Steamboat Willie

Vicky Kendirjian Informative Speech Outline Topic: Walt Disney English 203 Dr. Samira Shami Purpose At the end of my speech, the audience will be knowledgeable of Walt Disney’s life, including his starting point, failures and finally the great achievements, which are being reflected for decades and many generations including us are witnessing them. Introduction “All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them.” Claims one of the world’s most influential, legendary,…

Walt Disney started off as a farm boy drawing cartoon pictures of his neighbour’s horses for fun. When he was older, Walt tried to get a job as a newspaper cartoonist, but was unable to find one and ended up working in an art studio where he created ads for newspapers and magazines. Eventually he grew to work on commercials, became interested in animation, and eventually opened his own animation company which has become one of the most successful businesses in the world. Walt Disney's childhood…

Have you ever heard of George Herriman? He was a famous cartoonist. What Is it he was famous for, you might ask. Well, he was famous for making the world wide loved comic strip Krazy Katz. It was a story about a cat named Krazy who had many adventures with his friends. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 22nd in 1880. He grew up in New Orleans until he was a teenager. When he was a teenager his family and him moved to Los Angeles to get away from Jim Crow Laws. Growing up he…

Paul Dukas composed The Sorcerer’s Apprentice in 1897, which was during the Romantic era, and it was recorded by the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1938 and conducted by Leopold Stowowski. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is the most famous segment in Disney’s movie Fantasia, which debuted in 1940. It is also the only piece to be in the sequel, Fantasia 2000. Johann Wolfgang von Goeth’s wrote the poem and musical, of the same name, which was the inspiration for Disney. The piece stars Mickey Mouse as…

Walt Disney changed the lives of children across the nation with cartoons and movies. Disney started by drawing cartoons for his high school’s newspapers but, dropped out of school to join the Army. He was too young to join so he decided to drive ambulances for the Red Cross instead, only to find he was one year too young. He changed the year he was born and was sent to France for a year to drive. Later he moved to California, where his uncle lived, and they signed a contract with Margaret…

Mickey Mouse’s first notable debut appearance was in 1928 in “Steamboat Willie” which was so successful it led him and Walt Disney to international fame. Mickey Mouse has an appealing design doesn’t necessarily need a story to be understood, other people 's perceptions of him can give him a likeable personality and he is…

The book I read for the second quarter is John Muir Father of our National Parks by Charles Norman. John Muir was originally from Scotland and he moved to America in 1849 with his father Daniel and his brother David, his mother and sisters to follow shortly after. Conservation is highly valued by John however this book also shows another theme, value education because it often leads to a better future. John and his brother David are constantly learning throughout their childhood on the…

Mo Willems was born on Feb 11, 1968 in Des Plaines Illinois. His parents were Dutch immigrants; his mother went on to be an attorney and his father became a potter making ceramic pieces. When Mo Willems was a child he doodled all the time. His childhood life long dream was to “take over Charles Schulz's job when he died. I wanted to do 'Peanuts.'" Although that dream did not transpire, he ended up touching the world with his many works of art. Willems studied film and animation at New York…

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…

Telesforas Valius was the youngest of his family, born July 10, 1914 in Riga, Latvia. Being born in a Lithuanian family, the family returned to Lithuania in 1918. Telesforas entered the Kaunas Art School after being encouraged by his art teacher in grade school. Telesforas studied woodcuts in Japanese when he took his brief visit to Paris. Telesforas worked in art his whole life after school, beginning with his part time job as an artist at Kaunas Textile Company. Later in 1942 he became a…