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Animated Man Walt Disney

Summery by Raymond Kim

Chapter 1-3

So it all began in the city / town called Marceline, Missouri. This was the place walt
Disney grew his childhood with his other 4 siblings, Herbert, Raymond, Roy, and Walter, and
Ruth. Born in the 5th of December, 1901, Disney was the child of a father named Elias Disney
and his wife, Floura. Disney lived a wonderfull childhood explained in the book, as they lived in
a farm with two orchards in the 40 acres of land. The orchards grew very big apples and made
the Disneys really happy. Tourist from corners of the city would comeby to see their gigantic
apples which were enourmeous. However the Disneys had difficult time in where Elias and
Floura went on different paths. The oldest brothers Herbert and Raymond went on with Elias
but had many conflicts then, as Roy, Walt and Ruth with their mother in the Marceline. But it
seems that they have reached a conclusion at some Point. The neighbor-hood the Disneys
lived in had many immigrants from farside of the european countries such as Poland,
Sweeden, and Germany. [1]

Kansas City, 1919. Walt is now 18 and he just returned from the first world war.
He determined that when he return he would do a job that he loved therefore, he began to
start in the animation industry. In the times, theatrical shows of animation was a hit and it took
the attention of Walt Disney. He became a regular visitor to the theators. Disney began by
reading the book of Eadweard Muybride called the Human Figures in motion as well as other
books to create animation in film making. Disney also learned on how to create story lines and
how to carefully draw figures in motion on a piece of paper ins which results his very first
animation film which was recorded by camera, named Kansas City's Spring Clean-Up. It didnt
became a huge success at first but it surely gained some attention. He then starts his own
company Laugh-O-Grams .inc, which he made at the age of 20. [ 2] [3]

However the first few animations didn's turned out as planned therefore he began
using his rivals technique and placed a real life girl in the animation named Alice in Cartoon
Land. It became an astonishing success in plan but did not came into time therefore he faced
his first bangkruptcy. Until Margeret Winkler called and asked Disney to create 12 shorts of
Alice to Cartoon Land and payed 1500 USD for each episode. It became a huge success and

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Barrier, Michael. "1. The Pet in the Family." The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney. Berkeley, CA: U of California,
2008. 9 or 28-12 or 31. Print.
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Barrier, Michael. 1. The Pet in the Family. The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney. Berkeley, CA: U of California,
2008. 21 or 40-24 or 43. Print.
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Barrier, Michael. 1. The Pet in the Family. The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney. Berkeley, CA: U of California,
2008. 25-32. Print.
Walt asked his old friend Ub Iwerks to help out and his brother Roy. They enjoyed their early
success and Disney married Lilian Disney in 1925. the company soon is named Walt Disney
studios rather than Disney brothers. However Pat Sulivans Felix the cat had made huge
success that made Disney obsesed. So Disney came up with an Idea to create his own
likeable character, and it was a rabbit named Oswald. While Iwerks made the animation,
disney made the storyline and the gags. However Disney began to become very demanding
and tempered rather than insparational. So when Margaret married Charles Mintz, he told
Disney that they owned the right to Oswald an therefore Disney was kicked out of the Oswald
production house. Disney just got slammed again the second time in his carrer. However Ub
and Roy wouldn't give up on Disney so they made a new idea that would blow the market
away. [4] [5] [6]

Walt came up with a new character tha has the feautres of a cat with a long nose, a
mouse. He planned on naming him Mortemer, but his wife insisted Mickey. Ub began with the
sketch and animation while disney with the personality and character. Then suddenly
something came up to Walt, he would place in sound to the film and then there you have it the
newest invention in cartoon history, a sync between noise and movement. Disney searched
for distributor, but came in clean for 3 moths but got a show in the colony theater for 2 weeks.
Steamboat Willie premiered on the theater in 1928. Within 2 months Mickey mouse became
the most famous Holywood celebrity with his female partner, Minie Mouse. [7]

Walt Disney had become very stressed out and stayed late nights at the office and
critisizing his team and therefore he seemed to be overthinking about work. Therefore Walt
told his wife that he wanted 10 kids, but his wife had different thoughts, until Ub had his first
child. Then the Disneys had their first child in 1931. However when Disney jumps back to his
work, it banged him hard and his mental consultants told him to have a vacation. So he did.
Him and his wife went to a vacation accross the country. And he even played polo and joined
a club. When he returned he made a phenomenal cartoon called silly symphonies in which
was a film of art. It was brilliant and astonishing. Though during the Great Depression the
company is still on going and few complained of the stable sallary. Disney became inspiring
and a great leader, he made the team create amazing cartoons with color, sound and 3D
deepth. It became a company of great art. And that was the end of the explanation. [8]

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Barrier, Michael. 1. The Pet in the Family. The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney. Berkeley, CA: U of California,
2008. 36-38. Print.
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Barrier, Michael. 2. A Cute Idea. The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney. Berkeley, CA: U of California, 2008. 40-41.
Print.
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Barrier, Michael. 2. A Cute Idea. The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney. Berkeley, CA: U of California, 2008. 49-51.
Print.
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Barrier, Michael. 2. A Cute Idea. The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney. Berkeley, CA: U of California, 2008. 56-58.
Print.
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Barrier, Michael. 3. Building a Better Mouse. The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney. Berkeley, CA: U of California,
2008. 85-89. Print.