Skeleton Dance

The first entry in the Silly Symphonies series The Skeleton Dance was very contemporary for the time and Disney found it very hard to get distributed at the time because it was so very non-convential.

Eventually it was the first to be shown at the Cartay Circle Theater in Los Angeles and it took the crowd by storm.

To me what makes it so successful is the use of exaggeration, and how perfectly it is in time to themusic. I also really like how the the sounds are mimic the sounds of the owls, and the footsteps are perfectly in time.

Often Skeletons are quite scary and creepy, but here they are charming dancers, to me this is the inspiration behind Thriller.