stackyFACTSBecause animating realistic human movement from scratch is agonizing, studios just traced over actual actors. By filming live-action reference footage and projecting it onto frosted glass, artists could literal copy the outlines, creating an unsettlingly smooth, fluid animation style used in early fantasy epics.
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