Choir Matthew Wachtel Fantasia Paper Assigned 9/30/15 Due: 10/5/15
Fantasia was a musical movie full of triumphantly animated acting from the 1940’s. Yes, I said the 1940’s! Since it was in the 1940’s you wouldn’t have thought it would have had such good animation. This paper is going to explain the history of Fantasia. What was happening in the world at the time of the creation of Fantasia, and how well the audience liked it? My paper will explore the impact that Fantasia had on the people who watched it.
First off let’s look at why they made the movie Fantasia. It is hard to believe but Mickey Mouse was losing his popularity. For some reason even Popeye was more popular than Mickey
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Mr. Disney wanted to create some type of a silly but elaborate symphony that he would call The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Mr. Disney wanted to bring classical music to his young audience and hopefully create a love for it. Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” comes next. If you’ve seen the movie and don’t remember this scene you need to watch again because this was my favorite part being one the most entertaining, parts in the movie for me, for me it was entertaining because it was intense, and exciting. The next one is “The Pastoral Symphony” the one of the things I remember from this scene are the Pegasus, and another is all the mythical creature gathering with the wine god Bacchus to celebrate, all is well until Zeus decides to crash the party and start heaving lightning bolts at everyone. Next up was Amilcare Ponchielli’s “Dance of the Hours”, now when …show more content…
German dictator Adolf Hitler attacked Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and then France. He destroyed opposing forces with "blitzkrieg," a strategy that stresses surprise, speed, and overwhelming force using air planes and utilizes ground forces. U.S. unemployment rates soared higher than ever. CBS shows first colored television in New York City. New transportation, first multi-lane (super-highway) built. Congress passed several laws referring to national defense, including the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. Those allowed drafting, and training men for the army and navy, marines and National Guard. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected. The dictators of Germany, Japan and Italy join forces. The US advocates peace but starts supplying Britain aid to help that country defend itself. The first modern pesticides, electricity and indoor plumbing were made available for farmers. Farmers are hanging on during the Dust Bowl. According Rotten Tomatoes in 1940 Fantasia had an 8.6/10 rating and an eighty-three percent audience rating. Then in 1999, they made it again and called it Fantasia 2000.According to Rotten Tomatoes, the new movie got a slighter worse review of seventy-five percent which makes of an eight percent difference. Fantasia has grown in reputation over the years and is now widely
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According to the leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention, the Walt Disney Corporation historically stood for “basic American virtues and values” but now represents a “significant departure from Disney’s family-values image, and a gratuitous insult to Christians and others who have long supported Disney.” Their belief is that Disney entertainment products produced while Walt Disney was alive differ substantially from those produced in the post-Walt era. Through time, it is inevitable that particular things have changed since the production of Walt’s personal films from the 1920’s to the 1960’s (such as being aesthetically and cinematically advanced, in
Walter Elias Disney was an amazing film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Mr. Disney left this world, impacting and inspiring the lives of everyone and changing the world of movie-making forever. Walt Disney was the creator of popular animated characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Alice in Wonderland, and Snow White. He is the namesake for the Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Resort, and many more. Walt Disney had lived an enthralling life, and improved the field of entertainment tremendously. To sum it all up, Walt Disney will always be remembered as the best entertainer of
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Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois. He had an older brother named Roy Disney and his dad was Eli Disney. He always dreamed of creating something big when he was older. As he became older he began creating characters. He created Mortimer Mouse which later became Mickey Mouse. He also made Oswald, Donald Duck, and many others. All of the characters he made were animals with a name. Walt Disney along with Roy Disney built two theme parks. Walt Disney died on December 15, 1966 in Los Angeles, California. Walt and Roy Disney created an empire of theme parks, movies, and memorable characters from a recreation of a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.
"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." This quote by Walt Disney is an inspirational quote because it means that if something bad is going on in your life, you will be led out of it and you will work through it. Although the Walt Disney didn't have a very good childhood, he grew up only to bring tremendous joy to many people and every day was Walt Disney became more successful.
Walt Disney was an amazing cartoonist, motion-picture, and producer. He is well known for his cartons and Disney Parks. In Disney’s early life it was he and his brother Roy, who co-founded Walt Disney productions. It was and still is one of the best-known motion-picture productions ever. Many people were found by Disney’s creations. His best cartoon character is Mickey Mouse and also one of his first cartoons.
“It all started with a mouse,” this quote was stated by a man who is now known throughout households far and wide. His name? Walter Elias Disney, he was a man who knew what trial and error meant. Walt Disney was and still is a very successful man because he won an exceptional amount of academy awards, is still making money even after his death, and he has spread from once being only in America to now being a worldwide company.
He went from selling artwork to the community he knew, to having a great amount of artwork all across the world. If Disney had a goal set in mind, he gave nothing more than his entire attention to that accomplishment. When Disney came to bring into existence his character “Mickey Mouse” it was a remarkable fulfillment that brought extreme joy to all. However, Disney wanted much more so that's when the Disney parks came to place, it was not about the money for him more so about the families he could bring together. Walt Disney will always be remembered as a exceedingly hard working man, and someone who would go to the fullest of his potential to please others. Therefore, Disney will always be brought up as a man who changed the imagination world for many people and he will always continue to bring gratification to future
Individuals from different regions of the world migrate to the United States of America in search of the American Dream; freedom, equality, some luck, hard work, and prospect to achieve success. Although the American dream is something common to all people, but it is something that everyone views in different ways. It has always been a staple of American culture, where citizens are in the pursuit of prosperity and opportunity that drives them to push their own limits and persevere in order to lead successful lives and achieve whatever goals they set. Every citizen of the United States of America has an equal opportunity of its achievement no matter what the prejudices they may face, depending on their determination
Walt Disney was a famous man who was the creator of many known cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 5, 1901. In his family, he was one of five children including his three brothers and one sister. They moved to Marceline, Missouri shortly after Walt Disney was born. In school, he would use his time by drawing different animals and nature instead of doing his homework. He got his imagination and unique ideas from his childhood interest when he would draw pictures and sell it to people. This shows how passionate he was even when he was a kid.
Preceding America’s involvement in World War II, Roosevelt idealized a policy of neutrality; however, as Axis’ threats and attacks increased, Roosevelt had to move away from neutrality and get involved. Slowly but surely, Roosevelt enveloped America in war efforts. In September of 1939, Roosevelt began to make revisions to the country’s neutrality acts and allowed Britain and France to purchase American weaponry on a “cash-and-carry” basis.
American had just gotten out of The Great Depression, which took a toll on many civilians in itself. In the United States our politics did not really change much at all. We had the really the same political leaders throughout the entire war. We had Franklin D. Roosevelt as our president during this time. No other event really compares to World War II, with how much bloodshed is shed and how many countries were involved. The closest event that could compare to WWII would be the Cold War. I would say The Cold war because it is the only thing of around its time that is a global issue. Although there was not any fighting in The Cold War, people were still creating alliances and it was a global affair. In today’s world if this event happened, it would be a lot different. Today we view WWII as a learning lesson as something to not do. No one wants to have another global war with countries all around. The main difference between then and now is the amount of intelligence we have gained about many topics. We have way more advanced weaponry now and a lot more advance techniques we did not have then. What Hitler did would defiantly not be acceptable in today’s world. Today if someone tried to do what Hitler did, it would not go nearly as far and it would not pass many of our set up head
When I was born Disney was in the midst of its prime or golden age. It was during the time where movie after movie was just a hit. Every movie they made was just making bank which is still true today but not all of them are of the quality of the movies during the Disney renaissance.