How Did Walt Disney Change The World

The name was eventually changed to The Walt Disney Studios. By the end of 1927, the Disney brothers created a total of 56 Alice comedies, which proved Walt as a producer and built up his animation studio that rivaled others in the business. In 1928, their company took a hit when almost all of their animators jumped ship and went to work for Universal Pictures. It was projected that Walt Disney’s animation career was over, but he kept fighting and it taught him to never give up control of his creations. Though the tale of how he came about isn’t clear, Mickey Mouse debuted on November 18, 1928. From that day, the Walt Disney Studios took off with the creation of Snow White in 1937 and Pinocchio and Fantasia in 1940. However, the studio took a break from movies after Pearl Harbor in order to aid in the war effort by converting the studio into a wartime industrial plant. After the war, Disney reconquered the title of leader of animation and rest is history. With the opening of Disneyland and the premiere of The Mickey Mouse Club in 1955, the company has only flourished. In 1963, there was the first use of audio-animatronics at Disneyland and Walt began the foundation of a project that would lead to Disneyworld. However, he was diagnosed with lung cancer in November 1966 and passed in December; therefore, unable to see his plan play out. Walter Elias Disney was a small-town boy who turned into a

Walt Disney was a very influential man to the entertainment industry. He made animation a whole new type of entertainment. Although Walt went through many struggles and problems, he pushed on and eventually saw results for all his hard work. Many hardships got in Disney’s way such as unsupportive parents and even bankruptcy; Walt pushed on through, always creating, working hard, and persevering to accomplish his dream.

“Walt wanted to create an amusement park in which his cartoon characters could come to life and interact with the visitors.” A place where both parent and child could have fun. So in 1955 Walt purchased 160 acres of land in California and began the $17-million-dollar project to construct Disneyland. His vision of how he wanted to construct Disneyland was unpretentious. He wanted the entrance to embody a euphoric restoration of the conventional American main street. The goal was that people would walk down “Main Street, USA” and want to discover more by going to the other 4 different “dream lands,” he had creted: Fantasyland, Adventureland, Frontierland, and Tomorrowland. Fantasyland was created to be more child orientated, where all of Disney’s

Walt Disney over the years has impacted the lives of millions of children with his animated films. His Disney movies have evolved in the last years and have moved from the traditional damsel in distress theme. Specifically, the classic movie Cinderella gives the wrong idea about what it is to be a woman for young girls. The movie portrays a young woman facing emotional, mental, and physical abuse by her evil stepmother and later falls in love with a charming prince. However, if viewers take a closer look, Disney’s anti feminist message is firmly emphasized. The story of Cinderella is sexist due to it’s lesson to girls that beauty and submission will award them a rich bachelor. This is seen through Cinderella’s submissive behavior, Prince

With his fellow artists in Kansas City Walt began his long endeavour into the art of production. Working with his brother Roy and a few others Walt worked his way to his dream, and in 1923 he was able to set up his studio in Hollywood where his first famous cartoons were produced. Walter and his partners had previously aired their cartoons dubbed Laugh-O-Grams which were wildly popular and after they created a series of seven-minute fairy tales that combined live action and animation. Out of their studio in Hollywood, also known as the “Disney Brothers’ Studio”, came incredible characters such as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit who was famously feuded over by the brothers and caused their famous split. Although the most beloved of all was the sensational Mickey Mouse. Up to this point in Walt’s career all of his work and other animations in the industry have one thing in common,

Disney went through many hard obstacles during his career but with determination, he was able to overcome all of them and get back on his feet. As well a being very creative in his work, Disney was so determined to pursue his career and his dream that even when he had to decide to either keep or break a contract, he had to think of what would be best for his company and its future (RIC 2017). After Disney decided to break a contract, him and his partner Iwerks were so set to create a cartoon featuring Disney's first successful character, Mickey Mouse. This cartoon was Steamboat Willie (RIC 2017). Additionally, Walt really wanted to expand his studio facilities so that it could include a training school for new young animators (Encyc.

Walt Disney had a vision. It was a vision of a place where children and parents could have fun together. The more Walt dreamed of a "magical park," the more imaginative and elaborate it became. Finally in 1953, he had the Stanford Research Institute conduct a survey for a 100-acre site, outside of Los Angeles. He needed space to build rivers, waterfalls, and mountains; he would have flying elephants and giant teacups a fairy-tale castle, moon rockets, and a scenic railway; all inside a magic kingdom he called "Disneyland." After all the ups and downs to bring up this Walt Disney to be success and managed to get

After Walt Disney served his time in France, he came back to America and launched his cartoon-making career. In Kansas City, Disney started of working at the Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio, a job that his brother Rob got him, there; Disney met Ubbe Eert Iwwerks-known as Ub Iwerks-a cartoonist who helped Disney launch his artistic career. When Disney and Ub Iwerks joined the Kansas City Film Ad Company, Disney’s focus shifted from newspaper ads to commercials based on cutout animation. During Disney’s time at the company, he became acquainted with cameras and hand drawn cell animations. His experience at the Film Ad Company prompted Disney to create his own ad company with Iwerks. Their first employee was Fred Harman, a cartoonist who was famous for his work “Red Ryder”, a comic strip based of the Wild West (Reynolds 90). Disney’s cartoons, named “Laugh-O-Grams”, were a huge success. Disney was able to sign a deal with local Kansas City theaters to show their cartoons and as a result of the cartoons popularity, Disney was able to obtain his own studio, which was named after his cartoons. The Laugh-O-Grams studio acquired many other employees and it was in this studio that Walt Disney created, “Alice in Cartoonland”, a series of fairy tales that combined live action and animation. However, the good times lasted only for a

Disney Productions is one of the leading entertainment businesses, bringing tremendous profits not to mention the joy it brings many people. It has not always been this easy for Disney however. It took the mind of one man to bring it to what it is today, and that’s mans name is Walt Disney. Walt Disney’s life was devoted to the arts and entertainment almost from birth. However, Walt’s fortunes and fame didn’t take form until his creation of Mickey Mouse.

THESIS STATEMENT: To pay tribute to Walt Disney, the inventor of Disney World, I will share with you a brief history of Walt Disney, his invention of Disney World, and how his invention has impacted people.

Like I said, the company did not stop with his death in 1966; it continues to expand and become more prominent in every passing year. Walt’s determination and creativity lives on in many forms and fashions. One aspect I have mentioned is Walt Disney Imagineering, which was a fairly new aspect of the company. They are responsible for the construction and upkeep of the Disney Parks. According to Bob Thomas, Walt foresaw the need for animators and creative minds to be integrated with the engineers in order to bring the magic of Disney to life. This revolutionized the tourism industry forever; now everything is held to the standard of Disney Parks. Walt also lives on through the new stories that are shared by the Walt Disney Company through movies, TV Shows and books. Although the Disney Company was extremely popular during Walt’s hay-day, there is no way anyone predicted it becoming this huge. Disney’s impact on the world is constantly growing, and thankfully the principles that Walt and Roy instilled in the company are still alive today. The fundamental principles that Disney stories share all go back to Walt’s drawing board; he knew that everyone was deep down a kid anyway, so why not share important values through his stories. He realized the deep impact his works could potentially have on the world so he took advantage of it. The world was a different place when Walt left, but his impact grows deeper as time goes

3. On the heels of a successful run with Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Walt learned not only that he did not hold ownership of the character, but that most of the artists who worked for him had committed themselves to working for the distributor instead. Essentially, Walt's entire organization was taken from him, with the exception of his artist Ub Iwerks.

Walt took classes at the Chicago Art Institute three nights a week. When summer finally rolled along, Walt worked for his father at the post office. Of course, even when working, Walt made drawings.When school started back up again, Walt was seventeen years old. He dropped out of school then to try and fight in the war. He got denied to fight because he was too young. So Walt lied about his age, and he got a job as an ambulance driver for the American Red Cross. The Red Cross sent him to work in France, and of course in his free time, Walt drew cartoons. When he came back he didn’t want to work for his dad again, “I want to be an artist.”(Walt Disney) So he moved to Missouri, and when he finally found a job, it only lasted for six months. During those six months, Walt met a man named Ubbe Iwerks. The two men decided to go into business together. They wanted to make animations, or pictures that move. To make money to help make the animations, Walt and Ub made short films, which were about a minute long. Their first production was, “The Alice Comedies.” Walt wanted to make loner movies though which were about seven minutes long. He longed to make fairy tales. Walt and Ub finally came out with the production of Little Red Riding Hood. It took six months. Both men quit their day jobs, and opened a company called Laugh-O-Gram

Sadly, Walt Disney passed in December of 1967, leaving behind his dream for the park. However, President Roy O. Disney, Donn B. Tatum, and E. Cardon Walker, the top three executives for the company carried on the plans to open the new park. After many months of construction and planning, the park held its grand opening October 1, 1971. Since then there have been many additions and openings in the park, new traditions made, parades, and special guests attending. Walt Disney World became a part of the renowned world of entertainment and entertains millions every year.

Walt Disney has inspired millions of people across the globe through his success, films and dreams. His bold legacy has lived on past his grave and millions of people have and continue to find joy in his magical works, but how many know his story and how his great legacy came to be? How did he get to where he finished?