Walt Disney – Snow White STORY CONFERENCE – SEQUENCE 5-B (S.W. SENDS DWARFS OUT TO WASH), September 25, 1936 In a continual effort to create a better product, these historical... read more →
My son and I recently completed a wonderful 8-day visit to Paris, and for me, the highlight was the visit to Le Musée des Arts Décoratifs, where they're hosting 'The... read more →
Not directly related to the story line but a very important technique of Walt's entertainment value is INCIDENTAL ACTIONS: "WALT: As an incidental action, when the turtle gets up from... read more →
A lengthy story meeting, considering how short the sequence is. Actually, the final sequence was cut back a lot from what was discussed here. For example, the fight scene completely... read more →
I imagine most people will not find this document as interesting as the other. For me, though, it's far more interesting because it shows their process of gagging a story.... read more →
On this night before Christmas in the year 2020, I thought we'd flash back 87 years to the Walt Disney Studio's 1933 Silly Symphony, The Night Before Christmas. For each... read more →
This story conference dealt with the ALONE IN THE WOODS SEQUENCE, a continuation of the story conference they held 6-days prior, which transcript I posted two weeks ago. In this... read more →
This excerpt, more than anything, shows Walt's optimism for life, and more than anything else, this evident optimism, in my opinion, is what propelled his success: "Get the thought that... read more →
Just a couple of comments of the Disney story structure method that came out in this meeting: Early on, Walt commented both "Get the contrast in there" and "that is... read more →
From a story perspective, I did find the following bit interesting: "Maybe you could have a broken rake for the combing of his beard." When studying creativity, there's a great... read more →