1. …it was all started by a mouse!
Presentation of Anna Kiefer and Sonja Kukor
2. topics:
• Walter Elias: - some facts
- biography
• The Walt Disney Company
• Mickey Mouse: - some facts
- genesis
- voice
- development
- recent history
• Donald Duck: - some facts
- history
- characterization
- development
3. Walter Elias Disney:
born: December 5, 1901 Chicago, Illinois
died: December 15, 1966 Burnbank, California
interred: Forest Lawn Memorial Park
wife: Lillian Bounds ( 1925-1966)
Children: - Diane Marie Disney
- Sharon May Disney
4. biography
• his parents were Elias Disney and Flora Call Disney
• he’s grown up with 4 brothers and sisters
• in 1906 his family moved to a farm in Marceline ,
Missouri
• become interested in drawing at an early age
5. • with 14 he visited the Kansas city art institute
• later he visited the McKinley High School in Chicago
• dropped out of high school at age of 16
• Acceded by the red cross
• By the first world wear he was sent to Franc where he drove
an ambulance
6. • 1919 he left home and started his artistic career in Kansas City
• with Ubbe “Ub” Iwerks he charted short advertising films
• he and his brother Roy founded a little company
(Alice Comedies)
• In 1923 the company was renamed in “ Walt Disney company”
• 1925 he married Lillian Bounds
• The Mickey Mouse was created in 1926
7. • With “Flowers and trees “ he wan his first Academy Award
• 1934 Donald Ducks first carton
• 1937 Snow white and the seven Dwarfs come in the cinema
• After the second world war he produced (realfilmes)
• On a business trip to Chicago in the late 40’s he had the idea
for an amusement park
8. • He bought an area in the south of Los Angeles
• The park was opened at the 17.7.1955
• In 1964 he bought a second area to build a theme park on it
• The last film in witch he participated was Mary Poppins from
1964
• 15.12.1966 Walter Disney died on lung cancer
9. The Walt Disney Company
- Founded in Los Angeles, California (October 16, 1923)
- Founders are Walt and Roy Disney
- the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of
revenue
- became publicly-traded as Walt Disney Productions in 1938
- today one of the largest and best-known studios in
Hollywood
- An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company,
Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot
11. Mickey Mouse
- has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company
one of the most universal symbols
of the 20 Century
- was created in 1928 by Walt Disney
and Ub Iwerks
Debut on November 18, 1928
12. genesis
- was created as a replacement for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
- In the spring of 1928, Disney asked Ub Iwerks to start
drawing up new character ideas
- 1925, Hugh Harman drew some sketches of mice
inspired Iwerks to create a new mouse character
"Mortimer Mouse" (original name)
- renamed from his wife in Mickey Mouse
- 15 May 1928 debuted in a test screening
it failed
13. - 18 November 1928 Steamboat Willie was first released
in New York
- until The Karnival Kid in 1929: first spoken words
("Hot dogs, Hot dogs!“)
-In 1930, the first Mickey Mouse Clubs were born
-"Cactus Kid" ( released on April 11, 1930)
Western movie
last Mickey short to be animated by Ub Iwerks.
- Iwerks left to start his own studio
14. - Disney continued the production
Mickey's popularity would rise
- on January 13, 1930 first Mickey Mouse newspaper
comic-strip appearance
- by 1934, Mickey merchandise had earned
$600,000.00 a year
- 1935, special award from the League of Nations
for creating Mickey
15. - 1935, begin to phase out the Mickey Mouse Clubs,
due to administration problems
- 1938, the more manic Donald Duck would surpass
the passive Mickey
Mickey was colored and partially redesigned
would reach popularity he never reached before
- after 1940, Mickey's popularity would decline until his
1955 re-emergence as a daily children's television
personality
- on January 13, 1930 first Mickey Mouse newspaper comic
strip appearance
16. voice
A large part of Mickey's screen persona is his famously
shy, falsetto voice:
- Walt himself was voice actor
- Jimmy MacDonald took over the role in 1946
- from 1955 to 1959 Disney provided
Mickey's voice again
- Bret Iwan is the current voice of Mickey
19. recent history
- on November 18, 1978 in honor of his 50th birthday,
the first cartoon character to have a star on
the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 1994, "The Band Concert" was voted the
third-greatest cartoon of all time
- since 1999, many television programs have centered
around Mickey
- Mickey was the Grand Marshal of the Tournament
of Roses Parade on New Year's Day 2005
21. Donald Duck
- First appearance: The Wise Little Hen, 1934
(Silly Symphonies)
official Birthday on 9 June of 1934
- Created by Walt Disney and Dick Lundy
- Voiced by: Clarence Nash (1934–1985)
Tony Anselmo (1985–present)
- voted as the third most popular cartoon character
of all time
22. History
- was created by Walt Disney
wanted a character that could portray more negative
character traits
- 1931 first called in a publication of Mickey Mouse
- on June 9, 1934 first appeared in The Wise Little Hen
(Silly Symphonies cartoon)
- 1934 first appearance in comic-strip format
(The Wise Little Hen)
- next shot Little Boy Blue
23. - appearing regularly in most Mickey Mouse cartoons
- first solo cartoons started on the January 9, 1937
( Don Donald)
with his love Donna duck (renamed in Daisy Duck)
- by 1938, polls showed that Donald was more popular
than Mickey Mouse
- become a part of the famed trio
Mickey, Donald and Goofy
24. Characterization
- easily provoke + explosive temper
times when he fights to keep his temper
- in contrast: his positive look on life
- very brave
- likes to brag
- tendency to get into trouble
- huge stubbornness and commitment
- at times can be lazy
once he has committed to something he goes in
for it 100%
25. development
similar to his modern look:
- the feather and beak colors
- a blue sailor shirt and hat
- same personality
changes:
- in 1936, a bit fuller, rounder
and cuter
- his features are more elongated
- his body plumper
- his feet smaller
