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The Art of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney Miniature)

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame is inspired by Victor Hugo's literary masterpiece Notre-Dame de Paris. This art book is very heavy into character development and the historic influences. The first chapter is on Victor Hugo and his story of Notre Dame, including a short biography. There's much of how the characters are created and influenced by Victor Hugo's life, and the little changes Disney made to adapt it as a movie.

Throughout the book, there are sections introduced writing about the cultural settings. E.g. About Notre Dame, Gypsies, how people hold feasts, etc.

Character writeup are for Esmeralda, Quasimodo, Frollo (the villain) and other miscellaneous characters. There are plenty of accompanying character sketches and film stills. Characteristics for main characters are laid out, and the role they play in the film explained in detail.

There's a chapter on the architecture and the drawings are exquisite, as expected from Paris. The text explains how the buildings are designed to convey the mood suitable for the movie.

Finally, there's the talk on the overall theme of the movie, the light vs the dark. They are placed in the movie as different metaphors, like light and shadow, good vs evil. Every character in the film is an outcast in his/her circumstance.

The book's focus is on the characters and storytelling.

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Like Rebello's previous "Art of" books (Lion King and Pocahontas), this one is a joy to look at, but it's missing one thing. I wish it had more about the characters' voices. Often the actor or actress who voices a character influences the visual development of that character. The animator may model the character after the actor, or he or she may take one particular gesture from the actor and incorporate it into the character (like Belle - she kept brushing that lock of hair away from her face because her voice, Paige O'Hara, did the same thing). So including some information about the voices behind the characters would provide even more insight for those of us clamoring to know about how an animated film is made. But even with this one flaw, the book is gorgeous, especially the production stills of the interior of Notre Dame. And the concept art is great - sometimes it's wildly different from what actually shows up on screen, so you get a look at the evolution process. Oh - don't skip the index. The illustrations of how animators let off steam are hysterical! My favorite - "Quasi and Harriet". So, if you're a fan of Disney animation, get this!

...they DO mean it!

To make an art book the size of a "Love Is" pocketbook makes as much sense as cramming an elephant into a hamster cage.
These volumes are meant to be huge, so its pictures can be admired in all their wonder. Fans and artists buy them to see the tiny details that may have been overlooked onscreen. But cut to this absurd "Disney miniature" size, one needs a linen prover to do so. Not a comfortable experience.

The focus of this book was certainly ART, as it provides stunning pictures of Mideval Paris from historical archive that Disney artists meticulously researched before finalizing the background scenery. We also get a glimpse of the profiling of the psychology of each character, and their interaction that drives the story. However, at this price, I wish that they had CD-ROM version that catered to the sophisticated fans of animation art who are very interested in all of the gory technical details.

I saw this book for first time years ago in a school of art and animation, and I remembered it as a good book. When I had the opportunity to buy it I discovered that was not good. It was great.

A very complete book. Illustrations, concept art, storyboards, color studies for scenes, designing and creating clothes and settings, impossible perspectives of the cathedral, the town, indoor, outdoor ... it has all.

When they made this book really did it with love and dedication, and no reproach. You may like the drawing style more or less, but that will never go out of your mouth is that after buying this book you were discontent. It is a masterpiece in the genre of art books of animated films, but even this book has a few years and there are no new editions of it.

I'm sure if you buy it, you would enjoy it.

Be careful not to order this book in the miniature copy!! The picture and video of this book is misleading. It looks to be a regular to large scale art book, so imagine my surprise when I opened my package to find that it was a tiny book the size of my hand -____-;... I am extremely disappointed. Not seller's fault though, I should have read the dimensions on it more carefully instead of purchasing the book based on the picture and video. I am a professional artist, and have a huge collection of these "art of" books for reference and inspiration.. never have I seen a book like this shrunken down to fit in the palm of my hand. The artwork is not meant to be looked at so small and I find humor in why they would even make this! It's kind of funny really, how I expected to receive a large beautiful Disney art book and ended up with this tiny thing.. I have no use for this now, but it will cost more to send it back so I guess I'm stuck with it!

All of the Disney the art of ......... of the 1990's movies are really good books and this opne is no exeption!

This book can be compared to others such as "The Art of The Lion King" or "Prince of Egypt: New Vision in Animation," which are both great to own. Even if you're not a fan of the movie, this book still overflows with beautiful artwork: concept sketches, background paintings (which are my personal favorite), production stills, and many other treats. It also talks a bit about the making of the film, including the animation department's trip to Paris.
Of course, this book is a must-have for Disney fans, but for those interested in animation in general, this is definetely worth getting.

im actually 14 but still lol x
This film is yes for kids but has a whole different story under the main one , its about what makes a monster and what makes a man. That yes one may look like a man but inside hes the monster where as quasi is a true man inside.