[…] In this interview Ken talked to Steve Hulett for an article about Pinocchio back in May 1978, around the time he retired from the Studio.
Ken Anderson: I think that Walt was always impatient with the restrictions of a cartoon. He strived for more and more realism, more naturalism in the features. In Pinocchio, in those big downshots of the town at the beginning of the feature, Charles Philippi, the head of layout, wanted an eagle’s eye view of the town’s streets. That downshot was six feet wide and six feet long. What Walt wanted in his layout people was a group of guys who would be capable of previsualizing the animation in the scene before the animator got them. So he wanted to have men who could draw the animated characters. Charlie Philippi and Hugh [Hennesy] couldn’t draw characters, but they were brilliant in staging and brilliant in camera moves. But that gave them a weakness as far as Walt was concerned. […]
