Atlantis Comparison

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Blu-Ray Collector DVD
Audio Commentary: Producer Don Hahn and directors Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise delve into the depths of Atlantis: The Lost Empire, offering a thoughtful and informative overview of the film's genesis, development, story, characters, animation and just about every other aspect of the production. audio commentary by Directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise as well as Producer Don Hahn
visual commentary. This presents the aforementioned commentary track with branched video segments popping up during the film where relevant. Thankfully, one has the option to view the video segments alone without the commentary track

The Making of Atlantis (SD, 120 minutes)

"Tour Intro," "The Journey Begins," "Creating Mythology," "Finding the Story," "Designing Atlantis," "Setting the Scene," "The Voices of Atlantis," "Creating the Characters," "Digital Production," "Music and Sound" and "Atlantis Found."
Seems to be created out of bonus features. To be cross-checked.

Deleted Scenes (SD, 16 minutes)

("The Viking Prologue") with near-finalized animation, others with storyboards: "The Squid Bats" (6 minutes), "The Lava Whales" (4 minutes), and "The Land Beast" (4 minutes)

How to Speak Atlantean (SD, 2 minutes)

: Linguist Marc Okrand teaches the basics of the language.
DisneyPedia: Atlantis: Fact or Fiction? (SD, 7 minutes)
Three Theatrical Trailers (SD, 6 minutes) Four trailers (1 minute, 1 minute, 3 minutes, and 1 minute, respectively) + "Print Campaign" gallery (17 stills).
The Journey Begins (9 minutes) — origin of the film
Creating Mythology (8 minutes)
The Shepherd's Journal — text pieces about the history of the journal + design gallery (31 stills)
"Finding the Story" (11 minutes) — story arc
Designing Atlantis (11 minutes) — stylistic approach

The Explorers' World

  • "Washington, D.C." (25 stills)
  • Mothership" (15 stills)
  • "Aboard the Ulysses" (26 stills)

Atlantis

  • "The Road to Atlantis" (58 stills)
  • "The City" (76 stills)
  • "The King's Chamber" (8 stills)
  • "The Crystal Chamber" (32 stills)
Mike Mignola Designs (56 stills)
Style Guide (38 stills) to help animators with Mike Mignola's style.
The Voices of Atlantis (12 minutes) — featurette about voice cast
Creating the Characters (26 minutes)

The Whitmore Expedition and The Atlanteans

"Milo," "Rourke," "Dr. Sweet", "Vinny," "Helga," "Audrey," "Packard," "Moliere," "Cookie," "Preston Whitmore," and "Miscellaneous Characters."

"Kida," "King Nedakh," and "Miscellaneous Atlanteans."

Each have a Dossier File (except for Atlanteans), a design gallery, and animation tests.
Setting the Scene (12 minutes) — featurette on and settings

Layouts and Backgrounds

"Color Script" (59 stills) and "Layouts and Backgrounds" (141 stills).
Music and Sound (9 minutes)

Purist Remarks

Likely directly exported from CAPS.

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