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16 November 2011
Hordak activates the freeze ray...
Don Manuel is one of my favorite storyboard artists from the days of He-Man and She-Ra. His boards are always incredibly detailed, yet easy to understand. In this storyboard panel from the She-Ra episode "Horde Prime Takes A Holiday" we see his design for the giant freeze cannon that adorns Horde Prime's flagship, the Velvet Glove. I love the fact that he sets up the camera pan to reveal just how large this cannon is in comparison to the tiny characters of Hordak, Mantenna and Multi-Bot who stand to the left of the panel. Fortunately, the freeze cannon in the final episode, having gone through the layout department and background design, retains its awesomeness!
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5 comments:
"Etherian Technology" at its best. :)
This was a striking scene from a very memorable episode - when Horde Prime's ship got trashed I almost felt sorry for Hordak! ;)
the final product on film was translated well from the storyboard. The episode I feel is one of the best of the series.
Say what you will about the static animation, but no other cartoon studio had panning shots like Filmation!
Hang on a minute... was Horde Prime ever shown in the She-Ra cartoon? I'm assuming not, but I never saw even close to the full run of episodes. If not, was he ever heard?
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