...Carranza Higa Project “Biography of a famous Character” “Walt Disney” Brianda Salas Gabriela Gonzalez Index: I- INTRODUCTION II- IMPORTANT EVENTS II.I- (CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER) III- PERSONAL LEARNING III.I- Brianda Salas III.II- Gabriela Gonzalez IV- CONCLUSIONS IV.I- Brianda Salas IV.II- Gabriela Gonzalez V- Extras VI- Images INTRODUCTION Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American business magnate, animator, producer, director, screenwriter, and voice actor. A major figure within the American animation industry and throughout the world, he is regarded as an international icon, and philanthropist, well known for his influence and contributions to the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As a Hollywood business mogul, he, along with his brother Roy O. Disney, co-founded the Walt Disney Productions, which later became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation is now known as The Walt Disney Company and had annual revenue of approximately US$36 billion in the 2010 financial year. As an animator and entrepreneur, Disney was particularly noted as a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most well-known fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, for whom Disney himself provided the original voice. During his lifetime...
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...Introduction Walt Disney, born Walter Elias Disney, was a great man, with faults of his own. He started as a boy with a dream; and with the help and belief of his associates, friends, and family, Walt created what is now an “entertainment empire” that, in 2009, had revenue of over U.S. $35 billion. Upon his death, Walt’s brother Roy continued the company they had started together and pushed to achieve Walt’s dream. Walter Elias Disney – His Life Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5th, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois. His father, Elias Disney, an Irish-Canadian, and his mother, Flora Call Disney, a German-American, had five children, four sons and one daughter. The Disney family moved to Marceline, Missouri and there Walt began drawing. Walt began selling his sketches and drawing of animals and nature to friends and neighbors at the age of seven (Disney Archives, 2010). In 1918, Walt tried to enlist in the Army but was rejected as he was only sixteen at the time. Determined to serve his country, he joined the Red Cross and was sent to France to drive an ambulance and to be a chauffeur for Red Cross officials (Just Disney, 2010). Walt Disney was a pioneer and innovator and had on of the most fertile imaginations the world had ever seen. Walt, and his employees, received more than 950 honors, including 48 Academy Awards and seven Emmys in his lifetime. “Walt Disney’s personal awards included honorary degrees from Harvard, Yale, the University of Southern California, and UCLA;...
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...Running head: WALT DISNEY Darla Price Unit 5 IP February 5, 2011 AIU Online Applications in Marketing Abstract When it comes to marketing their product the Walt Disney Company has had over 80 years of experience to do it. As you will read thought this paper you will see how they started with one vision and know have one of the best Fontane 500 companies ever. You will learn thing that you would have never know about, I know I did. “ALL OUR DREAMS CAN COME TRUE, IF WE HAVE THE COURAGE TO PUSUE THEM” -WALT DISNEY Walt Disney’s vision was to have a place where children and parents could have fun together (justdisney.com). The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with four business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment and consumer products. (Disney.go.com). Here is a list of some the companies they have within the Disney company: (From Disney.go.com) * Disney ABC Television Group * ABC Owned Television Stations * Adventures by Disney * Disney Consumer Products * Disney Cruise Line * Disney Interactive Media Group * Disney Regional Entertainment * Disney Theatrical Group * Disneyland Resort * El Capitan Theatre * ESPN, Inc. * International Operations - Asia * International Operations - Europe * International Operations - Latin America * The Walt Disney Studios * Walt Disney Animation...
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...Walt Disney “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” This famous quote was said by someone that most/ if not all of us loved as a child. He was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, and philanthropist. He was nominated for 48 Academy awards and 7 Emmy’s, holding the record for most Oscar nominations. Can you guess who it is? Yes, I am talking about the one and only Walter Disney. Walt was born on December 5, 1901. Dropped out of high school at age 16 to join the military and became an ambulance driver overseas in W.W.I. Although, Walt Disney, didn’t graduate high school he did win honorary degrees from several universities such as Yale, Harvard and UCLA. Walt became the successful person that we know today because of all of his many creations. In 1923, Disney moved to Los Angeles to become a film producer or director. When he failed to find a job, he returned to his love of producing cartoons. His first studio was actually in the back half of a real estate office. Finally he gained success in 1928, when he released the first short cartoons that featured Mickey Mouse. Walt Disney himself played the voice of Mickey for over 2 decades. The mouse’s name was originally “Mortimer.” He was later renamed by Disney's wife, Lillian, to, "Mickey." Along with his creation of Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney was personally involved in the production of 19 animated...
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...Walter Elias Disney was a man who wanted to bring happiness to adults and children through his creations and movies. Walt installed his creations in the hearts and minds of children all over America. Walt was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois (Lane). His father, Elias Disney, stressed hard work and perfection from his children at an early age. He and his family moved several times throughout his childhood. The family moved to a farm in Marceline, Missouri. There, he went to school and, more importantly, discovered his talent for drawing. One of his favorite activities was to sketch the farm animals (Slayman). He stayed in Marceline until 1911 when the family moved again to Kansas City. His father ran a paper route and hired his sons, Walter and Roy, as delivery boys. The paper route traumatized Walt, however. He...
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...Walt Disney was an innovator and a visionary. But he was also one of the most successful business leaders of his time. Here are eight principles that made Walt Disney one of the greatest icons of the 20th century: 1. Make people happy: Walt was always striving to make people happy. During the fall of 1918, Disney attempted to enlist for military service. Rejected because he was only 16 years of age, Walt joined the Red Cross and was sent overseas, where he spent a year driving an ambulance and chauffeuring Red Cross officials. His ambulance was covered from stem to stern -- not with stock camouflage, but with drawings and cartoons. He keeps that morale with his whole life. 2. Provide a promise, not a product: The legend goes that Walt Disney was sitting on a bench watching his daughters ride a carousel when he came up with the concept for Disney World. He noticed amusement parks and state fairs were always littered and poorly organized, and the employees were generally rude and resentful. His wife once asked, “Why do you want to build an amusement park? They’re so dirty.” To which Walt replied, “That’s the point. Mine won’t be.” From day one, Disney has focused on “the experience” as a key component to increasing the value of its parks. 3. Always exceed customers’ expectations: One of the reasons the Disney tradition stands the test of time is that Walt Disney was more critical of his creations than anyone else could ever possibly be. He was a relentless perfectionist...
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...Disney characters : the reflect of women's place in the society Walt Disney, under his real name Walt Elias Disney was born in 1901 in Chicago. He founded in 1923 the famous Walt Disney Company with his brother Roy as the Disney Brothers Studios. After three years, the studios take the name Walt Disney Company. Their first animated film came out in 1937 "Snow White" inspired by a famous children's story by the Brothers Grimm. Thereafter follow many animated films like Cinderella, Mulan, or Rebel. One of the most important question in recent years is : What image Disney returns with respect to the role of women and the role that women play in society in the twenty-first century? In fact, Disney is primarily a media and integrate media stereotypes and habits of society to which they belong in their history or animated movie. Disney is the reflects of the habit of society to which they belong in their history or their short films. Thus heroines like Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora are submitted to wish than others, especially men, have chosen for her. They are docile women who spend their time dreaming. They are always save by men from a evil spell and are submit to the will of men. Instead, the heroines of the late twentieth century are beginning to take their lives and rebel against the male authority . In the twenty-first century heroines are increasingly rebelling and advocate of feminist principles : women are the equals of men. This analysis allows us to see a marked increase...
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...Agenda ► About Disney ► Divisions of Disney ► A bit of History ► About the CASE ► SWOT Analysis ► Its Current Executive Management ► Recommended Organizational structures Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 02/11/08 About Disney ► ► ► ► The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. Founded on October 16, 1923 by brothers Walt and Roy Disney as a small animation studio Today it is one of the largest Hollywood studios and also owns eleven theme parks, two water parks and several television networks, including the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). Disney's corporate headquarters and primary production facilities are located at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, USA. The company is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It had revenues of $31.9 billion in 2005 02/11/08 Continued….. ► On June 12, 2006 Disney Mobile phone service is launched ► On January 23, Disney announces a deal to purchase Pixar Animation Studios in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4bn ► In July 2006, the Disney film Pirates of the Caribbean 2 is the highest grossing movie in opening weekend history at $135,000,000 USD ► Employees: 133,000 (2006) 02/11/08 Divisions of Disney 02/11/08 Divisions of Disney Media and Entertainment American Broadcasting Company Buena Vista Distribution Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group Walt Disney Studio Entertainment...
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...STAGE IPEX ETE 2010 International College Program Walt Disney World DATE DE DEROULEMENT DU STAGE: Du 01/06/2010 au 20/08/2010 LANGUE DE REDACTION : Anglais PAYS : Etats-Unis d’Amérique CONFIDENTIEL oui non 1.0 Introduction Walt Elias Disney once said: “You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world… But it requires people to make the dream a reality”. As soon as I heard this quote during my tradition class, I tried to keep it in mind during my whole program without even imagining that I will probably remember it for the rest of my life. As part of our program at INSEEC Bordeaux, we needed to find a foreign company to work for during the summer break in order to live a new experience and arouse our pretty small resume. We were asked to learn both human and professional skills during this period. 1.1 What is the Walt Disney World International College Program? The international College Program is a summer work program based on the availability of foreign college students due to their summer vacations. This program last three months and is reserved for non-American students enrolled in a three to four year college program. They are required to work as a normal employee for the whole summer after a couple of weeks of training. Several tasks are available during the program, students are asked to choose what they want to do at the second interview in Paris. (For the French ICP) Among the jobs available: ...
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...Why has Disney been successful for so long? Disney’s long term success lies mainly in the quality and type of product it creates andthe firm’s successful and tactful management of its creative content and resource s. At its coreDisney, unlike many other content providers has the ability to reuse and remake previouscontent. A demonstration of this ability is the current re-release of a 3D version of The Lion King that is current in theater. This ability to reuse content is achieved because Disney can market itschildren’s movies to each new generation of children and to their parents, with whom many of their productions once resonated with. Disney has exploited this aspect of their business byreturning movies to the “Disney Vault” and only having a set number of movies available for purchase at any given time. Furthermore, Disney is a multifaceted business that has developedcontent to appeal to a wide range of ages. Such that once one moves beyond The Lion King theycan engage in content created for an older and more contemporary audience, like Touchstones’films. And when these consumers finally become parents they are once again touched by theDisney magic through their children. Disney’s other businesses such as ABC, and ESPN, allowthem to hone in on specific consumer groups and their parks provide and experience that thewhole family can enjoy. Overall Disney’s success is a result of their ability to engage newaudiences and cycle their audience through various aspects of...
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...Elias Disney, established himself as a legend in the cartoon industry. His by products have become a genuine part of the American culture. Walt Disney has had a profound effect on many people and will continue to have for many years to come. In 1901, on December 5th in Chicago, Illinois, Walter Elias Disney was born to Elias and Flora Disney. Even though he loved to draw, moving to a farm near Marceline, Montana in 1906 is probably what influenced his later creations. His first drawings were creations of farm animals. At the age of sixteen his family returned to Chicago where he attended McKinley High School. His real interests were at night when he took courses at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. He enlisted in Military service during World War I, but was rejected because of his young age of sixteen. He then joined the Red Cross where he spent a year overseas driving an ambulance. The exterior of his ambulance was covered all over with his cartoon drawings. After World War I, he returned to Kansas City, where he began his career as an advertising cartoonist. Here, in 1920 he created and marketed his first original animated cartoons. A few years later, he perfected a new method for combining live-action and animation. In Kansas City, Missouri, Walt Disney met animator, Ub Iwerks and composer Carl Stalling, whom later became important to his future success. Unfortunately, the company that they had started soon went bankrupt. In August of 1923, Walt Disney left Kansas...
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...greatest place on the earth. It is an imaginary place where you can really feel that you are enchanted. There is no place in the world that has this special magic which Disney has. It is the dream of every child, teenager, adult, and even mothers and fathers. I went there when I was fifteen years old and actually no one can imagine how happy I was; except who went there. In addition, I could not forget how my dad and mum were extremely happy with us; really it is a place where parents and children spend the most joyful time together. I choose to discuss this topic because many of us go there and spend unforgettable time, but we cannot imagine or think how the inventor of Disneyland (Walt Disney) achieved his dream. Disneyland process involves several steps in order to be done. On July 18, 1955 Walt Disney had invented his first theme park Disneyland after four years of working hard and extensively. The theme park was located in, California, U.S.A. Walt Disney came up with the concept of Disneyland in the 1930s and 1940s when he and his daughters visited the Griffith Park in Los Angeles and he came up with the idea of having a park where parents can spend enjoyable time with their children. But this dream took a long time to be a reality. Walt Disney was receiving many letters from the fans that they want to visit Disney studio so that he started thinking of building an adjacent tourist attraction in order to amuse fans. (Disneyland) Fig4.Chart shows the final picture of Disneyland...
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...every organization there are many different factors in which control the ins and outs of the operation and dictate the successfulness of the organization. In this paper I will be explaining these factors in The Walt Disney organization. I will be giving a breakdown of all of the following, Globalization, Technology, Innovation, Diversity, and Ethics. Along with the breakdown of each factor I will be highlighting examples in which The Walt Disney Company. has exceled to hold themselves true to the factors that are needed in the business world. Without large organization having all five of these factors with strong force the balance of the company is off tilt. Globalization Globalization in simple words would be the spread of a company over the entire globe, from one country to the next country in the process of selling their product and expanding their company’s empire. This factor is being grasped by many companies strongly with the help of the Internet. Companies such as Coke, Chevy, and even a small boot company Redwings Shoe companies all understand truly how important this factor is. One company that really understand the importance of globalization is The Walt Disney Company, this company goes above and beyond to embrace and reinforce globalization. The Walt Disney Company has opened 5 theme parks, two in the United States, one in Paris, one in Hong Kong, and the latest one in Tokyo. Every chance this company gets it is finding ways to expand its reach in different directions...
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...Matt Williams Splitting Hairs in Disney’s film Tangled Cinderella tells us that a dream is a wish that your heart makes, and following suit dreams play a large part in the newest Disney princess film, Tangled. In the end of the film Rapunzel holds Flynn and they admit their deep secret that they had become each other’s dream, and an “awww” moment ensues. The question to ask is “Where do these dreams come from?” and “What do these dreams mean?” Taking this second question, the implications of Rapunzel and Flynn’s dream impact more than just the world of the film. The Disney Princess films have been studied within an inch of their lives by a great number of scholars in a great number of fields. One common study takes the ideas of gender development and combines them with the Disney Princess films. However, the implications of gender do not stop here as gender identity can still be impacted as the viewers age. Interpretation of the princess films has been a huge aspect of their scholarly application as the behavior of the princesses, and princes, can be interpreted and compared with gender stereotypes and norms to assess the impact their portrayals can have on the viewing audience. The film Tangled is often seen as Disney’s take on a modern princess, and Rapunzel and Flynn have a great deal to contribute to both gender development study and media interpretation of gender. Gender development is a field of study which has been impacted in a number of ways by modern theorists...
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...Ask Walt Walt Disney in his office Walt Disney, on his daily rounds through Disneyland Walt Disney: A Short Biography Short Biography of Walt Disney (a condensed version of the Long Biography) Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago Illinois, to his father Elias Disney, and mother Flora Call Disney. Walt was one of five children, four boys and a girl. After Walt's birth, the Disney family moved to Marceline Missouri, Walt lived most of his childhood here. Walt had very early interests in art, he would often sell drawings to neighbors to make extra money. He pursued his art career, by studying art and photography by going to McKinley High School in Chicago. Walt began to love, and appreciate nature and wildlife, and family and community, which were a large part of agrarian living. Though his father could be quite stern, and often there was little money, Walt was encouraged by his mother, and older brother, Roy to pursue his talents. During the fall of 1918, Disney attempted to enlist for military service. Rejected because he was under age, only sixteen years old at the time. Instead, Walt joined the Red Cross and was sent overseas to France, where he spent a year driving an ambulance and chauffeuring Red Cross officials. His ambulance was covered from stem to stern, not with stock camouflage, but with Disney cartoons. Once Walt...
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