{"id":15048,"date":"2011-04-03T23:27:56","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T06:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/?p=15048"},"modified":"2017-01-16T10:21:46","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T18:21:46","slug":"how_walt_disney_cartoons_are_made_","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2011\/04\/how_walt_disney_cartoons_are_made_.html","title":{"rendered":"How Walt Disney Cartoons Are Made: 1939 Documentary Gives an Inside Look"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"oc-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-container\">\n\t<span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"505\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mhfp6Z8z1cI?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=0&amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- \/oc-video-embed -->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/oc-video-wrapper --><\/p>\n<p>Walt Dis\u00adney\u2019s 1937 pro\u00adduc\u00adtion,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0029583\/\">Snow White and the Sev\u00aden Dwarfs<\/a><\/em>, broke new ground on a num\u00adber of fronts. It was 1) the first cel-ani\u00admat\u00aded fea\u00adture film ever pro\u00adduced; 2.) the first ani\u00admat\u00aded film made in col\u00ador \u2014 tech\u00adni\u00adcol\u00ador actu\u00adal\u00adly; and 3.) Dis\u00adney\u2019s first ani\u00admat\u00aded film, one of many com\u00admer\u00adcial and artis\u00adtic hits to come. (Catch a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0niwn2pOEno&amp;feature=fvsr\">quick clip here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"oc-center-da\">\n<div data-fuse=\"22871471544\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Two years lat\u00ader, Dis\u00adney pro\u00adduced an in-house doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mhfp6Z8z1cI\"><em>How Walt Dis\u00adney Car\u00adtoons Are Made<\/em><\/a><\/em>, that walks you through the stages of <em>Snow White<\/em>\u2019s devel\u00adop\u00adment \u2013 the writ\u00ading of the first sto\u00adry lines, the draft\u00ading of the ani\u00adma\u00adtion sequences, the hand paint\u00ading of 250,000 cel\u00adlu\u00adloid frames (done by \u201cpret\u00adty girls,\u201d as they say) and beyond. Back in the day, Amer\u00adi\u00adcan film\u00adgo\u00aders watched this footage in the cin\u00ade\u00adma, the trail\u00ader before the main fea\u00adture film.<\/p>\n<p>Mean\u00adwhile, you can also watch online Para\u00admoun\u00adt\u2019s 1939 answer to Dis\u00adney\u2019s big hit \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IQbWf3upmi0\"><em>Gul\u00adliv\u00ader\u2019s Trav\u00adels<\/em><\/a>, anoth\u00ader cel-ani\u00admat\u00aded Tech\u00adni\u00adcol\u00ador fea\u00adture film direct\u00aded by Dave Fleis\u00adch\u00ader, who lat\u00ader brought us an ani\u00admat\u00aded ver\u00adsion of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/superman_1941\">Super\u00adman<\/a><\/em> (1941).<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would like to sup\u00adport the mis\u00adsion of Open Cul\u00adture, con\u00adsid\u00ader <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3EBHjtX\">mak\u00ading&nbsp;a dona\u00adtion to our site<\/a>. It\u2019s hard to rely 100% on ads, and your <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3EBHjtX\">con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions<\/a> will help us con\u00adtin\u00adue pro\u00advid\u00ading the best free cul\u00adtur\u00adal and edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal mate\u00adri\u00adals to learn\u00aders every\u00adwhere. You can con\u00adtribute through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/help-fund-open-culture\">Pay\u00adPal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3eB2GRB\">Patre\u00adon<\/a>, and Ven\u00admo (@openculture). Thanks!<\/span><\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Relat\u00aded Con\u00adtent:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2010\/11\/donald_duck_wants_you_to_pay_your_taxes_1943.html\">Don\u00adald Duck Wants You to Pay Your Tax\u00ades (1943)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2011\/01\/disneys_oscar-winning_adventures_in_music.html\">Disney\u2019s Oscar-Win\u00adning Adven\u00adtures in Music<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2011\/01\/disneys_oscar-winning_adventures_in_music.html\">Don\u00adald Duck Dis\u00adcov\u00aders Glenn Beck: A Remix<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding: 10px 0\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-container\">\n\t<span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mhfp6Z8z1cI?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=0&amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- \/oc-video-embed -->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/oc-video-wrapper --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Walt Dis\u00adney\u2019s 1937 pro\u00adduc\u00adtion,&nbsp;Snow White and the Sev\u00aden Dwarfs, broke new ground on a num\u00adber of fronts. It was 1) the first cel-ani\u00ad\u00admat\u00aded fea\u00adture film ever pro\u00adduced; 2.) the first ani\u00admat\u00aded film made in col\u00ador \u2014 tech\u00adni\u00adcol\u00ador actu\u00adal\u00adly; and 3.) Dis\u00adney\u2019s first ani\u00admat\u00aded film, one of many com\u00admer\u00adcial and artis\u00adtic hits to come. 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