New Photos And Concept Art For Disney’s ‘The Ballad Of Nessie’
Walt Disney Animation has released new photos and concept art from their new hand-drawn short filmThe Ballad of Nessie, which will be attached toWinnie the Poohbeginning July 15th 2011. Hit the jump to see the new art and remember to click on the images to see them in high resolution.
The short was directed byStevie Wermers-SkeltonandKevin Deters(the team behindHow to Hook Up Your Home TheaterandPrep and Landing).Michael Giacchino(Ratatouille) provided the score, while Scottish comedianBilly Connollydid the narration.Andreas Deja,Mark Henn,Randy Haycock,Dale BaerandRuben A. Aquinosupervised the animation.
Official Plot synopsis:
Set in the ‘bonny blue highlands’ of Scotland, The Ballad of Nessie is a whimsical and colorful tall tale about the friendly Loch Ness monster, Nessie, and how she (and her best friend, the rubber duck MacQuack) came to live in the moor they now call home. Setting the adventure into motion is a greedy land developer named MacFroogle, who decides to build a mini-golf empire on top of Nessie’s home.
Directed by the Emmy® Award-winning team of Stevie Wermers-Skelton and Kevin Deters (“Prep & Landing,” and the 2007 Goofy short “How to Hook Up Your Home Theater”), “The Ballad of Nessie” is animated in classic Disney hand-drawn style. Written by Wermers-Skelton, Deters and Regina Conroy, the film is produced by Dorothy McKim and Tamara Boutcher, and features a musical score by Oscar(R)-winning composer Michael Giacchino (“Ratatouille,” “Up”). Animation on “Nessie” was supervised by five of Disney’s top talents: Andreas Deja, Mark Henn, Randy Haycock, Dale Baer and Ruben A. Aquino. Scottish comedian Billy Connolly narrates the film.
The Ballad of Nessiewill be releasedJuly 15, 2011, attached toWinnie the Pooh.
