Animating Art:
http://upload3.putfile.com/videos/6523474274.avi
It looks good, Patrick! Definitely helps to see the animated segments in full quality.
The Art film itself looks kind of green, perhaps you can color correct that a bit.
1. Is this the closest possible version of the Thief and the cobbler to the workprint? or is this the way you want it?
It is extremely close to the workprint, but is presented in a much more finished state. I've made my own creative decisions in terms of editing, adding music and reworking scenes, to make the film seem more "finished."
2. Where are you getting your knowledge of the scenes that were never finished
It's all fairly obvious when you've studied the film in as much detail as I have. (It helps that I did this six years ago.) But by combining the workprint (and other unfinished cuts of the film) with the released versions a picture definitely arises of how scenes should play out.
My edit even includes scenes animated by Williams that weren't in the workprint.
3. Do you plan for your version to do justice and pay tribute to what Richard tried to do?
What a silly question. Of course.
4. Are there any scenes you are starting from scratch?
I'm not sure what you mean. No, no new animation is being created for this edit. That would be crazy.