Walt Disney's Impact On History

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On December 5, 1901, Walt Elias Disney was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and died in Los Angeles, California on December 15, 1966. Aside from creating Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, Walt Disney pioneered animation. Walt Disney was a turning point in history because he changed how the animation industry and filmmakers made their films by setting higher standards. Disney was imaginative and had many inspiring ideas bout his company. He created our favorite characters. Disney impacted history by producing the first multiplane camera and improving animation with the first animated film in color in 1936-1938. He also created the first theme park based on his characters and films. Disney affects the world today because, after his death, …show more content…

Although he changed the world through this, he also used words to make it happen. Walt Disney did more than create art. However, to change the world through his words, he had to become famous for his ability to write. With a glance at Walt's lower back from his teens to his death, you can see how Walt grew and extruded the world. During the early 1920s, Disney worked as an animator at the Kansas City Film & Ad Company. He made commercial animations using cutout animation. This technique, however, produced very poor animations that also gave the animator very limited control over production. Disney experimented with cell animation. While this produced better animation, it still lacked audience engagement. It was not until the late 1920s that Disney finally added sound to his animations by combining the Cinephone with his animations. The results shook the animation industry to its core and forever changed the world. Walt Disney successfully created entertaining animations for full-length films with high-quality sound. Disney successfully created entertaining animations for full-length films with high-quality sound. The results shocked the animation industry to its core and forever changed the …show more content…

His many inventions include the first cartoons with synchronized sound, the first animated feature movie of a full-period period, and, of course, the theme park. His most famous creation, Mickey Mouse, is a universally recognized cultural icon. His movies celebrating the triumph of the little man and the simple charms of small-city existence captured imaginations and fueled six generations. But whilst wholesomeness and mawkish sentimentality are Disney's trademarks, the forces that shaped this maverick film multi-millionaire and his empire were darker and much more complex. One of the motives for which Walter Elias Disney's legacy has continued lies in his wonderful control skills. Disney pioneered branding, logo stretching, and merchandising. In addition to being the first live-action feature, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was the first movie to have an entire vending marketing campaign on location while releasing it. Walt Disney Co. is now a vending machine, with almost 25 percent of its sales coming from patron products. Beyond merchandising, Disney has become one of the world's largest media empires through expansions and acquisitions over the past decades. To capitalize on cable television's increase, Disney released The Disney Channel

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