What would the world be without joy? Well, we will never have to know the answer to that because we have the creations of Walt Disney. No, he is not the main source of joy, but he has made millions of children elated. He had creations that allowed kids to feel hopeful that their dreams and wishes would come true. He started from a small-town boy drawing in class to being one of the biggest hits in a huge city. Walter never realized where drawing would take him until after high school. Little did Walter know that an insignificant passion would transition into a huge impact on America. Walt’s family was far from your a-typical in home relationships. His father’s name was Elias Disney, that is where Walter got his middle name. Living in
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His fame started out slowly but once his love for drawing and cartoons mixed there was no stopping him. Walt Disney was considered to have influenced Americans lives more than most individuals. He had a tremendous impact with something so minuscule as cartoons. He just had developed a love for cartoons and wanted to win others over to that side. It was easy for him to start because he had an experience with drawing and so the characters were not hard to design. In a short time, he had thought of many ideas and was able to start showing productions of them. Soon all these characters he had created would become big for his movies he made and started …show more content…
With that he decided he wanted to open his own animation job. (Walt Disney Biography.) Him and his co-worker could get permission from the Kansas City’s local theater to show their short clips they had created. They called them “laugh-o-grams”. He later went on and created his own studio all because the short clips had become rather popular for him. (Walt Disney Biography.) His first creation was Mickey Mouse. He originally wanted to name it Mortimer, but his wife said the name was to proper and suggested the name Mickey. During the creation came the first three cartoons; Steamboat Willie, Plane Crazy, and The Gallopin’ Gaucho. (Walt Disney Biography.) He was created to be a good role model for kids, Mickey’s motto was “Mickey Mouse do not swear, smoke, cheat or lie”. (Stewert 51) Walter based him off his favorite person, Charlie Chaplin. (Stewert 15) Once Walt realized how popular his small shows were, he created a big hit. In 1937, he made his first full-length film, he called it “Snow White”. (Krasniewicz 21) In the movie, there were seven dwarfs; Happy, Sleepy, Doc, Bashful, Jumpy, Grumpy, and Seventh. Those were the original names given but when the movie was created a few of them were changed. (Stewert 131) Snow white made so much money it allowed Walt to open a new studio in
His fame started out slowly but once his love for drawing and cartoons mixed there was no stopping him. Walt Disney was considered to have influenced Americans lives more than most individuals. He had a tremendous impact with something so minuscule as cartoons. He just had developed a love for cartoons and wanted to win others over to that side. It was easy for him to start because he had an experience with drawing and so the characters were not hard to design. In a short time, he had thought of many ideas and was able to start showing productions of them. Soon all these characters he had created would become big for his movies he made and started …show more content…
With that he decided he wanted to open his own animation job. (Walt Disney Biography.) Him and his co-worker could get permission from the Kansas City’s local theater to show their short clips they had created. They called them “laugh-o-grams”. He later went on and created his own studio all because the short clips had become rather popular for him. (Walt Disney Biography.) His first creation was Mickey Mouse. He originally wanted to name it Mortimer, but his wife said the name was to proper and suggested the name Mickey. During the creation came the first three cartoons; Steamboat Willie, Plane Crazy, and The Gallopin’ Gaucho. (Walt Disney Biography.) He was created to be a good role model for kids, Mickey’s motto was “Mickey Mouse do not swear, smoke, cheat or lie”. (Stewert 51) Walter based him off his favorite person, Charlie Chaplin. (Stewert 15) Once Walt realized how popular his small shows were, he created a big hit. In 1937, he made his first full-length film, he called it “Snow White”. (Krasniewicz 21) In the movie, there were seven dwarfs; Happy, Sleepy, Doc, Bashful, Jumpy, Grumpy, and Seventh. Those were the original names given but when the movie was created a few of them were changed. (Stewert 131) Snow white made so much money it allowed Walt to open a new studio in