…Best of all is the chance to see Richard Williams’ 30-second test that convinced all the major parties (mainly Disney and Spielberg) that Roger Rabbit could “live” in the real…

…research footage, test animation and the general craziness that is Pixar Animation Studios. What is not pointed out anywhere is that fact that this documentary has actually been chapter indexed,…

…Opening at the famed Warner Brothers Studio, we find Daffy Duck pushing himself for a major role in Bugs Bunny’s latest movie (ironically enough, Back In Action does end up…

…Simba’s Pride which are known to exist and have in fact shown up online in storyboard and pencil test form before now are no-where to be seen. Why these were…

…that audiences would rather wait and catch Disney’s latest productions on home video rather than on the big screen, where they belong. The “latest Disney” has always been a big…

…the story but also the China of the time, featuring some gorgeous test animation. Other sequences that ended up on the cutting room floor include some interesting variations on the…

…spooky! Post contest, the viewer is given the chance to vote using the remote control, for their favorite, launching a 30-second winners’ clip, followed by an interminable end credits scroll…

…the making, and it’s never been explained why Walt cut them to make a shorter film (his shortest feature, at just 42 minutes). Someday, that movie deserves its own Special…

…rudimentary, though it progresses as the clips play out and there are even some “real world” tests that are peculiarly amusing in themselves. All told, the tests run just over…

…Story Of Dogs, which originally took the viewer through Disney’s canine history with Pluto and then went on to introduce the stars of his latest, upcoming feature Lady And The…

…clip that captured Meg Ryan’s participation in the film, and a much softer and more visually appealing version of the title character she is too in this test. As good…

…a very funny sci-fi send-up set in a bar frequented by some of film’s most recognisable aliens, robots and villainous space creatures. The Eric Armstrong-directed short was Imageworks’ test project…

…substandard picture or audio wouldn’t pass any test) is the soundtrack. Presented in Dolby 5.1, dialogue is clear, music spacious, and effects zoom around the room and never let up….

…and a glimpse at some early pencil test animation just shows the lightyears in difference between good hand-drawn technique and what we ended up watching in the complete movie. With…

…its subtitle: Bigger, Longer And Uncut. When the chance to catch up with Cartoon Network’s latest feature outing – Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters to give…

…greatest asset and its biggest foil – great to look at, wonderful to hear screaming the Sparta warrior cry, but unfortunately devoid of any real screen presence and sporting a…

…Megan Fox, whose audition test is glimpsed at as well as more excessive shots of her stomach, which turns out to have been a casting requirement! The military cast and…

…only the lightest of extras which, given the success of the film, its award win and the track-record of director Miller, seems a little odd when a commentary at least…

…$29.99 Storyboard: Auguste Gusteau’s motto that “anyone can cook” is really put to the test when little Remy finds himself in Paris and dreams of becoming a gourmet chef. There’s…