The first step to becoming an animator is becoming a student of animation. So this week, we had a chat with a former WDFM intern Alex Turner who is a student at San Jose State University in the Animation/Illustration Program and dreams of becoming a feature film animator. Click through to find out more about how he is imagineering his career!
As the date of our comprehensive exhibition approaches--in exactly two months!--we at the Museum are increasingly immersed in the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, a film that marked a major turning point in Walt Disney’s career. Along with Snow White’s legendary place in history, some aspects of its making have become legendary in themselves.
After the phenomenal success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney utilized its earnings to construct a new, state-of-the-art studio on Buena Vista Street in Burbank, California. One of the first two animated features completed there was Bambi. The other, a series of animated sequences set to classical music, was known early on as The Concert Feature... here's a look at the first cartoon that jumpstarted the creation of this feature length film: The Sorcerer's Apprentice!
2719 Hyperion Avenue — the one location in Disney history that remains a constant fascination for many Disney fans. Eighty-seven years ago today, on July 6, 1925, Walt and Roy Disney made a $400 down payment on Lot 21, Block 18, in the Ivanhoe Track of Los Feliz on the eastern reaches of Hollywood.
During the month of July, The Walt Disney Family Museum is screening feature-length animated film The Sword in the Stone. Adapted from T. H. White’s novel of the same name, The Sword in the Stone is Disney’s take on a classic tale, bringing the story of King Arthur’s boyhood to life.
Museum staffers Andi Wang (right) and Anel Muller (left) review movies--past and present--inspired by, related to, or produced by Disney. In honor of The WDFM's first anniversary YouTube contest they starred in, Wang and Muller will be rating each movie on a scale of facial hair: scruff (worst), mustache, goatee, mutton chops, and full-on beard (best). In celebration of the opening day of a highly anticipated film, "Wang and Muller, Watching Movies" take a look at the new Pixar feature Brave!
The Fillmore Auditorium has been a centerpiece of San Francisco music and culture for decades. The historic music venue sits on the corner of Fillmore Street and Geary Boulevard and is known for the stellar countercultural music acts it hosted during the 1960s, including The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Pink Floyd, The Doors and many others...
In celebration of the 75th anniversary of Walt Disney's first feature-length film, we are pleased to present the special exhibition Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Creation of a Classic, which will be on view here at The Walt Disney Family Museum from November 15, 2012 to April 14, 2013!
If you have yet to make your summer vacation plans here are some ideas from our Birthday Duck, Donald. An intrepid traveler, Donald Duck has explored the world and seen the sights. Maybe you are thinking of a Hawaiian Holiday for your summer get away. Donald and the gang traveled to Hawaii in 1937 and enjoyed many of the island experiences...
Heinrich Kley’s influence on Walt Disney is undeniable. In 1935, Walt travelled extensively through Europe and returned with a handful of pieces by the German artist. Walt was drawn to the drama and emotion of Kley’s work, and wished to achieve a similar powerful visual narrative and sense of storytelling on screen...