The Lion King Scene That Took Years to Make
When most people think of The Lion King, one scene in particular comes to mind: the stampede scene. A young Simba comes across his now-trampled father in this emotional scene. Although the scene was only about two and a half minutes long, it took nearly three years to animate.
To create the scene, animators used a combination of traditional hand-drawn animation and computer effects. They also studied the behavior of real wildebeests in herds and traveled across the African savannah to achieve a realistic representation of the landscape.
Disney Created an Entirely New Language
The filmmakers of Disney’s 2001 film Atlantis: The Lost Empire wanted to do more than just explore the myth of an ancient underwater city; they wanted to create an entirely new language for the inhabitants of Atlantis.
The language, known as Atlantean, was created by American linguist Marc Okrand, who is best known for his work on the Star Trek series’ Klingon language. Okrand came up with about 1,000 words that were used in the movie.