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Encyclopedia > A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios
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Overview

A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios was a documentary which was never intended for public showing. It was made in response to request for members of the RKO Radio Pictures staff to take a peek behind the scenes of the Walt Disney Studios. Walt used his jack of all trades, William E. Garrity to run this film together. It was Garrity who masterminded the technical innovations of Fantasia and Fantasound just a few years later. It was shot in the first week of July of 1937. A documentary is a work in a visual or auditory medium presenting political, scientific, social, or historical subjects in a factual and informative manner. ... The classic logo of RKO Radio Pictures. ... Behind the scenes is a popular term that refers to the actual workings of an endeavor, as opposed to what is normally perceived in the public view. ... The Walt Disney Studios refers to several different entities and locations associated with the Walt Disney Company: The Walt Disney Studios is one of the media empires four main operating units. ... Fantasia can refer to one of the following: Fantasia is a free musical composition structured according to the composers fancy. ... Fantasound was an early stereophonic sound process developed by William E. Garity for the Walt Disney studio in 1940 for the motion picture Fantasia, making Fantasia the first commercial film with multichannel sound. ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...


Description

The film opens with the Walt Disney Studios sign with Mickey Mouse on it. The camera then pans over to the studio building and parking lot. Sign can denote any of the following: Within a writing system, a sign is a basic unit. ... Parking lot is the American English term that refers to a cleared area that is more or less level and is intended for parking vehicles. ...


Walt Disney

Before the tour, Walt Disney is at his desk with a snappy outfit with a tie and a boutonniere, with a baby photo of him on the left, and models of the dwarfs on the right and right next to him is life-long secretary, Dolores Vought. He makes speech about this film, quote: Tour may refer to one of the following: Tourism; James Tour, Nanoscientist This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Tie has a few valid meanings, including: A necktie is a piece of cloth hanging around the neck for fashion. ... Model may refer to more than one thing : For models in society, art, fashion, and cosmetics, see; role model model (person) supermodel figure drawing modeling section In science and technology, a model (abstract) is understood as an abstract or theoretical representation of a phenomenon,see; geologic modeling model (economics) model... This page is about a mythological race. ...


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Trivia

When you see the legendary animator Fred Moore draw Mickey Mouse, he is using a grease pencil instead of a normal lead pencil because even Garrity knew that those drawings wouldn't photograph well with thin pencil lines. An animator is one who is involved in the process of animation. ... Fred Moore was an American character animator for Walt Disney Productions, best known for being the resident specialist of the animation of Mickey Mouse. ... Mickeys most recognizable look has him wearing red shorts and yellow shoes. ... Grease is a lubricant of higher initial viscosity than oil, consisting originally of a calcium, sodium or lithium soap jelly emulsified with mineral oil. ... A couple of very simple pencils Colored pencils are usually used for drawing instead of writing. ... General Name, Symbol, Number Lead, Pb, 82 Chemical series Poor metals Group, Period, Block 14(IVA), 6 , p Density, Hardness 11340 kg/m3, 1. ...


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The Walt Disney Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2231 words)
Disney Studio Entertainment, also known as the Walt Disney Studios, is headed by chairman Dick Cook and includes Disney's movie studios, record labels, distribution companies, television studios, animation houses and any other form of optical media.
Through ABC, Disney also owns 10 local television stations, 26 local radio stations, and ESPN Radio, Radio Disney, and the ABC Radio (to be sold with another properties to Citadel Broadcasting, which carries such radio personalities as Sean Hannity and Paul Harvey and distributes news bulletins by ABC News).
Disney is among the US companies lobbying for harsher enforcement of intellectual property in the US and worldwide, posing a perceived threat to the existence of the public domain; see Mickey Mouse Protection Act.
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