
Fantasia Original Stat Model Sheet: Heron
Heron MEDIUM: Original Stat Model SheetIMAGE SIZE: 14" x 11"PRODUCTION: Fantasia, "Clair de Lune"YEAR: 1940SKU: CCV4293ABOUT THE IMAGE: Fantasia is a 1940 American animated musical anthology film produced and released by Walt Disney Productions, with story direction by Joe Grant and Dick Huemer and production supervision by Walt Disney and Ben Sharpsteen. The third Disney animated feature film, it consists of eight animated segments set to pieces of classical music conducted by Leopold Stokowski, seven of which are performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra. Music critic and composer Deems Taylor acts as the film's Master of Ceremonies who introduces each segment in live action. This heron model sheet was for "Clair de Lune", an unused Fantasia sequence that was cut for time. This piece shows signs of production wear: Center crease and wrinkling along edges. The embedded date reads September 25th, 1940. ABOUT THE MEDIUM: A model sheet is a group of character drawings illustrating differe