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Animation Feature Films Backgrounds, Balto, The Telegraph Office, Wide Shot

Gouache and acrylic on paper. 40" x 24"   Universal / Amblimation 1994

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I believe that an audience will enjoy a scene more if the person creating that scene enjoyed the process of creating it. I really enjoyed painting this one. It's a big diagonal pan background, ending with a close-up of a dog in the basket on the floor. The dog overhears the telegraph operators pleading with their counterparts in Anchorage to find a way to send the diphtheria serum to Nome. This image is one of a sequence of shots illustrating the failed attempts to send the vaccine by air or sea.