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”Once Upon a Studio” combines [[traditional animation]], [[computer animation]], and [[live-action]], with [[Eric Goldberg (animator)|Eric Goldberg]] serving as the head of hand-drawn animation, while Andrew Feliciano worked as head of computer animation. Among the hand-drawn animators recruited for the short was current Disney animators [[Mark Henn]], Randy Haycock, Alex Kupershmidt, and Bert Klein also provided animation for the short, as did former Disney animators [[James Baxter (animator)|James Baxter]], [[Ruben A. Aquino|Ruben Aquino]], [[Tony Bancroft]], [[Nik Ranieri]], and [[Will Finn]]; the animators worked both on characters they have previously animated in addition to other classic characters; Baxter requested the directors to work on characters from ”[[Bambi]]” (1942), having been a fan of the film while growing up. Goldberg recruited CG animators in the studio who also had experience in hand-drawn animation. Hand-drawn apprentices were also hired to provide animation for the short. The characters were animated in a way that replicated their original films’ art style.{{Cite web |last=Reif |first=Alex |date=2023-06-17 |title=Interview: “Once Upon a Studio” Directors Trent Correy and Dan Abraham Geek Out Over Disney Animation History |url=https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2023/06/17/interview-once-upon-a-studio-directors-trent-correy-and-dan-abraham-geek-out-over-disney-animation-history/ |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=LaughingPlace.com |language=en-US}}
”Once Upon a Studio” combines [[traditional animation]], [[computer animation]], and [[live-action]], with [[Eric Goldberg (animator)|Eric Goldberg]] serving as the head of hand-drawn animation, while Andrew Feliciano worked as head of computer animation. Among the hand-drawn animators recruited for the short was current Disney animators [[Mark Henn]], Randy Haycock, Alex Kupershmidt, and Bert Klein also provided animation for the short, as did former Disney animators [[James Baxter (animator)|James Baxter]], [[Ruben A. Aquino|Ruben Aquino]], [[Tony Bancroft]], [[Nik Ranieri]], and [[Will Finn]]; the animators worked both on characters they have previously animated in addition to other classic characters; Baxter requested the directors to work on characters from ”[[Bambi]]” (1942), having been a fan of the film while growing up. Goldberg recruited CG animators in the studio who also had experience in hand-drawn animation. Hand-drawn apprentices were also hired to provide animation for the short. The characters were animated in a way that replicated their original films’ art style.{{Cite web |last=Reif |first=Alex |date=2023-06-17 |title=Interview: “Once Upon a Studio” Directors Trent Correy and Dan Abraham Geek Out Over Disney Animation History |url=https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2023/06/17/interview-once-upon-a-studio-directors-trent-correy-and-dan-abraham-geek-out-over-disney-animation-history/ |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=LaughingPlace.com |language=en-US}}
Almost 80% of the short’s animation is hand-drawn. By the directors’ insistence, the hand-drawn animation was done with ink and paper, which Goldberg approved of. Goldberg made the scenes entirely hand-drawn, after which Feliciano would create CG animation that would match the hand-drawn characters’ movement. He also personally animated the scene where Mickey approaches a photo of [[Walt Disney]], as he was interested in the scene due to its emotional tone, as well as the [[Genie (Disney)|Genie]], which he originally animated in ”[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]” (1992), and characters originally drawn by [[Ward Kimball]].
Almost 80% of the short’s animation is hand-drawn. By the directors’ insistence, the hand-drawn animation was done with ink and paper, which Goldberg approved of. Goldberg made the scenes entirely hand-drawn, after which Feliciano would create CG animation that would match the hand-drawn characters’ movement. He also personally animated the scene where Mickey approaches a photo of [[Walt Disney]], as he was interested in the scene its emotional tone, as well as the [[Genie (Disney)|Genie]], which he originally animated in ”[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]” (1992), and characters originally drawn by [[Ward Kimball]].
CG animators had to rebuild the character models for CGI characters from films created before ”[[Tangled]]” (2010) due to updates made to animation technology over the years, with rigging and rendering being reworked so that they could be used with modern technology. The CG animators worked closely with the hand-drawn team, with Goldberg and Feliciano, the latter a fan of ”Aladdin” since childhood, inspecting the short to determine whether a scene would be led by a hand-drawn or CG character, after which they would…