I'm not sure the date on this transcript is correct. The date is only posted on the cover page, not on the individual page headers or at the end, which... read more →
A story conference without Walt but fruitful nonetheless. I'm a sucker for gags, and I really like the unused suggestion that when mining the diamonds, one of Sneezy's sneezes blows... read more →
Mostly fine tuning the execution of the story -- the creation process is mostly over for this sequence. This is a dramatic sequence, so notice they are avoiding 'cartoony' effects.... read more →
A couple of quick comments on this story conference transcript: Avoid subtlety, go for directness with regard to story points (an example being the 'hag' change from Queen's breaking of... read more →
This story conference covers the Spook Sequence. There's not a lot of story creation, so I don't find this meeting as captivating, but it's important in showing the story staging,... read more →
Every time I read through these transcripts, I come away amazed at the level of detail they bore into -- it's what made the Disney Organization so great. I sometimes... read more →
A story meeting about Snow White escaping thru the woods. It's an example of a story conference without Walt (I have several). It appears that Dave Hand took over the... read more →
On October 7th, 1936, it looks like Walt and team are burning the midnight oil as this meeting ends at 11:30 p.m. I'm trying to get these transcripts out at... read more →
First, I can't believe so much time has passed since my last post -- I'm just so busy and finding spare time is increasingly difficult. I'm going to make a... read more →
In the 1930s, The Walt Disney Story Department developed a very effective technique of increasing the happy or sad feeling of their scenes by transitioning from the opposite in their... read more →