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Burton’s Techniques Although he worked with Disney, did you know that Tim Burton wasn’t allowed to release some of his films with Disney because they were ‘too scary’? Tim Burton has been spooking audiences of all ages for 30 years with his films created from childhood drawings. One can infer that Burton is able to create a twisted outlook on characters in his films by using low key lighting contrasting high key lighting, non diegetic sound, and high/low angles. To begin, Tim Burton tinkers with…

They were not harmed at all in the first film if not being a little put out that they were not the ones who married the prince. In fact, in the sequel to the first Disney film of Cinderella titled “Cinderella 2: Dreams Come True” Cinderella actually helps one of her step-sisters to find love thus helping to heal their relationship in the process. Her step-sister, Anastasia, develops…

Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton (July 18, 1913 – September 17, 1997) was an American entertainer. He was best known for his national radio and television acts between 1937 and 1971, and as host of the television program The Red Skelton Show. Skelton, who has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in radio and television, also appeared in vaudeville, films, nightclubs, and casinos, all while he pursued an entirely separate career as an artist. Skelton began developing his comedic and…

industry, he is what many would call a cultural icon. Walt Disney was born in Chicago. As a young boy he took extra art classes, and eventually got a job as a commercial illustrator at the age of eighteen. In the early twenties, he and his brother, Roy O. Disney, established the Disney Bros. Studio , which would go on to be known as the Walt Disney Animation Studios. This studio became popular for the creation of many characters and intellectual properties, such as Mickey Mouse, that are still…

school of the art where he began painting and then picked up photography later on. Michael Kenna moved to San Fransisco in 1977 where he since has lived to this day. He is best known for long exposure, artistic, black and white, landscape photos. In fact he has been known to shoot long exposures for over 10 hours at a time. Michael used a Hasselblad medium format and hola cameras with large format film to shoot his landscape photos. His work has been premiered at many galleries across the…

World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Pall Mall Tennessee, the third of 11 children, as a youth he became an expert marksman in the back woods around Pall Mall. In 1917 he received a draft notice to fight in the war, to which he wrote on the back of the notice 'don’t want to fight' and sent it back to the local draft board. The board rejected his refusal to fight and he was sent off to basic training. After basic training he was assigned to the 82nd Division where they…

The happiest place on earth, created by the amazing and talented, Walt Elias Disney. Disney’s imagination was like a bomb; it started with one idea, then once that idea hit success, it only created an outburst of classic-character masterpieces. Walt Elias Disney, founded the movie classics: Pinocchio, Lion King, Snow White, Tarzan; and the famous, Mickey Mouse and Friends, and many others, but no show or movie could top his best creation: Disneyland and California Adventure Park. Joining…

Hayao Miyazaki was born on January 5, 1941, in Akebono-Cho in Bunkyo, Tokyo. Miyazaki’s family included his three brothers, his mother, and his father. Miyazaki went to elementary school in Utsunomiya until the third grade. Miyazaki and his family then moved to Suginami-Ku where he completed fourth and fifth grade. Miyazaki went to Omiya Junior High and that’s when he realized that he wanted to become a manga artist. Miyazaki then went on to attend Toyotama High School where his interest in…

given people inspiration to follow their dreams. In the early 1920s, Walt was fired from his job at the Kansas City Star Newspaper because his boss thought he lacked creativity. Not giving up, he went on to create an animation company called Laugh-O-Gram Films. Walt…

Introduced in 1999 was a cartoon featuring an underwater setting and unique characters based on marine life that would eventually become one of the most popular and recognizable cartoons ever made. Finding an individual who had never heard of the famous show would be a difficult task. Conceived by animator and former marine biologist Stephen Hillenburg, Spongebob Squarepants has left a remarkable impact on cartoons and has firmly placed itself as one of the best cartoons ever made. The series is…