Published On Aug 19, 2022
That's one small step for Shrek, one giant leap for film preservation in kind.
0:00 References for the dragon's castle interior by Christian Bouyer and his Shrek model from 1997 based on Tom Hester's designs inspired by Chris Farley himself.
0:10 Walk cycle for one of the earliest models of Donkey by Christian Bouyer, "the very first time a Shrek character was actually moving."
0:17 Behind-the-scenes bonus feature accidentally shows an officially released look at the Shrek model seen in the animation test, pointed out by @ScribblestoScreen.
0:22 Frame-by-frame glimpse at the test animation and Shrek/Mugger head models from a 2015 Vimeo reel by AJLB which I have slowed down.
1:05 Collection of test animations from 1998 on a 2019 demo reel by Corey James Comstock. Followed by close-ups of each, one with Farley's voice.
2:15 Snippets of Shrek test footage in a 2011 Vimeo reel by Loren Soman.
2:23 More test footage featuring the Mugger in a video from October 2010 on Loren Soman's YouTube channel which I've slowed down.
2:31 Early 3D horse model for Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and scratch track for Donkey animated by Christian Bouyer to practice lipsyncing. The dialogue may possibly relate to Donkey being freed by Shrek from a donkey millstone in an early storyboard.
2:39 Storyboard sequence for the campfire heart-to-heart scene between Shrek and Donkey, voiced by Chris Farley and Eddie Murphy.