Disney Internship: Prince Ali Parade

The Disney Feature Animation building I worked in as an intern was in the Disney MGM back lot parking lot.

Jasmine’s costume change trailer was right next to our animation trailer. Once a day an intern would shout out and we would rush to the window as Princess Jasmine would walk out to get ready for the parade.

Any drawing I did at the animation desk belonged to Disney, so you will not see those sketches here, but once a day or so I would walk through the park and do a sketch for myself.

I had the timing all wrong on the first run cycle I animated. I was as usual trying to do too much. I focused of having the character panting as he ran and that resulted in too much distracting movement in a very fast scene. I decided to return to the animation studio on Saturday to try again. It was quieter on the weekend in the studio so I could focus.

We heard the Prince Ali song every day of the week from our animation desks. There was no avoiding it. The song still rambles through my head at unexpected times.