Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

Behind Mickey As the famous Walt Disney said, “You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality” (Walt Disney). Walt Disney created a company that changed our world; few artists achieve international admiration and few entrepreneurs build their financial empires on childhood fantasies. Walt Disney did both in his extraordinary career as animator, film producer, television show host, and theme park developer” (McCook). He…

The film director, Tim Burton, uses several different techniques throughout his films to show his unique sense of style and ideas to compliment his interesting and crazy personality. The stylistic techniques that Burton uses are the music, shots, and lighting to achieve the effects of mood, tone, and a sense of fantasy. First of all, Burton’s use of music, mainly diegetic, in his films help the audience to be engaged and understand the emotions within the characters. For example, in his film…

The Best Disney Movies Waiting all day for my mom to get dressed and come out of the house was a regular thing around my house. Most of the time it was bearable but not on the days we were going to the movies. We would wait all day for my mom to say that she was finally ready to go, after cleaning up the house,preparing roast in a crock pot, doing the dishes etc. My sister and I would be playing outside and she would yell that she was ready to go, we would race to her car estatically. We would…

Cosmetology: Beauty Magician Do young girls growing up ever wish for a fairy god mother, perhaps like Cinderella’s? The transformation she did for her the evening of the ball was and always will be a memorable one: the hair, the make-up, the dress, and the glass shoes. How could anyone forget? All women and girls are true princesses with or without make-up, a lavish hairstyle, but who wouldn’t love to have the actual image of a princesses? Not only does it build self-esteem, but brings a…

A movie created in 1992 captured the mindset of many kids in a plot line that brings humor, creativity and inspiration to all ages is known as The Mighty Ducks. Although this feel-good movie made by Disney did not satisfy the movie critics, it did provide a great family movie. The plot was included a relatable and realistic story, which made this movie excellent in the Literary and Dramatic categories. On the other hand, the Cinematic aspect of this movie did lack compared to other movies…

I grew up watching Disney movies. I loved to sit right in front of the screen and sing along with every song, but I didn’t understand the hidden meaning behind all of the stories until now. My favorite song from the movie Cinderella, is called “A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes”. When I listened to this song recently, I focused more on the words than I had before and I found a verse that I really liked. “No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dream that you wish…

We’ve all heard the story or watched the Disney movie about how Cinderella lost her shoe and got found by her prince because of it, or how Snow White and Aurora got awaken from a deep sleep by true loves, or how a girl with long hair finally escaped the tower she lived in all her life. But contrary to popular, belief these stories were not created by Walt Disney. They became famous many generations ago way before Walt was even born. The people you have to thank for these stories are the two…

Thomas Nast was undoubtedly the most successful and influential illustrator in American history and his political cartoons had considerable influence over the nation during the second half of the nineteenth century. His impact on American public life was noted enough to profoundly affect the outcome of presidential election during that period. Nast was involved in the creation or refinement of some of the most iconic images in American history: the elephant for the Republican party, the donkey…

As one of the most famous Disney villains, the Evil Queen from the well-known Snow White fairytale is not only known for her jealousy towards the innocent and pure Snow White, but also her wicked actions as a result of her hatred for her step-daughter. From simple deception to murder and then later dark magic, it seems that the Evil Queen knows no bounds when it comes to how far she is willing to go in order to reach her ultimate goal: becoming the fairest of them all. By using both the…

Zander Bates is currently 12 years old and attending Martha Brown Middle School. Zander loves adventure, action books, and movies so he wrote about King Arthur but named him King Anchor as a joke. It was based on a book called The Sword and the Stone, or The Excalibur. It’s also based on the movie King Arthur. Zander has a sister named Lyla who is eight years old, two cats, and one dog. He also lives with his mom Janna, who is 42 years old and his dad Thomas, who is 42 years. Zander has two…