...The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney was created cartoon like Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy, Huey Dewey and Louise Duck. Animation history to grow until 1914 that Winsor McCay create animated named Gertie the Dinosaur in the next year Otto Mesmer made a silent animation with the famous story plot is Felix the Cat....
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...Mickey Mouse Many years ago who would have believed a small little rodent creature would be the icon of not just a multi-billion dollar company, but a symbol of innocence, youth, and happiness. The icon of course is no other than Mickey Mouse, a character that has hundreds of different meanings to many different people. Mickey today is not the same mouse that first appeared in 1928. Mickey was once a mischievous, adventurer, and over the years has transformed into a cheerful, calm, educational tool. Mickey Mouse originally created to be only an animation appeared on the big screen on November 18, 1928. Mickey Mouse’s first appearance was in “Plane Crazy” (1928). This short film was about Mickey becoming a pilot as an attempt to impress his future girlfriend Minnie Mouse. His goal throughout the cartoon was to get Minnie to kiss him while flying the plane. He tries so hard to get the kiss that he leaves Minnie to no other choice, but to parachute out of the plane to escape. Shortly after this cartoon was made another one titled “ Gallopin’ Gaucho” (1928), but it was not until “Steamboat Willie” (1928) that Mickey became very popular. During Walt Disney’s time other cartoonists were trying out innuendo and sexuality, or trying to steal ideas from one another, the Walt Disney creations became original, enjoyable and something for the entire family, regardless of age to enjoy together. Mickey Mouse has a very unique personality that represents his founder Walt Disney...
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...Mickey Mouse Monopoly The Mickey Mouse Monopoly documentary reveals the obscure social messages behind the animated films created by the Disney Company. Although we are conditioned to believe that these movies are pure forms of entertainment, further examination has proved that there are hidden messages concerning gender, race and class that Disney is instilling in the minds of children. The speakers in the documentary argue that Disney is extremely political and hides its ideas behind innocence, magic and fun. When masked by features that are appealing to a younger audience, it is difficult to realize these ideas without taking a closer look. One of the main controversies discussed in this video is the way that Disney portrays women in its productions. The way that females are shown is similar across all Disney films, even animal characters. They are shown having a seductive or entrancing way about them, large eyelashes, attractive bodies and large breasts. Doctor Carolyn Newberger, a psychology professor at Harvard University, pointed out the scene from Aladdin when Jasmine seduces Jafar to distract him while Aladdin tries to rescue her. This scene suggests to viewers that women can use their bodies to manipulate men in order to get what they want. Other ways women are portrayed in these films are vulnerable, weak, and always needing to be rescued by a male. Aside from gender, race is another issue that is often misrepresented in these productions. One example in the...
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...Strapped down watching Mickey Mouse club house, with frosted animal cookies taunting me on top of 1990’s T.V in a lady's basement. I was strapped in a carseat being baby sat by our neighborhood babysitter, watching Mickey Mouse with my stuffed soccer ball with a goth bedroom looming in the darkness in the other side of the basement. I wasn’t alone either all the neighborhood kids are there. Then I’m starting to get bored so I chuck my soccer ball across the room vividly regretting what I just did, because the fact I was in a carseat I could not walk at all. So I sat there and thought and finally I was going to try and walk with the carseat on my back, so I was trying my hardest to get up then I did, now the hard part was walking. I walked...
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...Pablo C. Avila ENG101.2651 Dr. J. Elizabeth Clark 18 October 2007 First essay on The Things They Carried The Vietnam War was the longest military conflict in the U.S. history, from 1959 to 1975[1]. Many soldiers who fought there have written books about their experiences, however, Tim O’Brien, an American writer and soldier at Vietnam, has written the best story telling about what the war was; The Things They Carried. In this, his last novel, he recalls and tells all his experiences in detail about the war; as well as stories about his friends, and makes a reflection about them. He shows his feelings through stories that are difficult to clearly identify as “true.” This book shows us situations of hurt, friendship, and even love that soldiers experienced in war and how they have affected them even nowadays. One major point about Tim O'Brien’s work is how many situations hurt the soldiers’ lives. From the beginning, O'Brien starts his work by numbering the many things soldiers have to carry; C rations, knives, some photographs, and even some relatives’ distrust are some of the things they have to take every day in war. Little by little, O'Brien demonstrates how hurt invaded each soldier, how difficult it was to get used to a difficult and different environment, as he says; “Jimmy Cross did not want the responsibility of leading these men. He had never wanted it.” (167). In this extract, O'Brien shows how complicated it was for Lieutenant Jimmy to have this responsibility...
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...copyrights extended from only 75 years to 120. This law is also known as the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, Sonny Bono Act, or the Mickey Mouse Protection Act. Salvatore Phillip “Sonny” Bono was a recording artist, politician, and producer who became famous along with his wife Cher as a singing duo called Sonny & Cher. He was the mayor of Palm Springs, California from 1988 to 1992 and congressman for California’s 44th district from 1995 until his death in 1998. Although this act was passed in 1998, it still allowed additional works made in 1923 or afterwards to be protected under this act until 2019 or later depending on when the product was created. The Copyright Term extension act did not revive any copyrights that had already expired, although it did extend the terms of protection for each copyrighted creation. However, any individuals or corporations work that was created before January 1st, 1978, but hasn’t been published or registered for copyright until recently, are addressed in section 17 U.S.C and will remain protected until the end of 2047. When the Copyright Act was first created in America, the duration was only for 14 years. Today, copyright duration can last over 100 years in some cases. We have Mickey Mouse to thank for this. It all started with Steamboat Willy, the first cartoon that featured Mickey Mouse...
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...In the writing “Beyond Mickey Mouse”, it is written that for over twenty years, Pixar computer animation studios have produced movies. Sketched by hand before Pixar, thousands of pictures were provided by artists for traditional animated films. Steve Jobs from Pixar, revolutionized animation. Animators used special software on computers to create speech and movement. Pixar’s animators invented startling authentic effects. Pixar’s original plot shows characters’ development as they move into the world, and receive support from their friend’s. In 1995, Toy Story was completed by computer animation, and was the first commercially successful Pixar film. Shortly after other successful movies trailed know as, A Bugs Life, Finding Nemo and The...
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...Vračević Željka University of Banjaluka Faculty of Philology English Language and Literature REPRESENTATIONS OF FEMININITY IN DISNEY CARTOON PRODUCTION: An Analysis of Selected Examples The purpose of this essay is to explore how media, especially Disney cartoons, affect gender, particularly young girls and how the representations of females within the media affect the viewers through stereotypes or ideals to live up too. THE INTRODUCTION (the explanation of media influences and basic notions of women representations in Disney Production) A good deal of feminist writing in the field of culture has been concerned with the representations of gender and of women in particular, and it is claimed that these representations of females reflected male attitudes and constituted misrepresentations of “real women”. Meehan (1983) analyzed the stereotypes into which women are commonly cast on television and the analysis showed that “good women” are, or are expected to be submissive, domesticated and home-centered while “bad women” are rebellious and independent. She concludes that “American viewers have spent more than three decades watching male heroes and their adventures, muddied visions of boyhood adolescence repete with illusions of women as witches, bitches, mothers and imps “. All researches about the media influence give the same conclusion that the mass media is a powerful resource through which viewers develop their...
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...| U.S. on the World Scene | Term Paper | | | | | America has had a hug impact around the world. From all of its products to its entertainment it has influenced other nations. McDonald’s, Disney and Coca-Cola are just three of America’s impacts around the world. These brands are known and loved by people everywhere and have made vast influence on the world. McDonald’s was founded in 1955 in California by a man named Ray Kroc who took a small restaurant run by two brother’s and turned it into something huge. Kroc’s took the small restaurant with the two brother’s help and created McDonald’s throughout the U.S, by the end of the 1960s, there were more than 1,000 across the U.S. Today there are more than 30,000 locations across 118 countries. McDonald’s expanded internationally in 1967 when the franchise opened a restaurant in British Columbia. The next international McDonald’s opened in Costa Rica the same. From there, the chain spread steadily: over a six-month period in 1971, Golden Arches popped up on three new continents, as stores launched in Japan, Holland and a suburb of Sydney. McDonald’s was next introduced to South America in 1979 when a store opened up in Brazil. Four year after opening its next international restaurant in Casablanca, Morocco it opened it franchise in Belarus making it spread to its 100th nation. Throughout all these nations McDonald’s menu varies. What is offered at each restaurant depends on the location and what the...
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...Bradelie ST Phar Enc 101 Mickey Mouse: mere Rabbit to Beloved Multi-million mouse. A century ago who would have believed a miniscule, rodent creature would be the icon of not just a multi-billion dollar company but also a symbol of innocence, youth, and, happiness. The icon of such is none other than Mickey Mouse, a character that has hundreds of different meanings to millions of different people. But the Mickey the public knows today is not the same cartoon mouse that audiences knew when he made his first public appearance in 1928. Mickey wasn’t always Walt Disney first prized creation, there first was an animated creature known as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit; A happy, upbeat fellow who often found himself in sticky situations. During his time under Disney Oswald was on of the first to show personality and humility through physical humor and frustration comedy. Sadly Oswald’s rambunctious personality soon came to an end when Walt Disney realized despite being the man behind the character, he actually didn’t own the rights to the animated rabbit, as he was property of the Universal Pictures. Eventually, Walt Disney broke his ties with Universal, left his staff behind and ventured onto new hopes. Mickey Mouse was born in Walt Disney's imagination early in 1928 on a train ride from New York to Los Angeles. Walt then decided to make the character modeled after the mouse he grew so fond of and this time that no one would be able to take away. Contrary to popular belief...
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...also known as the Mickey Mouse protection act was passed in 1998. A copyright is defined as “an intangible right granted by statute to the author or originator of certain literary or artistic productions (Miller & Hollowell, 2014, p. 84). The purpose of this act is to protect “books, records, films, artworks, architectural plans, menus, music videos, and product packaging” (Miller & Hollowell, 2014, p. 85), from being built upon to make new creations. For individuals the act gives copyright protection for their life plus 70 years, for publishing houses the copyright is 95 years from the date of publication or 120 years from the date of creation, whichever comes first. The Copyright Extension Act, is also know as the Mickey Mouse protection act because as Mickey Mouse’s first expiration date for the copyright protection neared, Walt Disney pressed for changes to the Copyright Act. In 1976, the United States congress revised the act to change it from a maximum protection of 56 years including extensions, to the life of the author plus 50 years. Which in turn guaranteed protection for Mickey through 2003. Again, in 1998 when Mickey’s protection time was running out, the United States Congress changed the protection time to the current terms of, life of the author plus 70 years, and granting publishing houses protection for 95 years from the year of the first publication, or 120 years from the year of creation, whichever is first. Which then gave Mickey protection up until...
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...He also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Mickey Mouse along with 6 other of Disney’s creations also have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In total, 7/15 animated characters on the Hollywood Walk of Fame are infact Disney’s. Walt even received the nation’s highest civilian award, The Medal of Freedom, from President Lyndon B. Johnson. Even though many of Disney’s achievements cannot be given in awards, he is also credited with shaping the world of entertainment into what it is today. He is also responsible for creating “The Happiest Place on Earth” and being huge parts of countless children’s childhoods all over the world. In 1926, Universal Pictures was looking for a new creative Rabbit series. Walt, of course always looking...
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...Walt’s first Oscar was the first ever Academy award for animated short subjects for his comical symphony called “Flowers and Trees,” because it was the first film to be shot in technicolor. During the same Academy award ceremony in 1932, Walt was also given an honorary award, which was given to him for the creation of the cartoon character Mickey Mouse. Furthermore, a total of 26 of Walt’s Academy awards, are on display at The Walt Disney Family Museum located in San Francisco,...
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..."I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse." This quote was said by the man who started everything, Walter Elias Disney. Walt Disney was born December 5, 1901 in Chicago. He was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator. Today I’ll commensurate Walt Disney’s achievements throughout his life and how his memory still lives on with us today. (Transition: Walt Disney was an extraordinary man who has impacted everyone’s lives throughout the years.) Starting off Walt Disney’s career in the 1920s, he opened his own small company in the Kansas City area and called it, Laugh-O-Gram. His first major series was called Alice Comedies. These silent cartoons were produced from 1924-1927. The company eventually went bankrupt. (Transition: After his company went bankrupt, Walt then moved to Hollywood to start new) There he then created Mickey Mouse who is the best known creation of his. Mickey Mouse first appeared in “Steamboat Willie” on November 18, 1928 at the Colony Theater in NY. This was the world’s first synchronized sound cartoon. Walt Disney was originally going to name his masterpiece, Mortimer Mouse. His wife is the one who convinced him to use “Mickey”. According to his brother, Roy Disney, Mickey Mouse was Walt’s alter ego. Disney created many more well-known cartoons such as Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Pluto, and Daisy Duck. (Transition: Now that Walt Disney has created these cartoons...
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...engine his profession as the most well known cartoonist of all time. Soon after his big break with the featurette of “Alice Comedy” he began his production in Hollywood. Walter Disney revolutionized the idea of entertainment by creating Mickey Mouse, Disneyland land, and also establishing the California Institute of the Arts. [86] From silent films to weekly programs, Mickey Mouse has always been in our lives. According to Walt Disney: A Biography http://disney.go.com/vault/read/walt/index.html, Mickey Mouse was created in 1928 and was used in a silent film entitled “ Plane Crazy” but later made his debut in “Steamboat Willie” the worlds first fully synchronized sound cartoon. Now in days we always see fully synchronized cartoons and don’t really give much thought to it because its normal. Walt Disney’s drive to perfect animation was tireless and to his success he became the first to create a fully synchronized sound cartoon in the late twenties. As Walt Disney said “ I only hope that we don’t lose sight of one thing- that it was all started by a mouse.” The whole Disney empire was started by one character whom at first didn’t even talk . Mickey Mouse is even the iconic symbol for the wonderful Disney franchise. As a result Mickey Mouse was the engine that helped fuel Walt Disney’s success as an animator and the entertainment industry. [174] Barrera 2 To many people Disneyland is considered to be a rip off when they look at the price but they always...
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