The Lion King 1½ Original Background Color Key Painting: SEQ 1.34 - Pridelands

MEDIUM: Original Background Color Key Painting
IMAGE SIZE: 7" x 6"
PRODUCTION: The Lion King 1½, 2004
ARTIST: James Gallego
SKU: CCV6683

ABOUT THE IMAGE: Beautifully hand-painted by art director, James Gallego, this background color key demonstrates the visual planning that helped establish the film's distinctive look and mood. It provides a fascinating glimpse into the creative development of The Lion King 1½ and the adventures of Timon and Pumbaa.

ABOUT THE FILM: The Lion King 1⁄2 (known internationally as The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata) is a 2004 American animated direct-to-video musical comedy film directed by Bradley Raymond and produced by Disneytoon Studios. The third Installment in the Lion King trilogy, the film is both a midquel and sidequel to The Lion King (1994), focusing on the supporting characters Timon and Pumbaa. A majority of the voice cast from the first film returns to reprise their roles, including Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella as the voices of Timon and Pumbaa, respectively. The film's structure is inspired by Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, a tragicomedy that tells the story of Hamlet from the point of view of two minor characters.

ABOUT THE MEDIUM: A color key is a small-size conceptual painting that was created to establish the visual proportions, color palette, and emotional atmosphere of different scenes in a film. Each one was hand-painted during the early stages of production.