Sometime, in the yet to come… The Apparatus — copyright 2020 Sky Danley Productions
Oct
20
Oct
13
This document is a lengthy but ideal example of the great effort Walt put into creating his stories. It starts out with a story continuity, and then goes into a conference discussion to "plus the story," trying to achieve perfection -- and in my opinion, they got very close. Some... read more →
Oct
06
Sometime, in the yet to come… The Apparatus — copyright 2020 Sky Danley Productions
Sep
29
Walt and his Story Department continue working out the Soup Sequence. It starts out with an outline followed by a discussion. Note Walt does not want "too much dialogue" in this sequence. As a general rule, the old Disney always tried to minimize dialogue, whereas the new Disney seems to... read more →
Sep
22
This is an early storyboard drawing of Clyde P. Chickadee, Aviator Extraordinaire. Clyde is the narrator of my upcoming 17-miunte animated short, The Flying Moose. The chickadee is the official state bird of Maine, and the moose, as in The Flying 'MOOSE,' is the official state animal of Maine --... read more →
Sep
15
A short 2-page Story Notes document covering the soup sequence, discussing action and gags. One of the gags they discuss is a dwarf's hat going up and down while he eats. The "hat gag" is Disney's oldest and most often used gag. It first appears in Walt's Kansas City days,... read more →
Sep
08
Sometime, in the yet to come… The Apparatus — copyright 2020 Sky Danley Productions
Sep
01
A straight forward story conference on Snow White's Cleaning Sequence, where it's mostly Walt commenting on and approving story department sketches of gags:
Aug
25
Sometime, in the yet to come… The Apparatus — copyright 2020 Sky Danley Productions
Aug
18
It appears that this story conference was supplemented with a lot of storyboard sketches, which we don't have, but you can pretty much follow the thread without them. A lot of voice people also present. One of the listed participants is "Buchanan," who I'm assuming is Stuart Buchanan, the voice... read more →
