I own the book "The Art of The Little Mermaid" from Sotheby's New York and they have a great insight to some of the sequences I have made gifs of. I will apply the information to each gif as it is described in the book, so some of these will not include the comments of if it's a single cel set-up or otherwise as I don't have the information of knowing it. But hopefully you'll like the gifs anyway.
Single cel set-up applied to a matching watercolor background of the sky.
Quote: Vanessa screaming.
Number of frames: 84 frames.
Description of the sequence: A blue lobster has landed on Vanessa's head and pinches her nose with his claw. As she lets out a scream, she is suddenly attacked by starfish.
VanessaFan's comment: One of my favorite sequences with Ursula as Vanessa. As Vanessa bows her head down to let out a scream, notice the squash and stretch of her face. When the starfish starts to cover her body, notice the speed in the animation. Suddenly the animation is done on ones, instead of twos. That is because its a fast scene. Until the last starfish hits her on the mouth, the animation goes back on twos. Also notice Vanessa's fringe as her head is pushed backwards.
Three cel set-up applied to a matching background.
Quote: Jafar: Abject humiliation!
Number of frames: 48 frames.
Description of the sequence: Jafar strikes Princess Jasmine and The Sultan with a blast of magic, that forces them both to bow down before him.
VanessaFan's comment: I have always loved this sequence of Jasmine and the Sultan as they fall and bow to Jafar. I love how you can see how Jasmine is trying to resist the magic, but she has to give in and fall to her knees. The Sultan, on the other hand, just falls to his knees straight away! xD Also, the animation on the magic is also just beautiful. One thing I would have changed though, is the first frames. They're both just standing there, without doing anything. I'd had them react with their faces, their eyes, mouths, something.
Single cel set-up applied to a matching background of the jungle.
Quote: No qoute.
Number of frames: 21 frames.
Description of the sequence: Pumbaa are singing to Simba about how he always got got downhearted, every time that he... But Timon cuts him off, saying: "Hey, Pumbaa! Not in front of the kids!"
VanessaFan's comment: This little sequence of Simba has always been one of my favorites! Just look at how confused he's looking
Single cel set-up applied to a matching watercolor background of the forest.
Quote: Taran: Ohh no!.
Number of frames: 58 frames.
Description of the sequence: Taran gets annoyed with himself, when he discovers that Hen Wen has run off. He tosses the stick in the water in frustration.
VanessaFan's comment: Another sequence I really love with Taran. In some of the first frames, when he has closed his eyes, he looks like he could be singing. One thing I really love about the animation of Taran, is that he has a perfect nose. Unlike Jim Hawkins.
Single cel set-up applied to a matching watercolor background of the sea.
Quote: Princess Ariel: But if you would just listen!
Number of frames: 76 frames.
Description of the sequence: Princess Ariel tries to get her father to listen to her.
VanessaFan's comment: I have always loved this sequence with Ariel. I think she looks beautiful here, but there are also some funny screencaps of her as well.
