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Lawren Stewart Harris Lawren Stewart Harris, was born in October on the 23rd, 1885 in Brantford, Ontario. He passed away in January on the 29, 1970 Vancouver, British Columbia. When he was alive a lot stuff happened and is now considered history such as World War 1, World War 2 and when the Titanic sank in 1912, April 14- April 15. All of this stuff that happened is history and will never be forgotten. Harris was born into a wealthy family. He attended Toronto's St. Andrews College. When…

In the late 1890’s the Lumiere Brother’s had invented the Cinematograph, which was an all in one camera and projector. With their invention of the first true motion picture camera, they began to document the daily life in their hometown Lyon, France. The very first films they ever made consisted of Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory, an Arrival of a Train at the Station, and a mother Feeding the Baby. While these very short films around fifty seconds each did document the daily lives of the…

I remember when I was in third grade our teacher had great passion for the arts. She introduced us to many artists and one of the one Jackson Pollock, an American abstract painter. His art amused me because to many all those splattered paints meant absolutely nothing but a “mess” some would say but to me this art had so much expression in it. The fact that he took different meaning to everything he painted was what made me admire him. I even remember the class doing group projects and my group…

Socialization Agents Family Orenthal James Simpson grew up outside of San Francisco, California in a low income family with three other siblings. His mother worked at a psychiatric ward to support her four children. However, O.J Simpson’s father left his family with no apparent reason when he was a toddler. In return, O.J Simpson never had an influential male figure while growing up. Because of that incident it possibly could have had a huge emotional repercussion for his decisions he would…

When most people think of trick or treat they think of kids wearing costumes and kids getting lots of candy. If you ask parents or kids what trick or treat means, they will probably tell you that they do not know what it means but kind of curious on what it does mean. The parents or kids that do know what trick or treat means will tell you that it means give me a treat or i will play a trick on you. On halloween even if the kids do get treats they might toliet paper houses, soap the neighbor's…

The Ants, a short story written in 1986, shows similarities to another document: The First History of Brazil from 1587. Additionally, the story also shows similarities to Jungian psychology with regard to the dwarf. The ants in the short story are rebuilding the dwarf skeleton, which can be read as the girls’ fear of exploring their own unconsciousness and inner beings. At the beginning of the story, The Ants, there are two young girls who find a dwarf skeleton that had been hidden by an old…

made commercials with cutout animation. Once Disney started to experiment more with cameras he opened up a business of his own. He asked Fred Harman who he met at the Ad Company to be his first employee. They began to show their cartoons called Laugh-O-Grams at the…

Disney was the fourth son of Elias and Flora Disney. He was one of the 5 children, four boys and a girl. Walt experimented with cameras and later decided to open his own business which was Laugh-O-Grams. The business grew enormously popular. In that time, Alice’s Wonderland was created. However, in 1923 Laugh-O-Grams Disney claimed bankruptcy. Soon, Disney and his Brother Roy moved to Hollywood and created Disney Brothers Studio. Disney soon created films…

The Walt Disney Animators’ Strike of 1941 During the early 1930s, unions began to organize in almost every industry across the United States, including the Hollywood entertainment industry. Unions for actors, directors, stagehands, and writers sprung up to unify laborers and collectively bargain for better working conditions. The Screen Cartoonist’s Guild was formed in 1938 to organize the previously unrepresented cartoonists and animators in Hollywood. The Guild enjoyed success during its…

contract and having hired most of Disney’s animators on board with the project, M.J. Winkle was able to produce the series at a lower cost, shunning Disney away from his own creation. Just as he did at the closing of his first animation studio, Laugh-O-Gram, Disney steered separately and continued moving forward. The experienced failures in his endeavors were not defeats, rather necessary steps to enabling the beginning of his…