List of rotoscoped works

A list of works that were produced using rotoscoping.

Animated films

• The Adventures of Pinocchio
• Alice in Wonderland
• All Dogs Go to Heaven
• Alois Nebel
• American Pop
• An American Tail (Human characters)
• Anastasia
• The Arrow Flies in the Tale - short
• The Black Cauldron
• The Brave Man's Heart - short
• Brothers Lyu - short
• The Case of Hana & Alice[1]
• Cross Country Detours - short (The deer, crying bobcat and sheding lizard)[2]
• A Christmas Carol
• Chico & Rita
• Cinderella
• The Cow's Husband - short
• Daffy - The Commando - short (Adolf Hitler)
• Dude Duck - short (The pretty cowgirls)
• Earthlink Sucks - short
• The Even More Funtrip - short
• Fard - short
• Fantasia
• Fantasia 2000
• Felix the Cat: The Movie
• Fellow-Friends - short
• Fire & Ice
• 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
• Gulliver's Travels
• Have a Nice Day (film)
• Heavy Metal
• Hello Aloha - short (The dancing Hula Girl)
• Hey Good Lookin'
• 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)
• The Little Mermaid
• A Lively Market Garden - short
• A Letter To Colleen
• The Lord of the Rings[3]
• Loving Vincent
• The Magic Bird - short
• The Magic Shop - short
• A Magical Treasure - short
• Mashenka's Concert - short
• A Miraculous Bell - short
• Minnie the Moocher - short (The dancing walrus rotoscoped from Cab Calloway dancing)
• Mr. Bug Goes to Town
• Moidodir - short
• The Night Before Christmas
• Nobunaga Concerto
• The Oak-Tree Thrower - short
• The Old Man of the Mountain - short (The dancing Old Man rotoscoped from Cab Calloway dancing)
• The Old Oak-Trees Tale - short
• Once Upon a Time in the Woods - short
• One Hundred and One Dalmatians
• Out of the Inkwell
• Peace on Earth - short
• The Pebble and the Penguin
• Piercing I
• Pinocchio (Blue Fairy)
• Portraits de Voyages
• Princess Iron Fan
• Renaissance
• Rock-a-Doodle
• Rock & Rule
• Sally Swing - short
• Sarmiko - short
• A Scanner Darkly
• The Scarlet Flower
• The Secret of NIMH (Human characters)
• Sister Alenushka and Brother Ivanushka - short
• Snack and Drink - short
• The Snow Maiden
• The Snow Queen
• Snow White (1933 cartoon) - short (The singing Koko the Clown rotoscoped from Cab Calloway dancing)
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• The Straw Bull-Calf - short
• The Sturdy Fellow - short
• The 1940s Superman cartoons
• 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
• Thumbelina
• The Tin Soldier (1989) - short
• Titan A.E.
• A Troll in Central Park
• The Twelve Brothers-Month
• Two Silhouettes (Make Mine Music segment)
• Verlioka - short
• Waking Life
• A Walnut Switch - short
• When The New Year Trees Lights Up
• Why Can't We Walk Straight - short
• Wizards[4]
• Yard - short
• Year of the Fish
• The Yellow Stork - short
• Yellow Submarine

Live action films

• 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)
• 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)
• Juno (Title sequence is rotoscoped.)
• 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 Mecha 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
• "Calling All Girls" by Hilly Michaels
• "Destiny" by Zero 7
• "Drive" by Incubus
• "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
• "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
• "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
• "Uno, Dos, Tres" by Motel
• "Heartless" By Kanye West
• "Wash In The Rain" by The Bees
• "What You Need" 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
• 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
• 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)
• 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)
• Space Sentinels
• Sport Billy
• Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
• Tarzan/Batman and the Super 7
• Undone
• What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? (portions)

Commercials

• Fruit Wrinkles (1980s)
• Toyota Supra (1986)
• Nickelodeon IDs: Mengarie, Bicycles and Skating (1989)
• Charles Schwab (2008)
• Akbank (2010–2011)

Comics

• The DaneMen (2005-2017)

References

1. Osmond, Andrew (February 19, 2016). "The Case of Hana & Alice". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
2. Hartley, Steven (2013-06-23). "Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie: 280. Cross Country Detours (1940)". Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
3. Beck, Jerry (2005). The Animated Movie Guide. Chicago Review Press. p. 155. ISBN 978-1-55652-591-9.
4. Ralph Bakshi: The Wizard of Animation. Wizards DVD, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2004, documentary. UPC 024543120261
5. MacQueen, Scott (2004). DVD commentary, Bride of Frankenstein Legacy Collection edition (DVD). Universal Studios.
6. Todd Spangler (21 June 2013). "Wired's 'Codefellas' Plays NSA Privacy Flap for Laughs - Variety". Variety. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
7. Jennifer Deutrom (22 June 2013). "Animation for Wired magazine, "Codefellas" - jennifer deutrom". Koken. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 2013-08-03.