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Biography). Disney was very successful in his life time and still is to this day cherished and looked up to by so many young kids and adults alike. Walt has been my top motivation for quite a while, not only because he is one of the most successful animators in history, but because no matter what bricks were thrown in his path, he managed to overcome every obstacle. Through his determination and optimism to accomplish his dream, he would find himself going through sleepless nights on the cold…

Though I didn’t realize it during those times, my true purpose in life would be to become an Animator. Animation combines both of my passions – drawing and writing – to tell stories of all kinds. My personal and professional goals are to use Animation to inspire positive change in the minds of others. The influence of storytelling can be felt through…

wanted to take a different directions than in previous films and called the artwork of Sleeping Beauty, “A moving illustration.” The influences of Sleeping Beauty on the filmmakers that followed was immense. Animator, Eric Goldberg stated that “...it’s something our current generation of animator shave taken greatly to heart, in trying to make our current films as stylistically and graphically as different from one another as we can. It’s a level of craftsmanship to which we can all still…

Back in the 1920’s multitudes of inventions and discoveries in many areas helped build the base for businesses. One of these businesses was entertainment, specifically the film or movie industry. Now back then film technology was not only expensive but had many restrictions because of the level it was at. They would focus on feature-length films instead of shorts. Yet one man started to change that, Walt Disney. His first profitable series was Alice Comedies, which was a girl in an animated…

in his backyard using stop-motion animation techniques. One of his early animation was The Island of Doctor Agor, which he created when he was 13 years old. After graduating from High School, he attended the California Institute of the Arts as an animator major. His talent impressed the Walt Disney Productions, which offered him an animator's…

challenging natural phenomenon to visually simulate,” wrote a team of animators: previously, limited technology could not effectively simulate snow; thus, researchers created new software—Matterhorn and Snow Batcher— “to get it [snow] right, . . . make it believable, . . . then take it somewhere magical,” (Levy). However, its complexity required painstaking efforts: the scene where Elsa builds her ice palace took fifty animators and 4,000 computers to render (Zahed). Vivid, vibrant, and…

1955 to 1957. After this, the duo formed H-B Enterprises, which became Hanna-Barbera Productions” (Biography.com, editors). Creative Innovations and Famous Works Barbera is not only an animator but he is also an author. He wrote My Life in ‘toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century. As an animator, Barbera is well-known for his collaborations with William Hanna and the works they produced such as Yogi Bear, The Jetsons and The Flintstones. These cartoons include popular, well known…

producing other people’s artwork and soon quit. Les stayed on with Disney. In 1941, Disney was asked to make films by the US government as a goodwill ambassador to South America. Les was part of the team but Mary wanted to tag along. The team of animators travelled to Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile and Mexico. During her stay Mary was immersed in a place of simplicity(in rural farms,absent of cars and bustle) and vibrant colors. Many of the buildings, and architecture of South America was…

and the audience was aware of the nature of the performance, and thus, a riot never occurred (Radiolab, 2010). Moreover, this example can also explain the exaggerations associated with memory. For example, in the podcast “Musical Language”, the animators stated that the riot began after three minutes and described it as bloody and violent (Radiolab, 2010). BBC News reports that “[the riot] has acquired the unquestionable certainty that only legend can have” (Hewett, 2013). Additionally, Esteban…

relations, and the ideological debate of the mid-1960s New York City. By using these topics as the groundwork for this film, the animators were able to dive deep into the serious issues and ideas that arose during the latter half of the decade. The most prevalent of the influences on this film was the ideology that came out of the 1960s. Bakshi and his group of animators based most of the characters’ actions around their search for absolute pleasure and happiness in their lives. This is what…