The History of Disney

The Start of Disney

Oct 16, 1923

What: Walt Disney and MJ Wrinker began the disney company called Disney's Brothers Cartoon Studio
Who: Walt Disney and MJ Winkler
Where: Los Angeles California
Why: Walt Disney and his brother Roy produced a series of short animations and it started from there
"Disney History." D23. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Sept. 2016.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Feb 4, 1938

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first Disney Movie to be relased and animated. It was a great success. It was released February 4 1938 and its was the first sound film at the time. 1.5 million cells were made in the used in the animation of the film.
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 Film)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2016. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Trailer." YouTube. Web. 22 Sept. 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtWcPgDjPrM.

Pinocchio

Feb 7, 1940

Being the second film after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio became a favorite among future Disney films. The film had animation that made movements to cars more realistic. Also the weather animation played a big role adding rain, lightning, and shadows.
Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2016.TheTrailerGal. "Pinocchio (1940) Trailer." YouTube. YouTube, 23 Jan. 2010. Web. 22 Sept. 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQzZANZ4R14.

Fantasia

Nov 13, 1940

Being the third Disney animated feature film. The film consists of eight animated segments set to pieces of classical music.Using brilliantly colored thumbnails from preliminary storyboard sketches using gouache paints, which featured bolder use of color and lighting than any previous Disney short.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasia_(1940_film).
trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpKA9n-75tQ.

Cinderella

Feb 15, 1950

During the time of Cinderella the Disney company was over $4 million in debt. It was filmed by the American Film Institute. However at the time Disney lost connections with the European Film markets. Most of the film was made in a live action to later make it easier for the animator to animate certain actions and movements.
"Cinderella (1950 Film)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation 2016Http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjzejjaOWYDOmjoXRIRJ9hg. "Walt Disney's "Cinderella" (1950) Trailer."

Sleeping Beauty

Jan 29, 1959

Being the 16th film made by Disney, It was sketched first by Kay Neilson. Similar to Cinderella, they did a live action film to use the live action and make the animation seem more life like and more alive in the movie. They seemed to study the movements of people and put that in the animation."Sleeping Beauty (Original Theatrical Trailer) 1959." YouTube. YouTube, 26 July 2009. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xpKSGWiG6k.

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Jan 25, 1961

Being a commercial success was due to the employment of inexpensive animation techniques such as using xerography during the process of inking and painting traditional animation cels that kept production costs down.By eliminating the inking process, thus saving time and money. After Sleeping Beauty was a very costly film to make, One Hundred and One dalmatians was a success yet again by the Disney Company." Trailer(1961) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI2O-FHi_JM.

The Little Mermaid

Nov 17, 1989

More money and resources were dedicated to Mermaid than any other Disney animated film in decades. Disney opened a satellite feature animation facility during the production. Effects animation estimated that over a million bubbles were drawn for this film, in addition to the use of other processes such as airbrushing, backlighting, superimposition, and some computer animation."
The Little Mermaid (1989) Trailerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aju4_oTn2dY.

Pocahontas

Jun 23, 1995

Pocahontas was the first animated film to use the process of morphing objects utilizing computer technology. Pocahontas is the first Disney movie to feature an interracial relationship. Most of the film was based on a true story."Pocahontas (1995) Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxrIExGrE3A.Pocahontas (1995 Film)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation

Hercules

Jun 15, 1997

The filmmakers embarked on a research trip to Greece and Turkey to research classic Greek mythology. The style proved to be too fluid and chaotic for the animators adding as well as classical Greek illustration, to adapt into their work more than 700 drawings throughout production."Hercules (1997 Film)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation"Hercules - Official Trailer 1997 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvtspevZxpg.

Mulan

Jun 19, 1998

Using Chinese location for inspirations of the animation. The production team developed software making it easier to animate the soldiers without animating them all together. This was a trick that Disney would use in the future.
Mulan 1998 Trailer.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G2x69ILduk.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulan_(1998_film).