jealously. This is much different from how gantu underestimated stitch

Gantu saw stitch as what he was created to be, not that this his methods were right. They were absolutely wrong. However Gaston wasnt going to kill the beast out of being misunderstood, rather he saw how affectionate Belle was towards him. So he decided to kill him especially after Belle gave him a reality check

Now we have frollo who is just much worse. Not only is he an incel, but hes a bigot. He trapped a bunch of villagers inside and tried to burn their house down and there are literally people who think hes right. Honestly its red flag and we shouldnt ignore it. Same with Gaston. Ig theyre really popular with alt right chuds and incels althougbt not everyone who thinks this are those. Yeah theyre attractive looking men, but theyre still evil.

Now for the main topic of this post the man who may or msy not have kicked this off. Hes not as popular as the other 2, so i ddint bother dissing his fans off, but i always felt there were people who did think he was right. Ladies and gentlemen the commander who threw out his lieutenant who trusted him, had no regrets for punching a king (enjoyed it too), trying to off an entire civilization, participating in a real life massacre, and punching milo in the face. Please welcome lyle rourke.

My goat honestly isnt a good person and ive come to terms with that, but I honestly think hes worse. At least she had regrets about harming an entire people not that it excuses her actions, but Rourke never shows any concern. You can already see it in the crystal chamber. He obviously wants a paycheck and doesnt care. Imma just say it if you think hes hero material, then it's a red flag. Hes not a secret hero hes an evil bastard. Helgas not a saint either, but it must be noted that both characters are intertwined and the more I write essays about helga i realize that rourke is more complicated than I thought. Ill admit I kinda used him as a scapegoat to excuse helga and I have been mad over opinions about her, but I am learning. So just understand that its okay to like a garbage person and dont harass others because they think different.

[animations-daily]

Claudia Christian as Helga Sinclair ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE (2001) dir. Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale