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Oct 13

Story Conference on Snow White’s SPOOK SEQUENCE, May 21st, 1936

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 →

October 13, 2020
Michael Sky Danley
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Disney, Historical, Snow White, Story Blog

Oct 06

Sometime, in the yet to come… XIV

October 6, 2020
Michael Sky Danley
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Sky Danley Productions, Story Blog, The Apparatus

Sep 29

Story Conference on Snow White’s SOUP SEQUENCE, April 1st, 1936

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 →

September 29, 2020
Michael Sky Danley
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Disney, Historical, Snow White, Story Blog

Sep 22

Clyde P. Chickadee, Aviator Extraordinaire

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 →

September 22, 2020
Michael Sky Danley
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Sky Danley Productions, Story Blog, The Flying Moose

Sep 15

Story Notes on Snow White’s SOUP SEQUENCE, March 2nd, 1936

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 →

September 15, 2020
Michael Sky Danley
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Disney, Historical, Snow White, Story Blog

Sep 08

Sometime, in the yet to come… XIII

September 8, 2020
Michael Sky Danley
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Sky Danley Productions, Story Blog, The Apparatus

Sep 01

Story Conference on Snow White’s CLEANING SEQUENCE, January 21st, 1936

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… XII

Aug 18

Story Conference on Snow White’s SEQUENCE 8-A ENTERTAINMENT, January 18th, 1936

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 →

Aug 11

Story Conference on Snow White’s CLEANING SEQUENCE, January 17th, 1936, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

This is a story CONFERENCE, not the typical story MEETING. More participants are invited, from outside the story department. It it appears that a request was previously sent out requesting ideas for story improvement (PLUS-ing) of the Cleaning Sequence. My favorite visual "PLUS-ing" gag came from Phil: When the little... read more →