This was the work of Disney animator Joshua Meador. He had created visual effects in Disney productions such as “Snow White,” “Pinocchio,” “Fantasia,” “Bambi,” “Dumbo” and “Cinderella” but it was his work on "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" that got the attention of MGM and led them to contact Disney to borrow Meador for Forbidden Planet. Besides the Rotoscope effects Meador also created the matte paintings inside the Krell power plant. Forbidden Planet directly inspired Gene Roddenbery to create "Star Trek" and inspired much of the look and feel of effects in Star Wars.
The Krell power plant is a masterpiece. at first it looks like it could be a close up but then when you see the tiny figures watching below, you suddenly experience how vast it really is.
That's not rotoscoping, that's hand-drawn animation. Rotoscoping is when you record movement of humans and animals and draw over them cell by cell to recreate natural movement.
I agree with you and the REAL crime is not making a sequel about some OTHER Krel outpost while a lot of the original cast was still alive in the 1990s.
Watch out for the Disney or Netflix version. I can only imagine how woke and swapped it will be. Also the 3rd grade writing level so common to these new movies that are forgettable.
Rotoscoping is an animation technique that animators use to trace over motion picture footage, frame by frame, to produce realistic action. Originally, animators projected photographed live-action movie images onto a glass panel and traced over the image. This however, is special effects animation. No less impressive.
Rotoscoping History Koko the Clown is a character from Max Fleischer's short animation Out of the Inkwell. When it was first released in 1914, people were amazed by how fluid and lifelike the way the clown moved and danced. That's when the technique rotoscoping was first used in animation.
Hi! This is also the meaning of 'rotoscoping' that I first knew, but my understanding is that it also has a more obscure meaning that only requires that painting is done directly on film. For example, the Wikipedia page for rotoscoping lists the lightsaber effects in the original Star Wars trilogy as an example. The reason I titled this video the way I did is that the effects are painted over the original film, so I think it qualifies as rotoscoping, although I agree it's not the first thing I think of when I hear that word. I'm all for accuracy in the title, but I think "special effects animation" is too vague and it's not misleading as is so I'm going to leave it. Thanks for commenting! :)
@@radeklew1 I think that probably the shots from the laser pistols, the Death Star beam, and the firing from the individual Star Destroyers was rotoscoping.
Moviemakers, pro and amateur, scratched their original film prints to produced sparkling effects. These would be white since the white light of the projector bulb shown through the scratched emulsion.
Just watched that again, I think it was one of the first movies my dad and uncle took us to. kind of spooky with no real nasty monsters in it but fun none the less
I always love to watch old school science fiction movies unlike so called modern day version of nothingness. As a kid in the early 1970s I love to watch the Forbidden Planet but yet that giant lion like monster gave me the creeps.
I've seen other commenters saying that the sound effects/music are horrible. But bear this in mind, it was made in 1956 - a long time ago, in technological terms. The sinister noises are mostly made using magnetic tape and feedback - by a husband and wife team!
This is one of the many, many downsides when it comes to space travel. Many sci-fi movies tend to focus on the things that can be seen, while refusing to focus on the things that cannot be seen. 🤔🤔
Although not actually rotoscoping,* it still is a neat effect. I saw this movie for the first time only a few years ago and I have to say that I was presently surprised at the quality of the story as well as the effects, sets and model-making. It's also funny to see Leslie Neilsen in a serious role. * Rotoscoping is generally when you use some sort of live action as a guide to animate something in or out of the scene, like the way Snow White is animated using a live action actress as a guide.
@@JustWasted3HoursHere Yes, he did, though he was forced to combine the first book and part of the second into one short film. There was never a second film to conclude the story.
That's not what rotoscoping is. This is "effects animation," and MGM borrowed one of Disney's most skilled effects animators to work on this film. Rotoscoping involves using live action as a guide, to trace animation over. Potentially, it could make animation more believable, and when it's done well, it can be pretty impressive. Unfortunately, it's usually done the way Ralph Bakshi used it in his Lord of the Rings film, and in most of his films from the latter half of his career.
I don't know which came first, but this or the cartoon Taz inspired the other 😁😁 Something with the shape immediately made me think of Taz. BTW @2:10 is it Leslie Nielsen to the left? (haven't read through all the comments yet so maybe the answer is there)
For my money the absolute best science fiction movie ever made, visuals, acting, plot and electronic tonalities. Not to mention Robby the greatest robot ever.
That booze segment was classic Shakespearian comic relief. Not surprising, since Forbidden Planet's plot was a reworking of The Tempest. BTW, there was one Rotoscoping bit left out of this video (it is in a scene frequently missing from cut versions). Robby is setting up the dining room in the Morbius house, when a monkey steals a banana. Robby zaps him with a non lethal "phaser" blast; he drops it and skitters off. My English major mother loved that scene (In the 1940's, she made a note in her Shakespeare book that The Tempest's monster Caliban represented the human id).
A proper serious sci fi film that sneaks in a lot of science, philosophy, art and even Asimov's laws of a good robot, all wrapped up in an apparently simple monster movie.
Sadly in those days very few people dare to invest in good sci-fi movies, remember how difficult was for George Lucas sell his idea, how many studios refused to back his "bizarre" project.
@@mercuryredstone2235 Hadn't been for 'Forbidden Planet' We wouldn't have TV shows like, Star Trek, or si fi movies like, Star Wars, and a host of other science fiction and TV shows, movies, that owe their inspirations to 'Forbidden Planet' And, Thank you very much for answering my comments.
The atrium elevators at the Hyatt Regency on Market St. In San Francisco are very much in the spirit of the film. They float on the wall gliding up and down, lit up and very Jules Verne looking.
It’s not just energy. The Id Monster, as the name implies, is made up of Morbius’ inner malice, anger, resentment, all that nasty stuff. In essence, it isn’t some alien creature, but rather a manifestation of pure hatred.
@@knightofarkronia9968 perhaps a futuristic version of the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story. The noble and the vicious, precariously balanced in one person.
For the year it was. made and for what it cost to produce, I consider it the greatest sci-fi film ever made. I saw it in the theater when I was a kid and a t blew me away and still does now.
Whenever I see the scene in which the tiger is burned away by the energy weapon, I cringe at the thought of what smell would linger in the air afterwards.
Alien holds that spot for me. And I was 6 years old when the original The Thing came out. Saw it in a theater with a friend and his dad. Buried my head in my hands and been scared of it ever since
I do wish they had found a better effect for the blasters. I don't know about other viewers, but to me, the blasters looked like a form of energetic squirt gun.
Yes, and I realize the limitations of the time but you'd hope members of the army had slightly better aim. Another way it influenced Star Wars I suppose!
This was the work of Disney animator Joshua Meador. He had created visual effects in Disney productions such as “Snow White,” “Pinocchio,” “Fantasia,” “Bambi,” “Dumbo” and “Cinderella” but it was his work on "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" that got the attention of MGM and led them to contact Disney to borrow Meador for Forbidden Planet. Besides the Rotoscope effects Meador also created the matte paintings inside the Krell power plant. Forbidden Planet directly inspired Gene Roddenbery to create "Star Trek" and inspired much of the look and feel of effects in Star Wars.
It's a pity those talented people are all gone and all that's left is what Iger, Kennedy, and their crap crew will allow. ☹
The Krellian power plant also inspired the look of the interior of the massive Citadel Tower in Half-Life2.
The Krell power plant is a masterpiece. at first it looks like it could be a close up but then when you see the tiny figures watching below, you suddenly experience how vast it really is.
Can Joshua Meador be posthumously nominated for an Oscar?? A real talent is rare & deserves to be rewarded!
Crewman - "Surely that thing can't get through our defenses?"
Commander Adams - "I certainly hope not...and don't call me Shirley"
Great homage to Airplane 👍🏻
“This woman has to be gotten to a hospital” 😉🤣🤣🤣
That's not rotoscoping, that's hand-drawn animation. Rotoscoping is when you record movement of humans and animals and draw over them cell by cell to recreate natural movement.
It was a telling clue that Robbie could not attack the monster. Well done.
65 years and it's still in my top 10.
Me too.
…and me! ❤
I'm 75 years old and agree with you 100%. Best ever!!!!!!!!!!!!
AYE! And 👁️!!!
Same here! 65 and top 10.
A landmark film, intelligent,with great special effects(for the 50s)and a good cast one of my favorites 💎 Auckland New Zealand 2024
A truly marvellous film. Once seen, never forgotten.
I am so glad that every attempt to remake this film has fallen apart. It doesn't need it..
I'll second, third and fourth that!
They would probably try and get J.J. Abrams to wreck it 😉
@@gregwilliamson3001 the cool thing is, no one forces us to watch these horseshit remakes.
I agree with you and the REAL crime is not making a sequel about some OTHER Krel outpost while a lot of the original cast was still alive in the 1990s.
Watch out for the Disney or Netflix version. I can only imagine how woke and swapped it will be. Also the 3rd grade writing level so common to these new movies that are forgettable.
It's the very best sci-fi film ever!!!
100% in agreement, the first time I saw it was in the 60's on Million Dollar Movie.
This movie and I are the same age. The scene with the ID Monster scared the s**t out of 7 year old me...
I was 12 years old when this came out, saw it in a theater, and have loved it ever since. (Along with Anne Francis).
As a child I loved this movie along with the original War of the Worlds and Silent Running
Yes! Silent Running! When I mention this one, hardly anyone knows it. Weirdo Bruce Dern. And Douglas Trumbull directing.
Bruce Dern played a great mentor to Huey, Dewey, and Louie!
These sequences are literally my favorite part. The hand-drawn animation adds such a cool element.
Rotoscoping is an animation technique that animators use to trace over motion picture footage, frame by frame, to produce realistic action. Originally, animators projected photographed live-action movie images onto a glass panel and traced over the image. This however, is special effects animation. No less impressive.
Rotoscoping History Koko the Clown is a character from Max Fleischer's short animation Out of the Inkwell. When it was first released in 1914, people were amazed by how fluid and lifelike the way the clown moved and danced. That's when the technique rotoscoping was first used in animation.
Hi! This is also the meaning of 'rotoscoping' that I first knew, but my understanding is that it also has a more obscure meaning that only requires that painting is done directly on film. For example, the Wikipedia page for rotoscoping lists the lightsaber effects in the original Star Wars trilogy as an example.
The reason I titled this video the way I did is that the effects are painted over the original film, so I think it qualifies as rotoscoping, although I agree it's not the first thing I think of when I hear that word.
I'm all for accuracy in the title, but I think "special effects animation" is too vague and it's not misleading as is so I'm going to leave it.
Thanks for commenting! :)
@@radeklew1 I think that probably the shots from the laser pistols, the Death Star beam, and the firing from the individual Star Destroyers was rotoscoping.
Got that right, I was trained at UCLA in film making, especially animation.
Moviemakers, pro and amateur, scratched their original film prints to produced sparkling effects. These would be white since the white light of the projector bulb shown through the scratched emulsion.
Still looks great. Cutting edge in it's day and still relevant.
Even today I am impressed with the special effects from that movie
I am amazed at the special effects for a film made in 1956,I am sure going to watch this movie.
I love the design element in the film. Robby looks like he could really work
禁断の惑星はSF映画の大傑作ですよね～😮イドという潜在意識の怪物というアイデアも最高でしたね～🤔🙏
Best adaptation of Shakespeare ever...
one of the best Sci film movies
A brilliant movie..
Just watched that again, I think it was one of the first movies my dad and uncle took us to. kind of spooky with no real nasty monsters in it but fun none the less
That monster from the ID at 2.49 scared me to death as a kid in the 60s - and that was black and white!
When I saw this as a kid, it scared the crap out of me. ha ha Great flik!
I always love to watch old school science fiction movies unlike so called modern day version of nothingness. As a kid in the early 1970s I love to watch the Forbidden Planet but yet that giant lion like monster gave me the creeps.
In fact, the ID-monster was made to look vaguely like a lion as a pun. The icon that started every MGM movie was a roaring lion.
This film scared the bejesus out of me back in the day
I've seen other commenters saying that the sound effects/music are horrible.
But bear this in mind, it was made in 1956 - a long time ago, in technological terms.
The sinister noises are mostly made using magnetic tape and feedback - by a husband and wife team!
Wonderful movie! Timeless classic!
Best sci-fi movie .
"Don't call me Shirley".
This is one of the many, many downsides when it comes to space travel.
Many sci-fi movies tend to focus on the things that can be seen, while refusing to focus on the things that cannot be seen. 🤔🤔
SUPERB Science Fiction
Brilliant!...luv it!
My Favorite movie 🎥 of all time ❤ I Was 2yr old when I saw this scared out of my mind Lost It wright in my Pj,s completely 😂😅❤😊
The older I get the more I understand what the Being From The Id was all about.
You can't compare science fiction movies back then to movies that seems to be science fiction today
That's because they used special effects to tell the story, instead of nowadays when special effects seem to be the whole story.
Dang! I wonder who animate red tiger scene??
Great film
Is that a Balrog?!
Oh, my goodness! What "ID" it?
You can see the direct lineage between FP and TOS. It could easily have been a two-part episode.
DAMN!!!....Sgt. Drebin vaporized the shit out of that tiger with his trusty gun...🤣🤣🤣
magic in skyrim should look like this.
Although not actually rotoscoping,* it still is a neat effect. I saw this movie for the first time only a few years ago and I have to say that I was presently surprised at the quality of the story as well as the effects, sets and model-making. It's also funny to see Leslie Neilsen in a serious role.
* Rotoscoping is generally when you use some sort of live action as a guide to animate something in or out of the scene, like the way Snow White is animated using a live action actress as a guide.
Ralph Bakshi was a huge user of the technique, almost to overuse at times
@@whiteknightcat Didn't he do the animated Lord of the Rings?
@@JustWasted3HoursHere Yes, he did, though he was forced to combine the first book and part of the second into one short film. There was never a second film to conclude the story.
I'm not sure how even by your definition, this is not Rotoscoping. And don't call me Shirley!
@@jondrew55 They are not tracing anything but just adding special effects animation. Rotoscoping requires the tracing bit to actually be rotoscoping.
That's not what rotoscoping is. This is "effects animation," and MGM borrowed one of Disney's most skilled effects animators to work on this film. Rotoscoping involves using live action as a guide, to trace animation over. Potentially, it could make animation more believable, and when it's done well, it can be pretty impressive. Unfortunately, it's usually done the way Ralph Bakshi used it in his Lord of the Rings film, and in most of his films from the latter half of his career.
EPIC!
I wonder where Pink Floyd, got them sounds!
GREAT SOUND just needs some drums.
I heard that “hum” and thought of that exactly.
0:20 I didn't know they had windows 10 in 1956
I don't know which came first, but this or the cartoon Taz inspired the other 😁😁 Something with the shape immediately made me think of Taz.
BTW @2:10 is it Leslie Nielsen to the left? (haven't read through all the comments yet so maybe the answer is there)
This movie was decades ahead of Jewish space lasers. It took us awhile to catch up
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Quite simply one of the best sci fi movies ever still rocks today.
I always fell asleep halfway through as a kid.
Je suis d'accord !
@@A3Kr0n... Can't blame ya!
For my money the absolute best science fiction movie ever made, visuals, acting, plot and electronic tonalities. Not to mention Robby the greatest robot ever.
Plus all that booze.
That booze segment was classic Shakespearian comic relief. Not surprising, since Forbidden Planet's plot was a reworking of The Tempest. BTW, there was one Rotoscoping bit left out of this video (it is in a scene frequently missing from cut versions). Robby is setting up the dining room in the Morbius house, when a monkey steals a banana. Robby zaps him with a non lethal "phaser" blast; he drops it and skitters off. My English major mother loved that scene (In the 1940's, she made a note in her Shakespeare book that The Tempest's monster Caliban represented the human id).
A proper serious sci fi film that sneaks in a lot of science, philosophy, art and even Asimov's laws of a good robot, all wrapped up in an apparently simple monster movie.
I rate Forbidden Planet as my #1 Top Pick in sci fi movies. The best science fiction movie ever made.
That's a bold statement.
@@HR-yd5ib "That's a bold statement."
Yes.....in all 187 languages, their various dialects, and sub-tongues.
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I think it is too still love it now have a copy at home
@@HR-yd5ibBut True.
I have watched this movie more times than I can remember. We are nearly the same age. A favourite of mine and I still watch it
J’étais très très jeune la première fois que j’ai vu ce film et je peux vous dire qu’il mets rester longtemps dans la tête, et le cri de la bête aussi
June 2024 - One of the greatest Sci-Fi movies ever made. Today's Sci-Fi movie directors speak highly of this groundbreaking classic film.
Forbidden planet was the star wars of it's day.
The 2001 of its day too.
Sadly in those days very few people dare to invest in good sci-fi movies, remember how difficult was for George Lucas sell his idea, how many studios refused to back his "bizarre" project.
Star Trek of it's day is more like it, since it was one of the primary inspirations for Star Trek.
@@mercuryredstone2235 Hadn't been for 'Forbidden Planet' We wouldn't have TV shows like, Star Trek, or si fi movies like, Star Wars, and a host of other science fiction and TV shows, movies, that owe their inspirations to 'Forbidden Planet' And, Thank you very much for answering my comments.
No, far better than that kiddie crap.
Hey wait a minute. Isn't that the Tasmanian devil from Bugs Bunny cartoon?? 😂
I always thought that! Apparently it's supposed to be a caricature of Walter Pigeon, right down to the soul patch/goatee & mustache.
A Total Classic Movie! No one who has ever watched it will ever forget it!!!
Monsters from the ID.
Robbie could not destroy the monster because Robbie knew he would have to kill Prof Morbius to do so.
The 1st Color Sci Fi Movie I Saw in 1962 at 5 yrs. old.
Timeless gem, I can simply dream this movie ❤️
A bit ahead of its time?
The largest budget for a sci-fi movie up to that time
The atrium elevators at the Hyatt Regency on Market St. In San Francisco are very much in the spirit of the film. They float on the wall gliding up and down, lit up and very Jules Verne looking.
Apparently the very grasp of Larry the Id Monster is fatal. A whole lot of energy going on there, courtesy of the Krell.
It’s not just energy. The Id Monster, as the name implies, is made up of Morbius’ inner malice, anger, resentment, all that nasty stuff. In essence, it isn’t some alien creature, but rather a manifestation of pure hatred.
@@knightofarkronia9968 perhaps a futuristic version of the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story.
The noble and the vicious, precariously balanced in one person.
Timeless perfection
For the year it was. made and for what it cost to produce, I consider it the greatest sci-fi film ever made. I saw it in the theater when I was a kid and a t blew me away and still does now.
Whenever I see the scene in which the tiger is burned away by the energy weapon, I cringe at the thought of what smell would linger in the air afterwards.
Shakespeare would be proud of this adaptation!
Fantastic flick, and I love those “bloop…bloop…bloopy” sound effects 👍
I viewed this film on TV in Montreal during autumn 1979. I felt overwhelmed for the next several days.
I still enjoy the rotoscope effects.
One of the best movies. Not just one of the best Sci-Fi movies, but overall.
1:22 you can see where the "Great Machine" on Epsilon 3 came from in Babylon 5. Immortalised by the line "Captain. I need to find a bathroom".
Biggest issue dating Robbie the Robot are too many mechnucal parts like a camshaft and rocker arms under the transparent head piece 😅
I guess they were attacked by Taz.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Before Steven spilberg and George lucas
That incredible Krell shaft with the perfect addition of the spinning camera reminds me of Hal's brain room. MGM going first class.
Yes lived this
So far above the reat. Perhapps the best Sci fi movie ever made.
In my opinion this is the scariest movie ever made!
Alien holds that spot for me. And I was 6 years old when the original The Thing came out. Saw it in a theater with a friend and his dad. Buried my head in my hands and been scared of it ever since
I do wish they had found a better effect for the blasters. I don't know about other viewers, but to me, the blasters looked like a form of energetic squirt gun.
Yes, and I realize the limitations of the time but you'd hope members of the army had slightly better aim. Another way it influenced Star Wars I suppose!
I agree, now, but for an eight year old in 1964 watching it for the first time-before Lost In Space or Star Trek, it was KOOL!
There are very few flaws with the movie, maybe only that the rotoscoping could be better.
All I see is Frank Drebbon from the Police Squad.