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The most influential figure in animation, Walt Disney, was born.
Walt Disney was born in Chicago on December 5, 1901. He was born to Elias and Flora Disney. Link text Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 27 Sept. 2016. -
First animated feature film " El Apostol" debuts
El Apostol was an Argentine film that was created to make fun of the president at the time. It was the first animated feature film ever. It was written by Quirino Cristiani and produced by Federico Valle. If not for this film, animation may have never been created. Link text "WFAC 2008 Trailer -Quirino Cristiani: The Mystery of the Fir." YouTube. N.p., 23 Oct. 2008. Web. 13 Sept. 2016. https://youtu.be/d27w3OVLMVc. -
Disney Brothers Studio is renamed Walt Disney Studios.
Fall 1926 The company moves into new building, that becomes known as Hyperion Studios. The studios was open for ten years and is located in Burbank, California. This studio is one of the most historic places in the history of animation because of the quality of animations that were born in these studios.
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Debut of Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse makes his debut in the short animated film, Steamboat Willie. This film is known as the first disney cartoon with synchronized sound. Link text Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 27 Sept. 2016. -
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White was the first full length animated feature film created by Disney. It had a running time of 83 minutes and a budget of 1.48 million dollars. In 2008, American Film Institute ranked Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as the greatest American Animated film of all time. Link text Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 27 Sept. 2016. -
Walt Disney Dies.
Walt Disney died ten days after his 65th birthday. He left 45% of his estate to CalArts to build a new campus. I believe that Walt Disney was the most influential person in the history of animation and I would have liked to see what he would have accomplished if he did not die so young. Link text
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The Fox and the Hound
At the time of its release, this movie was the most expensive animated film produced to date with a budget of 12 million dollars. This is important to the history of animation because it shows how much companies put into animated films, even back in the 1980's. Link text
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Aladdin is released
Aladdin was the most successful film of 1992. It won two awards at the Academy awards, Best Music and Original Score. In the opening song "Arabian Nights," there were controversial lyrics that had to be changed before the movie was released to the public. Link text "A Whole New World." YouTube. N.p., 29 Apr. 2007. Web. 26 Sept. 2016. https://youtu.be/-kl4hJ4j48s. Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 27 Sept. 2016. -
The Lion King is released.
The Lion King, one of Disney's biggest movies ever, was released. Many of the animators who worked at Disney chose to work on Pocahontas instead of The Lion King because they felt it had a better plot. Because of this, most of the animators working on Lion King were doing their first major work. Link text
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1st feature-length computer animated film, Toy Story, released
Toy Story went on to earn over 373 million dollars worldwide and is now considered one of the best animated films ever made. Toy story was also nominated for 3 Academy Award nominations and won a Special Achievement Academy Award. I remember watching the sequels to this movie with my sisters and my grandma when I was little. This movie was not only a huge step for the animation industry, but also a large part of my childhood. Link text -
Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo became the highest grossing animated film ever and earned 871 million dollars. Also, Finding Nemo is the best selling DVD of all time with over 40 million copies sold. This past summer, Finding Dory was released and was a hit as well. When I was little, we used to watch this movie on road trips. Link text
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Disney releases its first 3D film, Chicken Little
Chicken Little is Disney's first feature length 3D movie. It goes down as a success as it grossed 314 million dollars worldwide. To make this movie, the animators had to go through an 18 month training program to learn how to use Maya, the 3D animation software. Link text
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Disney acquires Pixar
Disney purchases Pixar in 2006 for 7.4 billion dollars. Pixar has produced 17 feature films, Toy Story being the first. All of their feature films have made 10.7 billion dollars worldwide. They have earned 16 Academy Awards, 7 Golden Globes, and 11 Grammy Awards. Link text
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Up
Up was the first animated film to open up at the Cannes Film Festival. The film also received five Academy Award nominations and was the second animated film to receive this nomination. Link text
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Frozen debuts in theatres
Frozen used a blend of computer-generated imagery and hand-drawn animation. Frozen won two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song. It earned 1.3 billion dollars worldwide and is the ninth highest grossing film of all time. Link text
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