Fantasia Original Stat Model Sheet: Ostrich Heads

Ostrich Heads

MEDIUM: Original Stat Model Sheet
IMAGE SIZE: 14" x 11"
PRODUCTION: Fantasia, "Dance of the Hours"
YEAR: 1940
SKU: CCV4291

SPECIAL NOTES: A stamp reading "PROPERTY OF WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS" is visible on the back of this model sheet along with two coffee ring stains

ABOUT THE IMAGE: Fantasia is a 1940 American animated musical anthology film produced and released by Walt Disney Productions, with story direction by Joe Grant and Dick Huemer and production supervision by Walt Disney and Ben Sharpsteen. The third Disney animated feature film, it consists of eight animated segments set to pieces of classical music conducted by Leopold Stokowski, seven of which are performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra. Music critic and composer Deems Taylor acts as the film's Master of Ceremonies who introduces each segment in live action.

This piece shows signs of production wear: Center crease and bottom left corner crease. The embedded date reads November 29th, 1939. 

ABOUT THE MEDIUM: A model sheet is a group of character drawings illustrating different poses and expressions of a cartoon character. Because a number of artists worked on a single cartoon, these sheets were circulated to the animators to give a uniform look and feel to a character throughout a production.