Annotated Bibliography

 

Crowther, Bosley. “Walt Disney.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., 6 June 2017, www.britannica.com/biography/Walt-Disney. Accessed 1 Oct. 2017.

 

This article talks about the life of Walt Disney, from when he was born in 1901 to when he died in 1966. The article is a biographical piece and shows the different points of Disney’s life and how he came to achieving the things that he did as a creator - From his days taking cartooning classes to the creation of Disney world. To discover a person’s creative process, it is important to evaluate that person’s life to get a feel for how their life shaped their creative process and vice-versa, and the article does a good job of showing how this happened.

 

Michalko, Michael. “Walt Disney’s Creative Thinking Technique.” Creative Thinking Articles and Techniques by Michael Michalko, 3 Mar. 2017, creativethinking.net/walt-disney%E2%80%99s-creative-thinking-technique/#sthash.Dad3eebl.dpbs. Accessed 1 Oct. 2017.

 

The author of this article talks about three techniques that were a part of Walt Disney’s repertoire. His termed them: The Dreamer, The Realist and The Critic. These techniques were said to be used by Walt Disney to come up with the amazing creations that we know him for. The author also gives examples of how these techniques can be used in real life by anyone and he also shows us the right questions to ask to ensure that we use these techniques adequately.

 

CBC. “Walt Disney on the making of Snow White: CBC Archives | CBC.”  YouTube, interview of Walt Disney, 16 Dec. 2009, www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7ZkWfD0ELE. Accessed 1 Oct. 2017.

 

This video is an excerpt from an interview of Walt Disney conducted by CBC talking about the development of the Snow White movie and a lot of the other ventures/circumstances that he was involved in at about that time. Things in the interview that I thought were interesting were things like how Disney considered some of his productions that were commercial flops, creative hits. It is also interesting how Disney cared so much about the crafting better, high quality work that he took steps as a creator to ensure that his artists were trained in more efficient techniques.

 

DisneyMovies. “Pinocchio | Walt's Process,” YouTube, 29 Dec. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=itkL7tVCYYI. Accessed 1 Oct. 2017.

 

This video talks about the some of the situations that had to occur when Pinocchio was originally made. It is explained in the video how plenty of ideas were pitched to Disney but he did not accept any of them because he had a vision for what he wanted his film to be like. To sum up the kind of vision that Disney wanted for his film, he wanted the film to be constricted but have a range of ideas.

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Disney. Walt Disney Introduces the Multiplane Camera, YouTube, 4 Feb. 2011, www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN-eCBAOw60. Accessed 2 Oct. 2017.

 

I believe this video is very important to documenting Walt Disney’s process because it shows a product that was invented by Walt Disney that revolutionize animation, The Multiplane Camera. The video shows Walt Disney talking about why and how the Multiplane Camera was invented and how it functions.

 

My Moodboard

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Storyboard

1st Board: The scene fades in with the class Walt Disney Castle classic opening.

 

2nd Board: Where did Walt Disney start from and what circumstances led to him being able to create characters. (Voiceover + Footage of various early disney characters in background)

 

3rd Board: Footage of Walt Disney Talking about his work on Snow White.

 

4th Board: Walt Disney produced Steamboat Willie, list a few of his works and talk about his work ethic and innovation. (Voiceover + Steamboat Willie footage in the background)

 

5th Board: Footage of Walt Disney talking about the multiplane camera

 

6th Board: Talk about the the type of innovation that Walt Disney did to make his creations better quality and the various measures he took, e.g. Inventing the multiplane camera, starting an art school for his animators, always using new technology, etc. (Voiceover + Scenes of Mutiplane Camera use in Disney movies.)

 

7th Board: Footage from Pinnochio video talking about Disney’s vetting process for the movie.

 

8th Board: Talk about Disney’s creative process and relate it to the footage from Pinnochio from the past board (Voiceover + Background music)

 

9th Board: Conclusion and Summary (Voice over+ Footage of various Disney Cartoons+ “It’s a Small World"+ soundless footage of Walt Disney as the video ends and fades out).