List of rotoscoped works
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A list of works that were produced using rotoscoping.
- Fleischer Studios
- Out of the Inkwell (1918 - 1929)
- Minnie the Moocher (1932) - short (the dancing walrus rotoscoped from Cab Calloway dancing)
- The Old Man of the Mountain (1933) - short (the dancing Old Man rotoscoped from Cab Calloway dancing)
- Snow White (1933) - short (the singing Koko the Clown rotoscoped from Cab Calloway dancing)
- Sally Swing (1938) - short
- Gulliver's Travels (1939)
- Superman shorts (1941 - 1943)
- Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)
- Walt Disney Animation Studios
- The Goddess of Spring (1934) - short (Persephone)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
- Pinocchio (1940) - (Blue Fairy)
- Fantasia (1940)
- Bambi (1942)
- Make Mine Music (1946) - Two Silhouettes segment
- Cinderella (1950)
- Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- Dude Duck (1951) - short (The pretty cowgirls)
- Hello Aloha (1952) - short (The dancing Hula Girl)
- Peter Pan (1953)
- Lady and the Tramp (1955) - (human characters)
- Sleeping Beauty (1959)
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
- The Sword in the Stone (1963)
- The Jungle Book (1967)
- The Aristocats (1970)
- Robin Hood (1973)
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
- The Rescuers (1977)
- The Small One (1978) - short
- The Fox and the Hound (1981)
- The Black Cauldron (1985)
- Pocahontas (1995)
- Fantasia 2000 (1999)
- Don Bluth
- The Secret of NIMH (1982) - (human characters)
- An American Tail (1986) - (human characters)
- All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
- Rock-a-Doodle (1991)
- Thumbelina (1994)
- A Troll in Central Park (1994)
- The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
- Anastasia (1997)
- Bartok the Magnificent (1999)
- Titan A.E. (2000)
- Ralph Bakshi
- Wizards (1977) [1]
- The Lord of the Rings (1978) [2]
- American Pop (1981)
- Hey Good Lookin' (1982)
- Fire & Ice (1983)
- Other
- The Adventures of Pinocchio
- Alois Nebel
- Apollo 10 1/2 (characters and archival footage)
- The Arrow Flies in the Tale - short
- The Brave Man's Heart - short
- Brothers Lyu - short
- The Case of Hana & Alice[3]
- Cross Country Detours - short (The deer, crying bobcat and shedding lizard)[4]
- A Christmas Carol
- Chico & Rita
- The Cow's Husband - short
- Daffy - The Commando - short (Adolf Hitler)
- Earthlink Sucks - short
- The Even More Funtrip - short
- Fard - short
- The Adventures of Tintin
- Felix the Cat: The Movie
- Fellow-Friends - short
- The Flower with Seven Colors - short
- The Frog Princess
- Geese-Swans - short
- Germania Wurst - short
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
- The Golden Antelope
- Grasshopper - short
- Have a Nice Day
- Heavy Metal
- How People Got Fire - short
- The Humpbacked Horse
- I Lost My Body
- I Love You - short
- Jack Frost - short (The singing scarecrow)
- Kashtanka
- Kid's Story (The Animatrix short)
- Welcome to Irabu's Office
- The Legend about the Moor's Testament
- Life is Cool
- Little Boy Blue - short (The dancing scarecrow)
- A Lively Market Garden - short
- A Letter To Colleen
- Loving Vincent
- The Magic Bird - short
- The Magic Shop - short
- A Magical Treasure - short
- Mashenka's Concert - short
- A Miraculous Bell - short
- Moidodir - short
- The Night Before Christmas
- Nobunaga Concerto
- Nope
- The Oak-Tree Thrower - short
- The Old Oak-Trees Tale - short
- Olimpia
- Once Upon a Time in the Woods - short
- The Peasants (2023 film)
- Peace on Earth - short
- Piercing I
- Portraits de Voyages
- Princess Iron Fan
- Przygody Kubusia - short
- Puzzle 3D - short
- Renaissance
- Rock & Rule
- Sarmiko - short
- A Scanner Darkly
- The Scarlet Flower
- Sister Alenushka and Brother Ivanushka - short
- Snack and Drink - short
- The Snow Maiden
- The Snow Queen
- The Spine of Night
- The Straw Bull-Calf - short
- The Sturdy Fellow - short
- Taiga Tale - short
- The Tale about the Dead Tsarevna and Seven Bogatyrs - short
- The Tale about the Soldiers - short
- The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish - short
- Tehran Taboo
- Thugs with Dirty Mugs - short (The audience member who's silhouetted directly against the movie-screen)
- Three Bags with Tricks - short
- The Tin Soldier (1989) - short
- The Twelve Brothers-Month
- Undone (TV series)
- Verlioka - short
- Waking Life
- A Walnut Switch - short
- When The New Year Trees Lights Up
- Why Can't We Walk Straight - short
- Yard - short
- Year of the Fish
- The Yellow Stork - short
- Yellow Submarine
Live action films
- The Adventures of Hercules (fight between Hercules and Minos)
- The Birds
- Brenda Starr (comic strip sequences)
- Bride of Frankenstein (The homunculus scene)[5]
- Cool World
- Chopping Mall (laser effects)
- Demon Wind (hand rotoscoped demonic effects throughout)
- A Fistful of Dollars (title sequence)
- Ghostbusters (to isolate elements for compositing)
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (title sequence)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (Rocket Raccoon was created by rotoscoping Oreo, a tame raccoon)
- Harry and the Hendersons (scenes from the film are rotoscoped for the end credits)
- The Inglorious Bastards (title sequence)
- Juno (title sequence)
- The Last Waltz (cocaine under Neil Young's nose was rotoscoped out in post-production)
- The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (For the character Gollum, rotoscoping live action shots with keyframe computer animation and motion capture)
- Sin City
- Spaceballs (schwartz-saber effects)
- Speed Racer (Many of the night race sequences involved rotoscoping the computer generated background scenes for a more non-realistic look)
- Star Wars Trilogy (lightsaber effects)
- Tower (combination of rotoscoped action, live & historical footage)
- Tron (combination of computer animation and live action)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (combination of traditional animation and live action)
Video games
- Another World
- Batman Forever
- Blackthorne
- Commander Blood
- Dragon's Lair (NES version only)
- Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp (only used for the time machine)
- FAITH: The Unholy Trinity (Only used for the cutscenes)
- Flashback: The Quest for Identity
- "Heavenly Star", by Genki Rockets, as featured in the PSP game Lumines II
- Hotel Dusk: Room 215
- King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
- Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
- Joy Mech Fight
- Just Dance
- Karateka
- The Last Express
- Lester the Unlikely
- Mortal Kombat (in early games in the series)
- Nosferatu
- Prince of Persia
- Project Firestart
- Space Ace (only used for Ace's spaceship "Star Pac", his motorcycle, and the tunnel in the game's dogfight sequence)
- Shaq Fu
- Star Wars: Dark Forces (Only used for the animations of Darth Vader)
- Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (Only used for the animations of the capoeira character Elena)
- The Banner Saga
- Wing Commander II (Only used for the kiss scene between Blair and Angel)
Music videos
- "21st Century Breakdown" by Green Day
- "Baby I'm Yours" by Breakbot
- "Bedshaped" by Keane
- "Breaking the Habit" by Linkin Park
- "Brothers in Arms" by Dire Straits
- "Calling All Girls" by Hilly Michaels
- "Destiny" by Zero 7
- "Drive" by Incubus
- "Eres" by Café Tacvba
- "Fell in Love with a Girl" by The White Stripes
- "Forsaken by Dream Theater
- "Frijolero" by Molotov
- "Frontline" by Pillar
- "Go with the Flow" by Queens of the Stone Age
- "Innuendo" by Queen
- "The Kids Aren't Alright" by The Offspring
- "Lemonade" by The Bawdies
- "Let It Slide" by Joanna Pacitti
- "Like to Get to Know You Well" by Howard Jones
- "Lone Digger" by Caravan Palace
- "Luv Your Life" by Silverchair
- "Momma's Boy" by Chromeo
- "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits
- "No More Lies" by The Moody Blues
- "Opposites Attract" by Paula Abdul
- "Shadrach" by Beastie Boys
- "Shoot the Runner" by Kasabian
- "Take On Me", "Train of Thought", and "The Sun Always Shines On TV" by A-ha
- "Ten Thousand Strong" by Iced Earth
- "Tom Waits for No One" by Tom Waits
- "Toshishun" by Ningen Isu
- "Uno, Dos, Tres" by Motel
- "Heartless" By Kanye West
- "Wash In The Rain" by The Bees
- "What You Need" and "Need You Tonight" by INXS
- "You Got Me Up" by Jamie Lidell
- "You Know I Love You, Don't You" by Howard Jones
- "Bad Kids to the Back" by Snarky Puppy
Television shows
- The Aquabats! Super Show! (segment in episode "The Return of The Aquabats!") (2013)
- Blackstar
- Carole & Tuesday
- Codefellas[6][7]
- Delta State
- Dream Corp, LLC
- Doin' The Thin Thing from A Little Curious (1998)
- Easy For You! from A Little Curious (1999)
- Flowers of Evil
- Girl's High (ending animation sequences)
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
- It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown (dance club scenes)
- Josie and the Pussycats (band's performance sequences)
- Jem (intro)
- John Henry: The Steel Driving Man (A Tale from the United States of America) from Animated Tales of the World
- Kowabon
- The Lone Ranger (Filmation 1980)
- The New Adventures of Flash Gordon
- The New Adventures of Batman
- The New Adventures of Zorro (Filmation 1981)
- Rocket Launch from Sesame Street Pilot (1969)
- She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown (figure skating scenes)
- Skyland
- Smiling Friends (S02 E05)
- Space Sentinels
- Sport Billy
- Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
- Tarzan/Batman and the Super 7
- Undone
- What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? (portions)