The Mickey Mouse Club

Tim Burton Timothy Walter Burton, the American director, has spent his life making important contributions to the film industry. He uniquely incorporates aspects of gothic film, horror, fantasy, and comedy to create masterpieces that shape the film industry. However, there is something special about the films that Burton creates, something that is difficult to define. I believe that Burton has created his own genre of film by blending elements of gothic film, fantasy and German expressionism.…

Eggener, Keith L. “‘An Amusing Lack of Logic’: Surrealism and Popular Entertainment.” American Art, vol. 7, no. 4, 1993, pp. 31–45. Print. In “‘An Amusing Lack of Logic’: Surrealism and Popular Entertainment,” Eggener describes the situation of how Surrealism rose to gain popularity in American entertainment with the help of Salvador Dali, yet it almost fell back down with him as well. Surrealism came to America during the 1930s and its journey to popularity was not exactly smooth in the…

Walt Disney, the founder of The Walt Disney Company, has created a very successful franchise, with net profits in the billions, but faces scrutiny over racial and anti-semitic claims. According to a biography of his life, there are claims that he discriminated against black americans until the 1950’s and did not allow women to work in positions of power until the late 40’s. The anti-semitic claims are less serious, only being accused of claiming that he is an “underdog” in Hollywood that is…

The Toy Story trilogy is a Disney Pixar classic because it was the beginning of an era for the company. Toy Story was the first Pixar movie to come out in 1995. Since the release of Toy Story they have not had a flop. They created some type of voodoo magic to make a trilogy that was not only cohesive but well liked by the masses. According to Rotten tomatoes the lesser-rated movie is Toy Story three with a 99%. This is rare for any type of movie; especially an animated movie. The movie is great,…

I found this particular piece of artwork in the tunnels near Lanark residence, and obviously painted by some of its floor members quite a few years ago. This particular sign caught my eye because I was curious as to why an entire floor of people would choose a 2001 children’s animated movie to represent them in a public area for an indeterminate amount of time. I believe that the Shrek painting is a perfect example of a social media meme. According to Little (2014), “Internet memes—images that…

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 together the old classic, and the new and improved characters, is how the amusement park came about, and since the year of 1955 to today, the happiest vacation spot for all ages occupies a home in Anaheim, California. Disneyland’s and California Adventure Park’s…

about Disney and his career, such as that he was an animator and producer. The article then goes into detail about the early stage of his career, which took off with the creation of Mickey Mouse. It leads into the next part of his career by stating, “But Disney's creations included far more than the ‘invention’ of Mickey Mouse, Minnie, Goofy, and other cartoon characters. He became one of the entertainment industry's most prominent and influential figures.” The article proves that by supplying…

This summer I went to the D23 Expo at the Anaheim Convention Center. The best part was going to the Parks and Resorts panel. My mom and I were waiting in this mile long line at 9am for this panel that started at 3 pm. We finally started moving and went down the escalator to go into the basement. We entered a giant room under the main ballroom and sat down on this cold gray concrete floor with about seven thousand other people to wait. After being down there for about three hours we finally got…

School where his interest in animation really peaked after he seen the movie Panda and the Magic Serpent. Miyazaki attended Gakushuin University where he furthered his interest in animation by joining a children’s literature club which was the “closest thing to a comics club in those days” according to Miyazaki. He graduated with a degree in political…

For example, he sketched a mouse with red velvet pants and two buttons on a train he was taking home. At first, he wanted to name the mouse Mortimer, but his wife Lillian hated the name. She helped Walt come up with the name of the infamous “Mickey Mouse.” Mickey became one of the most popular and recognizable cartoon characters worldwide and has been influential to many other cartoons. Along with the creation of Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney had such a phenomenal imagination. He…