Apr
28
The is the first story meeting after a 10 and 1/2 months hiatus, and not a whole lot of Snow White story work was completed during that time. It's rumored that during this time, Walt had another nervous breakdown and subsequently went on a 6-week trip to Europe to get...
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Apr
21
Since we're still in a pandemic, and you may be at home with a child who is trying to understand what's going on, you can't find a better film to explain how the immune system fights the coronavirus than this film. Like Mary Poppins and Song of the South, it...
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Apr
14
The is a continuity of the first "Magic Mirror" scene, describing the approach to the mirror room, the physical mirror appearance, and how the mirror works. The story man references "mirror shakes his head like the Boogey Men, ending in a series of Russ Powell pops... Russ Powell popping sound...
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Apr
07
In our current Pandemic environment, I thought it'd be nice to review a 1945 film made by Walt Disney called, How Disease Travels. It's pretty dry of the traditional Disney story telling methods, but the second half has pertinent information about preventing transmission by covering up while coughing (today, using...
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Mar
31
Sometime, in the yet to come… The Apparatus — copyright 2020 Sky Danley Productions
Mar
24
In just three months, Walt has now put together the basic Snow White story continuity. The big change in this latest outline is reducing from two times the Queen attempts to kill Snow White, to just one (eliminating the poison comb, keeping only the poison apple). There is still more...
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Mar
17
Sometime, in the yet to come… The Apparatus -- copyright 2020 Sky Danley Productions
Mar
10
At the same time Walt is developing the Snow White story continuity, he is also working on the more nebulous task of developing its character personalities, particularly the dwarfs. He obviously believes that these dwarf personalities must be developed early in the story continuity process, presumably because they will inherently...
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Mar
03
Hawaiian Holiday Title Card I'd never, ever surfed before this first attempt in Hawaii last week, and I can now, with confidence, say that it's an extremely difficult sport, requiring a lot of core muscle strength and even more balance coordination. The whole experience reminded me of a toddler learning...
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Feb
25
I believe this is the dialogue sheet referenced at the end of the November 19, 1934 Gag Outline: ...available from "Harry Bailey in Music Room Number Four." I've never really been good with dialogue, so I'm hesitant to comment on this document other that to say they've inserted a lot...
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