How to throw a girl's birthday based on Disney princess cartoons. The fairytale story of the good wizard Walt Disney Event script Walt Disney
Sardana Budishcheva
Holiday script " New Year at Disneyland"
« New Year at Disney Land»
Goal and objectives:
Develop the emotional sphere, a sense of belonging to holidays;
To create a culture of communication between children and parents holiday;
Promote the comprehensive, including artistic and aesthetic development of the child;
Teach children to behave freely and expressively by participating in small re-enactments;
Bring children joy from singing songs, playing games, dancing;
Invite children to actively participate in preparation for holiday;
Develop children's performing and creative skills;
Reinforcing the material covered;
Teach children to emotionally perceive and understand the figurative content of musical works.
Participants (children):
Giselle "Enchanted"
Tinkerbell "Fairies, secrets of the pirate island"
Shrek "Shrek"
pirate captain Jack Sparrow "Pirates of the Caribbean"
spider man "Spiderman"
Robot "Transformers"
Alice "Alice in Wonderland"
Anna "Frozen"
Green Lantern "Green Lantern"
Superman Clark Kent "Superman"
Thor "Thor"
Cinderella "Cinderella"
Flora "Winx"
Elsa "Frozen"
Wolverine "X-Men"
Leonardo "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
Muse "Winx"
Ariel "Mermaid"
Pacahontas "Pacahontas"
Prince "Sleeping Beauty"
Merida "Braveheart"
Father in "Super Family"
Belle "Beauty and the Beast"
Roxy "Winx"
Rapunzel "Rapunzel"
Bloom "Winx"
Donotello "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
Hulk "The Avengers"
Captain America "The Avengers"
iron man "The Avengers"
Little Red Riding Hood "Little Red Riding Hood"
Stella "Winx"
Aurora "Maleficent"
Batman "Batman"
Snow White "Snow White"
Michelangelo "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
Leila "Winx"
Raphael "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
Jasmine "Aladdin"
Tiana "The Princess and the Frog"
Leading:
The weeks have flown by
Snowstorms have arrived
White snow covered everything
And trees and houses
The light-winged wind whistles
Hello winter winter
My beloved has come holiday
To all our children
WITH Happy New Year
Let the fun come to you
Donotello:
With jokes and laughter
We ran into the hall
Let's start, let's start
New Year's carnival
(Music plays « The holiday is coming to us» children come in)
Michelangelo:
A dense forest, a blizzard field
Winter the holiday is coming to us
So let's say it together
All: "Hello, hello New Year!»
Round dance "We are glad"
Raphael:
Came to us again today
Christmas tree and winter holiday
This New Year's holiday
We waited impatiently
Rapunzel:
Happy laughter rings out again,
Our tree is tall
Wonderfully decorated
Reaches to the ceiling
Isn't she a beauty
All: “We all like the Christmas tree!”
Belle:
I know a cure for boredom
Wonderful sounds of music
This remedy is without a doubt
Will cheer everyone up
Winx Orchestra "Santa Lucia"
(The Villainess flies into the air to scary music)
Maleficent:
me on the holiday was not called
The invitation was not sent
I'll steal yours holiday
And I'll take the gifts
Presenter:
Not good, Villain, not good holiday spoil the guys and I. After all, we also have power, but not simple, but magical. I’ll freeze you... And the guys will help me with this. Come on guys, let's make a frosty wind with me...
(everyone is blowing on the Villainess)
Maleficent:
Ha ha ha. I'm not afraid of frost... They came up with an idea to scare me with some small fry! Well, go home, otherwise I’ll get really angry with you and cast a spell on Santa Claus!
Merida:
Even though we are small, we don’t lack courage!
We are brave and strong!
Let's show her our strength, friends!
Alice:
Neither rain nor hail,
And the splashes fly
The echo dances, the shadow dances,
Everyone is dancing!
Dance "Superheroes"
(At the end of the dance they shoot firecrackers, the Villainess gets scared, screams and makes one circle around the tree and runs away)
Princesses:
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You saved our New Year!
Elsa:
Again we celebrate the holiday,
WITH Happy New Year
Near the fluffy Christmas tree
Let's start the round dance again
Anna:
And now to your attention, our magical waltz!
Dance "Princesses" "Waltz"
iron man:
Until next year
Let the fairy tale never end
May all our wishes
And all dreams come true
Presenter:
It seems all the guests have arrived
But Santa Claus is still missing,
I need to call grandpa
Games with Santa Claus
Gift distribution
Characters: Tom the cat, Alice from Wonderland, Winnie the Pooh, White Rabbit, duck Ponochka.
The stage backdrop is decorated with colorful balloons and images of characters from Walt Disney cartoons. The song “Fairy Tales” by the author of words and music V. Pankov is playing.
Show characters(together). Hello friends! The heroes of Disneyland welcome you!
Volume. Today we, the heroes created by the good storyteller Walt Disney, will guide you guys along the paths and paths of an amazing land of games, fun and fantasy.
Alice. Be bolder! Don't be shy! Take an active part in our games, contests, competitions.
Ponochka. Dance, sing, smile with us!
Rabbit. Prizes await you for your efforts and participation in our fun holiday.
Winnie the Pooh. Well! Let's start our entertainment show!..
Heroes(together). Travel to Disneyland!
Volume. To get to this wonderful country, we invite you, friends, to follow these wonderful footsteps. (Shows the audience huge footprints made of cardboard or foam rubber.) I need two boys. (Alice and Ponochka choose players. They bring two boys onto the stage.) Great! Let's get to know you. I am the well-known cat Tom, and these are my friends! (Introduces friends.) Here is Alice from Wonderland, Ponochka, Winnie the Pooh and Rabbit. Now say your names. (Children say their names.) Your task is to walk from start to finish along these huge tracks. I'm giving you two tracks. You place one footprint in front of you, step on it with both feet, and then place another footprint and step on it with both feet. This way you get from start to finish. We start the game with the command: “March!” So, get ready! At the start, attention: “March!”
At the end of the “Follow the Footsteps” game, the winners are awarded prizes. Participants descend from the stage into the auditorium.
Ponochka. The first attraction is “Funny Ball”.
Alice(throws the ball).
My cheerful ringing ball,
Where did you run off to?
Red, yellow, blue,
Can't keep up with you!
Alice.
I smacked you with my palm.
You jumped and stomped loudly.
You fifteen times in a row
Jumped into the corner and back.
Alice.
And then you rolled
And he didn’t turn back.
Rolled into the garden
I reached the gate.
Alice.
rolled under the gate,
I reached the turn.
There I got under a wheel,
Popped, popped...
Tom and Alice(together). That's it!
Ponochka. Guys, see what happened to the funny ball. Be careful on the road. Don't play on the roadway.
Volume(shows a balloon). Let's continue to have fun. Not with a ball, but with balloons.
Ponochka. How? Tell us, Tom!
Volume. Very simple! The attraction is called “Crush the Ball!” Now we will select two players.
They are chosen by Ponochka and Alice.
Volume(addresses selected children). Let's get to know you. (Children say their names.) Very good! We can begin. Ponochka, Alice, give the selected children a balloon. Place the balls on the floor and try to sit on them. The balloon needs to burst. Whoever does it faster wins. Attention! Let's crush the balls!
Ponochka. And the audience cheers together.
The game “Crush the Ball” is played. At the end of the game, the winner is awarded. The game participants are escorted into the hall.
Winnie the Pooh. Friends! I invite you, sitting still, to dance the cheerful Ghanaian dance with us.
Rabbit. Not just a dance, but a “Journey on the Sea.” We're sailing on a ship! This will be a dance attraction.
Winnie the Pooh. Repeat the dance moves after us.
The characters and the audience dance the dance “Sailors” (music by V. Mikheev, lyrics by A. Ivantsov, P. Shesternev, group “Double Game”).
Volume. In Walt Disney Country, residents are very fond of dramatizations based on poetry. We present one of them to your attention.
Ponochka.
Who was sitting on the bench?
Who was looking at the street?
Rabbit.
Tolya sang, Boris was silent,
Nikolai shook his leg.
All(together).
It was in the evening
There was nothing to do!
Alice.
The jackdaw sat on the fence,
The cat climbed into the attic.
Then Borya told the guys
Just like this:
Rabbit
And I have a nail in my pocket.
Ponochka
And we have a guest today.
Winnie the Pooh
And we have a cat in our apartment
I gave birth to kittens yesterday.
The kittens have grown a little
But they don’t want to eat from a saucer.
And we have gas in the kitchen.
Rabbit
And our fire went out -
Alice
The truck brought firewood -
Ponochka
And fourthly, our mother
Takes flight.
Alice
Because our mother
It's called a pilot.
Vova answered from the stairs:
Rabbit
Mom is a pilot?
What's wrong?
Here at Kolya, for example,
Mom is a policeman.
And Tolya and Vera
Both mothers are engineers.
And Leva’s mother is a cook,
Mom is a pilot?
What's wrong?
Ponochka
“More important than everyone else,” said Nata, “
Mom is a carriage driver,
Because up to the hooks
Mom drives two trailers.
Alice
And Nina asked quietly:
Is it bad to be a dressmaker?
Who sews clothes for children?
Well, of course, not a pilot.
Volume. A pilot flies airplanes.
All(together). This is very good!
Winnie the Pooh. The doctor is treating us for measles.
Rabbit. There is a teacher at school.
Alice and Ponochka.
We need different mothers
Different mothers are important!
Rabbit, Winnie the Pooh and Tom.
It was in the evening
There was nothing to argue about...
Rabbit. Guys, we told you about different professions. Now we invite you to name the professions that you know. Announced...
All(together). ...auction of professions!
The game “Auction of Professions” is being played. The last player to name their profession is awarded a prize.
Volume. Now we will offer you the song-game “Merry Masters”. You, sitting still, repeat the dance moves after us and sing along.
All(together). Three-four! Let's start!
The song-game “Merry Masters” is performed (from the film “About Little Red Riding Hood”, music by A. Rybnikov, lyrics by Y. Mikhailov).
Winnie the Pooh. A new attraction awaits us again. I have a book in my hands with this wonderful ball on it. The player's task is to lift the book above his head without dropping the ball. After this, also carefully lower the book down. The one who fulfills all the conditions of the game more correctly and quickly will become the winner. Let's choose two players. Ponochka, Alice, help me.
Ponochka and Alice bring two players onto the stage.
Winnie the Pooh. The players have been chosen, which means the “Don’t Drop the Ball” attraction can begin. But first, everyone sitting in the hall will say their name. And this at the same time.
Children say their names.
Rabbit. Viewers, you are now fans, actively help your friends.
Winnie the Pooh. Very good! So, get ready! Let's start! Attention! March!
The game "Don't drop the ball" is played. The winner is awarded a prize. Then the participants of the game go down to the hall.
Tom and Rabbit. Now we offer the children a new interesting attraction.
All(in unison). Which?
Rabbit. And here's what! My grandmother lives in our village. Tom and I love her very much... And we want to buy her...
Volume(interrupts). Wait, wait, it’s better if the guys show us what we want to buy her. We will recite a poem, and you will perform certain movements with us! Rabbit. Guys! Do you understand? (Children's answer.)
Rabbit.
That's good! Then let's begin!
Grandma, we'll buy you a chicken,
Chicken by the grain:
Where, whack, whack!
They slap their knees one by one.
Grandma, we'll buy you a duck.
duck : ta-ta-ta!
Make zigzag movements with your right hand.
Chicken by the grain:
Where, whack, whack!
Rabbit.
We'll buy you, grandma, a turkey.
Turkey: bold, bold!
They make circular movements with their hands and shake their heads.
Duck: ta-ta-ta!
Chicken by the grain:
Where, whack, whack!
Grandma, we'll buy you a pig.
Piglet: oink-oink!
They twist their palm in front of their nose, depicting a snout.
Turkey: bold, bold!
Duck: ta-ta-ta!
Chicken by the grain:
Where, whack, whack!
Rabbit.
Grandma, we will buy you a dog.
Little dog: woof-woof-woof! They raise their hands to their head, clench and unclench their fists.
Piglet: Oink-oink!
Turkey: bold, bold!
Duck: ta-ta-ta!
Chicken by the grain:
Where, whack, whack!
Grandma, we'll buy you a pussycat.
Kitty: meow-meow!
They make movements pretending that the cat is washing its paw.
Little dog: woof-woof-woof!
Piglet: oink-oink!
Turkey: bold, bold!
Duck: ta-ta-ta!
Chicken by the grain:
Where, whack, whack!
Rabbit.
Grandma, we will buy you a little cow.
Little cow: torment, torment!
They make horns.
Kitty: meow-meow!
Little dog: woof-woof-woof!
Piglet: oink-oink!
Turkey: bold, bold!
Duck: ta-ta-ta!
Chicken by the grain:
Where, whack, whack!
Grandma, we'll buy you a TV.
TV: “Time, facts”!
Depicts a TV.
And the people grain by grain: Where-dah-dah!
Well done! We think we understand what we need to buy for grandma?
(Children's answer.)
Rabbit. Thank you for your help!
Winnie the Pooh. Please pay attention! Our wonderful country Disneyland has prepared for you guys, musical gift. The Black Cat sings.
Rabbit. In the next attraction we will temporarily turn into the inhabitants of the desert island of Robinsons. Me and my friends will show you different dance moves. You repeat them after us. Let's go!
The characters and the audience dance the “Robinson” dance (music by Yu. Chernavsky, lyrics by L. Derbenev).
Ponochka. The next attraction is unusual! Now you will hear the story of the absent-minded man from Basseynaya Street performed by Oleg Basilashvili, and we, the heroes of Disneyland, will act out for you in person.
The recording includes the poem “Here’s how absent-minded he is.” The characters act out the story in person with dolls (audio cassette: S. Marshak “On Basseynaya Street”, read by O. Basilashvili).
Volume(stretches). It's time to stretch your legs!
Ponochka. Do you have an idea, Tom?
Volume. Appeared. And, in my opinion, very wonderful! Let's invite the guys to the music and dance room.
All(together). Let's!
Ponochka. I understood what was going on. Guys, you probably know the song “Barbie House”. Now we will try to sing it, and you dance with us and sing along with me in the chorus.
Rabbit. You just need to sing loudly so that all the residents of Disneyland can hear you and me.
The song-dance “House for Barbie” is performed (music by S. Rastep, lyrics by V. Lobanov).
Winnie the Pooh. Dear guys! Let's go to the carousel of riddles. You, of course, love to guess them. Yes? (Children's answer.)
Alice. Today we have prepared unusual riddles and jokes for you. Listen carefully and respond. Whoever answers correctly will receive a prize.
Ponochka. First riddle! Which month is shorter than others? (Children's answer.) This is the month of May. It has three letters!
Alice. Next riddle. What kind of dishes can you not eat anything from? (Children's answer.) You cannot eat anything from an empty container.
Rabbit. When is a person in a room without a head? (Children's answer.) A person is in a room without a head when he sticks it out of the window onto the street.
Volume. What can't a person live without? (Children's answer.) A person cannot live without a name.
Winnie the Pooh. You, me, and you and me! How many of us are there? C Children's answer.) There are two of us.
Rabbit. Well done guys! You sing well, dance wonderfully, play actively and solve riddles.
Ponochka. Disneyland characters are always happy to meet you.
Rabbit. Unfortunately, it's time to say goodbye!
All(together). See you at Disneyland!
The final song from the cartoon “Gift for an Elephant” is played - “Never stand still” (music by I. Eshkov, lyrics by V. Antonov).
An extracurricular event for students in grades 5-6 dedicated to Walt Disney.
Event plan.
1) View the presentation. Slides 1-29.
2) The song “December” from the cartoon “Anastasia” performed by 10th grade student Anastasia Meshchangina. Slide 30.
3) Quiz. Slide 32
4) “Guess the Melody” competition (guess a song from a Disney cartoon and name the cartoon) Slide 33.
5) Competition “Disney Cartoon Characters”. Slides 34-40.
6) Rewarding participants.
Presentation text. Read by students of class 6 "A" Borisov Pavel, Mozhaeva Natalya, Khaynurova Alina.
Slide 1 - splash screen
Slide 2 - 2 cards.
Walter Elias "Walt" Disney was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entertainer, international icon.
Slide 3 – inscription + 2 cards.
He was born on the 5th of December 1901 in Chicago. Then his family moved to Kansas.
Slide 4 – 2 cards.
At the age of fourteen Walt Disney entered at the Kansas City Art Institute.
Slide 5 – 3 notes + 2 cards.
In 1922 Disney created his own animation studio, where he produced such short cartoons as Puss in Boots and The Musicians of Bremen.
Slide 6 – 2 dates + 4 cards.
In 1927, Disney and Iwerks created their first popular character, Oswald Rabbit. In 1928 Disney created funny Mickey Mouse. This year he began to use the sound in his cartoons. Do you know that for the first time Mickey Mouse spoke with Walt Disney’s voice.
Slide 7 – 1 date + 3 cards.
During the 1930s, many of Disney's famous characters began to appear, including Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Goofy, and Donald Duck.
Slide 8 – 2 add. + 3
Disney produced the first feature cartoon film “Snow White and the seven Dwarfs” in 1938.
Slide 9 – 2 dates + 2 cards
He created such great feature cartoons as Pinoccio (1939), Fantasia
Slide 10 – 3 dates + 3 cards.
Dumbo, Bambi, Cinderella
Slide 11 - Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty and Mary Poppins.
Slide 12 – 2 cards.
On a business trip to Chicago in the late-1940s, Disney drew sketches of his ideas for an amusement park where his employees can spend time with their children.
Slide 13 – 3 cards.
Disneyland officially opened on July 18, 1955. Walt Disney said: “To all who come to this happy place, welcome. Disneyland is your land. I hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.
Slide 14 – 1 add. + 1 card.
Today Disneyland Park has theme parks and attractions: Main Street USA
Slide 15 – 1 add. + 1 card.
Adventure Land
Slide 16 – 1 add. + 2 cards
Frontier Land
Slide 17 – 2 add. + 2 cards
Tomorrow Land, Toontown
Slide 18 – 2 add. + 3 cards
New Orleans Square, Fantasy Land
Slide 19 – 4 add. + 3 cards.
Today there are two Disneyland Parks and The Walt Disney WorldResort in the USA now. Disneyland Parks are opened today in France, Japan and China too.
Slide 20 – 1 inscription + 3 cards.
In addition to his theme parks, Disney created a new university, the California Institute of the Arts, known as Cal Arts, where people in many different disciplines could work together, dream and develop, and create the mixture of arts needed for the future.
Slide 21 – 2 add. + 4 cards.
The Disney empire also includes Disney Radio and TV's The Disney Channel, which began the careers of teen stars like Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers.
Slide 22 – 1 card.
You can visit the official site of Disney World and saw your favorite cartoons or films, know the latest news about Disney’s Studio and Disney parks or play interesting games.
Slide 23 – 4 cards.
During Disney's life his studios won 48 Academy Awards including 29 Oscars for his films. By the 1960s, he had become the king of American entertainment.
Slide 24 – 1 add. + 4 cards.
Walt Disney died at the age of 41 on the 15 th of December 1966, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Los Angeles. He was cremated and buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California...
Slide 25, 26, 27, 28 Walter Elias Disney a talented producer created a great empire of family entertainment. The Disney World is always full of magic and mystery, hopefulness and love.
MUSIC COMPETITION.
1) Goofy and his team
2) Gummi Bears
3) Shrek
4) Aladdin
5) Ice Age
6) Chip and Dale
7) Pink Panther
8) Black cloak
9) Cars
10) Lion King
11) DuckTales
12) Vinnie
13) Miracles on turns
HEROES
1) Snow White
2) Princess Jasmine
3) Chicken Little
4) Peter Pan
5) James Sullivan and Mike Wazowski - “Monsters, Inc.”
6) Mulan
7) Tiana – “The Princess and the Frog”
8) Timon and Pumbaa
9) Black Cloak
10) Chip and Dale
11) Nemo
12) Lightning McQueen – “Cars”
13) Woody the Cowboy – “Toy Story”
14)Volt
15) Dumbo
16) Pinocchio
17) Mickey and Minnie Mouse
18) Ariel
19) Ramey – “Ratatouille”
20) Cinderella
21) Rapunzel
First, a short excursion into the history of the great animator. The fate of Walt Disney is the best confirmation that the American dream is not always a utopia. Walt was born on December 5, 1901 into a poor family. WITH early years the boy set himself bold goals - for example, to become an artist. In the meantime, at seven years old, he drew comics and sold them to his neighbors. The pictures sold with a bang, the boy’s cheerful disposition was reflected in his characters: they were cute and funny. It is noteworthy that later, when Disney became a famous animator, former neighbors sold his children's drawings at auctions, earning serious sums.
Disney's childhood cannot be called cloudless: his father, who small business, had a despotic disposition and strong fists. He did not give any of his children a decent education. IN school years They helped dad more often, running around the city on various errands, than sitting behind textbooks. But Walt didn't notice the hardships. He was not even upset when his father responded with a rude refusal to his request to buy him colored pencils, and drew wherever he had to, for example on the walls of houses - with crayons or a stick smeared in resin. For this, he got into trouble - until one day a neighbor, on whose barn Walt depicted the face of his favorite horse, paid the boy 25 cents as a token of gratitude. Only then did the father heed his son’s pleas and buy him a set of pencils.
Walt's only marriage turned out to be a happy one. They lived together with his wife Lilian from 1925 until his death in 1966. Photo: Global Look Press
Towards a dream
In the fall of 1918, at the end of World War I, 17-year-old Walt volunteered for the Red Cross. As a result, he ended up in France, where he worked as an ambulance driver for a year. He painted the car with bright colors funny pictures, which served as excellent camouflage.
Returning to America, the young man opened a tiny animation studio in Kansas City with artist Ub Iwerks, who would later draw Mickey Mouse and other legendary characters. Young people produced short animated videos with simple plots. Distributors were happy to show them at the local cinema, but this did not bring in any income, and the studio soon went bankrupt. Another would have given up. But not Walt Disney! Together with his brother Roy, he moved to California and decided to try his luck
in Hollywood. Walt had the desire to have his own animation studio. As a result, he placed all his production belongings - paints, brushes, lamps - in his uncle Robert's garage, promising to pay the rent later.
On October 16, 1923, Walt and Roy Disney found a New York distributor, Winkler Pictures, with which the brothers entered into a contract to broadcast a series about Alice's adventures based on Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. (Walt created the pilot episode back in Kansas City.) This day became the founding date of Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. Finally, the first dollars arrived in Disney's bank account. Soon, at Roy’s suggestion, they changed their name to the more familiar Walt Disney Studios, and Roy took the position of general director there.
The studio was built with money raised from the rental of the animated film “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” Its main entrance is decorated with a giant wizard's hat. Photo: WDSSPR
Creativity and business
Since 1927, famous characters have been born at the Disney studio. The first-born was Oswald the rabbit, then Mickey Mouse appeared, whom they initially wanted to call Mortimer Mouse. Luckily, Walt's wife dissuaded her husband from giving his hero such a strange name. The first two episodes about the mouse were “silent”; Disney was never able to sell them (at that time sound was just beginning to enter cinema). But from the third episode, Mickey Mouse started talking and singing, and in Walt’s voice. One of the friends, looking at the drawings of the mouse, saw a clear resemblance to Disney himself: “It looks just like you: the same nose, face, mustache, the same gestures and grimaces. All he needs now is your voice.” Walt Disney agreed. The first time Disney's most famous character appeared on screen was in the film Steamboat Willie, which premiered in New York on November 18, 1928. Synchronous dubbing seemed revolutionary to contemporaries.
In 1932, the Oscars first recognized Walt's achievements by presenting him with an honorary award. (“It all started with a mouse,” Disney said whenever he was asked about the start of his brilliant career.) From that point on, the studio’s films received an Oscar statuette every year. Disney is considered the champion in the number of top Academy awards received: it took 26 awards out of the 64 for which it was nominated.
Disney surprisingly combined creativity and commercial vein. When a New York businessman offered him $300 to place an image of Mickey Mouse on fountain pens, he agreed, and later began replicating all his characters himself. This still brings multimillion-dollar revenue to the studio, and in addition popularizes the heroes. But Walt also made mistakes. This is what happened with the copyright for Oswald the Rabbit. The same company, Winkler Pictures, which ordered Walt to produce the series about Alice, lured some artists from his studio and began creating series about the rabbit without the participation of the author. But every cloud has a silver lining: Disney hired smart lawyers and drew up a competent agreement, according to which now all the creations he created belong to his studio.
At the master class, a TN correspondent was taught to draw a fox. Even with the competent direction of director Byron Howard, this proved to be a difficult task. Photo: WDSSPR
From the Zoo to Zootopia
Today, The Walt Disney Company's annual profit is $25 billion. And it comes not only from animation, but also from the production of live-action feature films, television shows, theme parks, and souvenir products that are recognizable to people all over the world.
So what is the secret of such incredible success?
Music is of paramount importance. In all films, this is not just a background, but a serious component of the work. It started with the famous scene from Steamboat Willie when Mickey Mouse uses other animals as musical instruments, such as a cat's tail as a string. In 1933, a funny song from the cartoon “The Three Little Pigs” - “We are not afraid gray wolf”—became the anthem of a country experiencing the Great Depression.
The best composers for many years became the authors of music for Disney films and thereby added their names to the annals of world cinema. It is documented that Walt personally asked them to write songs that could be easily translated into any language in the world. This is the secret of why Walt Disney films are so beloved by people of different ages, cultures and religions.
The second secret of success is the realism of the characters. Before drawing animals, Disney studio artists carefully study their habits. This was the case in the 1930s, when artists spent months sketching the movements of real whales to depict the scene of Pinocchio's escape from the whale, and this is still the case today. When creating the animated film “Zootopia,” which will be released in wide release one of these days, the studio’s artists spent a year and a half in the national parks of Africa! How a strong wind blows the fur of foxes, how they appear
the emotions of rabbits, how lions behave with each other, and even at what angle the giraffe bends its legs - the authors of the cartoon need to know all this in order to achieve realism.
Hundreds of people work simultaneously on each animated film. For example, more than 700 people worked on the creation of Zootopia and its inhabitants. Rich Moore, one of the directors of the animated comedy, says: “The creation of a film is divided into two large periods - project development and production. Each of them takes two to three years. The first part is the work of imagination, the second is transferring everything we came up with onto the screen and correcting errors. At the development stage, we write a script, make a storyboard, create a world in which our heroes live, define them appearance, we come up with voices. For example, it took a year to develop just the character of Nick Wilde. The fox was carefully drawn, we determined his individual features, came up with clothes, movements, facial expressions, gestures, words and expressions characteristic of him.”
When creating Zootopia, the studio's artists spent a year and a half in African national parks! They observed the habits of animals to achieve realism.
“Unlike live-action films, animated films are created quite chaotically,” admits another Zootopia director, Byron Howard. — There is no rigid script; right up to the premiere, something is constantly changing: it is removed, added to. Even in recent weeks production process there are a thousand little things that we would like to change.” This dynamic benefits the film. For example, in the first version of the script, the main character of Zootopia was Nick the fox. But after creating six different versions of the drawings, the team agreed that Judy the bunny was a more suitable character for the main role. The fox is just a bad guy with his own worldview. Judy's personality is much more multifaceted! She comes to Zootopia from a provincial town, builds a career despite the ridicule of others, and fights her fears.
At Disney Studios there is a "Trust Fund" - special group, dedicated to creative storytelling.
“Young directors, screenwriters, and storyboard artists work here alongside studio veterans,” says producer Clark Spencer. — In our work we adhere to four main rules. We tell old stories for modern audiences, our films must be universally entertaining, have great humor and deep emotion, and each film must live up to Walt Disney standards. Our team consists of people who are truly dedicated to animation. Most come here very young, first as guides, then as artists who clean up the work of others, and later as storyboard artists. Someone goes into directing."
Work on mistakes
It is not customary to recommend friends and relatives to the studio. But you can come from the street, show your work and, if approved, become a member of the team. Since all Disney employees are incorrigible workaholics, many find their destiny here and start a family.
One of the Zootopia screenwriters, Phil Johnston, got into the team completely by accident. “After 30 years as a journalist, I once wrote the script for a controversial, sparkling comedy,” Phil recalls. “It fell into the hands of one of the Disney representatives, and I was invited to the studio. Probably I just liked the style and humor. How do I work? I usually write a few scenes, bring them to my colleagues and start reading them in different voices. Artists - about ten of them - make sketches. As a result, I, terribly pleased with my creative finds,
They may say: “It’s not funny! You can do without this scene” - or: “It’s no good!” You have to have a thick skin to take harsh criticism in stride. You need to either present the idea so that everyone will accept it with a bang, or start all over again.
The TN correspondent was shown two scenes on the screen in which the rabbit Judy comes after work to her rented apartment and begins to communicate with her parents via Skype. The first option looked like this: sad Judy comes in, turns on the tape recorder with tearful melodies, looks at the note on the table addressed to herself: “Get it together, you rag!” There are toys on the bed, emphasizing that the baby is very lonely. Parents, having entered into a communication session, look at their daughter with pity and encourage her: everything will be fine, they say.
“I liked everything on paper, but when I saw the storyboard, I realized: it turned out so dreary that the story could be ended, there was no plot development,” explains Phil.
Then the screenwriter wrote a new version. Judy goes on Skype, and her parents, realizing that she did not take the position in Zootopia that she expected, begin to make fun of her. This was added to the neighbors' screams through the wall and music from Phil's personal selection, listening to which Judy made funny faces. It turned out to be a completely different story! It’s both funny and interesting at the same time: what will happen next?
“The film turned out completely different from what we had planned for it. initial stage. He's clearly better. We populated the city with many animals (64 species of mammals), and provided it with details that we could not even dream of before. We got an absolutely living civilized world,” says Byron Howard. “It’s immodest to say so, but if we were Oscar film academy members, we would definitely mention Zootopia,” continues Rich Moore. — The story of the main characters cannot leave anyone indifferent. In addition, the film uses the latest advances in computer animation. But even without this award, we are all happy: working on such a large-scale project is already a reward.”
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“If you can dream about something, then you can do it,” these words are said for a reason. They were uttered by a man who proved them many times in practice, regardless of the circumstances. It was Walt Disney.
Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago (USA). From an early age, the little artist made himself known to the world, demanding pencils and paper from his parents. Walt drew constantly: with resin on the white wall of the family home, with chalk on a school blackboard, while telling different stories to his friends. But the serious idea of connecting his life with drawing was prompted by an incident when one of his neighbors paid him 7 cents (not bad money for a boy of that time) for drawing a horse on a piece of paper...
The existence of The Walt Disney Company began when Walt rented an abandoned barn from his uncle Robert in Los Angeles, brought in his brother Roy, who had just been discharged from a military hospital with $250 remaining, as a partner, and borrowed another $500 on the side. dollars. With this money spent on everything necessary to create cartoons, the Disney brothers begin their journey.
In 1927, with the release of a series of cartoons about Oswald the Rabbit, Walt Disney first received public recognition, but, unfortunately, his happiness was short-lived. The distributor, who owns the rights to distribute the cartoon about Oswald, lured all the Disney artists and set the condition: “Either you give me half of the studio and we sign a contract, or I will release this cartoon myself!” In response, the young man threw all Oswald’s drawings in his face and left the traitor’s office.
Walt again had no money, but he did not give up, and in 1928, together with his friend Ub Iwerks, he created the company's most popular character, Mickey Mouse.
After the dizzying success of this cartoon, Walt Disney was again disappointed - his friend Ab moved to another studio.
In 1937, Disney decided to release the full-length cartoon “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (in those days it was believed that a cartoon could last up to 10 minutes). A huge amount for those times was invested in the picture - one and a half million dollars. It was a phenomenal success with audiences, and profits broke all American film distribution records of the thirties. The film won an Oscar. But that was just the beginning!
Disney created the first sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie (1928), the first color cartoon, Flowers and Trees (1932), the first film with stereo sound, Fantasia (1940), and the first wide-screen cartoon, Lady and the Tramp (1955). Even the strangest, as all the critics said, ideas came to life in the golden hands of Disney.
