The legendary animator, Glen Keane, recently released a short film animation he created entitled, "The Duet."
During his time at the Walt Disney Animation Studios, Keane worked as a key creative in a handful of amazing movies. He is best known for his work on classic Disney animated films such as "The Little Mermaid," "Aladdin," "Beauty and the Beast," "Treasure Planet," and "Tarzan." He was executive producer for "Tangled" before leaving the studio in 2012. He worked with Disney for 38 years.
He was critically noticed for the first time after animating the bear fight in "The Fox And The Hound."
The former Disney animator recently partnered with Google and Motorola to develop "The Duet." Keane created the animation during the Advanced Technology and Projects session at Google's I/O Conference in San Francisco last week.
Prior to the release of his newest short film, Keane has already created a couple of shorts for the ATAP program. The first one, "Windy Day," tells the story of a mouse trying to hold onto a red hat being blown around by the wind. It was released in October 2013. "Windy Day" was followed up with "Buggy Nights" in March of this year.
"The Duet" is the third installment of a series of animations called "The Spotlight Stories." It is designed to explore spatial awareness and sensory system of a mobile device for a creative and interactive storytelling experience.
Although "The Duet," which was released last week, is intended as an eventual interactive story, the version that Google uploaded is understood to be a standalone piece.
The 3 minutes and 43 seconds of the short film contains 10,055 drawings, according to CinemaBlend. Keane reportedly had to draw 60 frames per second, instead of the standard 24, for the animated short film to best play in mobile devices.
Keane reportedly called the final product "a captivating conversation between the artist and the viewer."
Watch the clip below.