Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a reserve Armée de l'Air (French Air Force) pilot that wrote 'The Little Prince' children's book while in exile from occupied France in WW2 -- writing... 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 →
I had been working on my southern Little Kit story a couple of weeks ago, the Little Kit's Driftwood Adventure story, when I read that Jon Batiste received an academy... read more →
This story conference dealt with the HUNTSMAN IN THE WOODS SEQUENCE, a continuation of a story conference they held 6-days prior, which transcript I posted back in November. This is... read more →
So here we are at the end of 2020 -- good riddance. Here's wishing for a great new year !!! ["It can't get no worse" -- John Lennon, Getting Better]... read more →
I'm in the process of recording music for my 16-minute cartoon, so I refreshed myself with this historic Disney Music Department Lecture that was referenced in "Walt's November 23rd, 1935... read more →
This document has two different dates, December 15th in the header and December 13th at the end. It was a very involved meeting and typical of most story meetings that... read more →
Very quick one-page document upload today. They discussed several gags, and the complete document can be downloaded here:
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... read more →