The Orlando Generation with Subtitles

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Documentary: The Orlando Generation

Over the course of the semester my argument has changed from ‘We need to bring back the animation studios to Orlando’ to ‘We need to remember the animation studios and the legacy that they have left behind for us.’ We have grown up during the Renaissance period of Disney animation, and it is important for us to know that it is our job to preserve that legacy. Additionally, it is our job to keep an open mind and help inspire the future generations.

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Blog Post 6: Documentary Script

Documentary Script

• 1940 Fantasia
• Mickey Mouse Stars as the Sorcerer’s Apprentice
• 1989 The Disney Renaissance Begins
• The Little Mermaid
• Is the last film to use hand painted cel animation
• 80% of the film needed special effect. Most of the these effects were done through computer animation
• *29.3 seconds segments of Ariel singing Part of Your World reprise*

• 1991 The tradition continues
• Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
• Beauty and the Beats was the first major film to combine innovative computer assisted animation with regular hand drawn animation. “Be Our Guest” which was created in Orlando is a famous example of traditional animation with CGI
• *37.7 seconds segment of Be Our Guest*

• 1992 A princess is born
• Disney’s Aladdin
• In the Orlando animation Studios concept art for princess Jasmine was created
• Jasmine’s facial features were based on the animator’s sister; while the other main inspiration remains anonymous
• At the Orlando animation studio, a young guest walked by the windows. Her long, black hair inspired Princess jasmines iconic hair
• 1998 Orlando’s first full length animated film

• Disney’s Mulan
• Disney’s 36^th animated film produced entirely in Orlando, FL
• Mulan took 5 years to complete
• Mulan was the first Disney film not made in Burbank, CA
• Mulan helped define the Generation of Disney Animation. And became like a Snow White for the Orlando Animation Studio.
• The Combined efforts of 70 artists and computer generated animation helped create unforgettable sequences such as the Hun soldier mountain attack, and the final scene
• 2,000 Hun soldiers charged down the mountain to counter Mulan and her friends
• In the Final scene the crowd features about 30,000 lanterns
• Fantasmic Comes to Orlando October 15, 1998
• March 28, 2001 the sorcerer’s hat becomes and iconic figure for MGM Park
• 2002 Disney’s out of this world film

• Disney’s Lilo & Stitch
• Lilo was not in the original concept of the plot
• It is the first film since Dumbo to use watercolor backgrounds
• After visiting Hawaii the filmmakers were struck by the concept of ‘ohana’ and made it the focus of the film
• Lilo & Stitch is the first animated film based in Hawaii
• The voice actors of Nani and David helped the writers tailor the lines so they had correct Hawaiian slang
• *13.7 seconds segment clip from the Lilo & Stitch film*
  • “Hi.” -Lilo
  • “H-Hi”-Stitch
  • “Wow”-Lilo
  • “Oh yes all of our dogs are adoptable. Except that one!”-Adoption Agent
• January 12, 2004
• Walt Disney Animation Studios closes in Orlando
• Thusly uprooting the culture that had started to develop there
• Animation desks we left empty
• Marking only the beginning of the changes to come
• The name of the park changed over from MGM to Hollywood Studios January 7, 2008

• On December 6, 2012 New Fantasyland opened in the Magic Kingdom
• Featuring rides, meet and greets, and restaurants based on animated films produced in Orlando
• Such as The Little Mermaid
• And Beauty and the Beast
• November 27, 2013 Burbank’s sister princesses
• Disney’s Frozen
• This global phenomenon stars two sister princesses, Elsa.
• And Anna
• With the release of this film is one of the most remixed and covered Disney songs of all time
• Let It Go
• *2.6 minutes of multiple people singing Let It Go*
  • “Let it go. Let it go. Can’t hold it back anymore. Let it go. Let it go. Turn my back and slam the door.”
  • “The snow glows white on the mountain tonight. Not a footprint to be seen. A kingdom of isolation, and it looks like I’m the queen. The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside. Couldn’t keep in it Heaven knows I’ve tried.”
  • “Don’t let them in. Don’t let them see. Be the good girl you always have to be.”
  • “Conceal don’t feel, don’t let them know. Well, now they know.Let it go!Let it go!”
  • “Let it go! Let it go! I’m one with the wind and sky. Let it go! Let it go! You’ll never see me cry. Here I stand, and here I’ll stay.”
  • “Let the storm rage on. The cold never bothered me anyway. It’s funny how some distance makes everything seems small, and the fears that once controlled me can’t get to me at all.”
  • “It’s time to see what I can do. To test the limits an break through. No right, no wrong, no rules for me. I’m free!”
  • “Let it go! And I’ll raise like the break of dawn. Let it go! Let it go!”
  • Let it go! Let it go! That perfect girl is gone. Here is stand in the light of day. Let the storm rage on! The cold never bothered me anyway.”
• This franchise quickly found a home in Orlando’s Hollywood Studios on July 5, 2014
• The Frozen characters appear in parades, sing-alongs, stage performances, and even a film short that guest could view.
• The Force Awakens On May 16, 2014 Production of the next installment of the Star Wars saga began. With growing Anticipation for the new movie Disney’s Hollywood Studio decided that it was time that they start to make room for the new demands…
• On January 7, 2015 Sorcerer Mickey’s Hat closes
• Preparations for deconstructions begin
• February 25, 2015 The Sorcerer’s Hat is completely gone and replaced with only a stage
• July 12, 2015 Magic of Disney animation shuts down
• The Magic of Disney Animation was the last piece of the original Orlando Animation Studio
• Replacing the Magic of Disney Animation is the Launch Bay
• Disney announced that they are planning on renaming Hollywood studios again
• Changes may come, but if can preserve the past then we can safeguard the future
• *23.4 second segment about Disney Repository*
  • “We are a repository for all of the original animation and artwork that was produced for the Disney features and shorts from the late 1920’s to present day. Anybody who needs animation artwork for any project they’re working on will come to us. Keeping the artwork so it can patently reused, repurposed, or just used for inspiration and education has allowed us to develop this particular collection of over 60 million pieces of artwork here. There is no other archieve like this in the world.
• The location is lost, no the animation
• November 23, 2016 Disney will present its next Princess film
• *7.8 second Moana trailer*
  • “Moana”-Announcer One
  • “The movie tells the story of a young girl name Moana who leaves her island home to explore what’s behind the horizon.” -Announcer Two
• Many are calling Moana the first film to have a truly Orlando vibe to it. Reminding people of Lilo and Stitch, and with the promise of adventure like many of the Orlando Princesses.

• When the Orlando animation studios left the culture shifted
• We tried to accommodate the studios absence by adopting the Burbank culture
• We may know all the words to the songs. We love the movies. We may even adapt to their culture.
• However, in the end we are the Orlando generation. And we will never forget the movies, the memories, or the magic.

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Extra Credit:Power of the Hashtag

Cyberspace is a place for people with different sexualities, race, and disabilities come together to share their different point of views. Via social media platforms these different groups can make social movements, trend important topics, and even remix cultural norms.

For the Twitter campaign, #BringBackOurGirls, helped increase media focus on the topic of the missing girls in Nigeria. However during the presentation it was noted that media awareness is not always a good thing. Attention does not always bring about action. Just using the hashtag did not bring back the girls that were kidnapped by terrorist. Some even stated that the tweets were useless since could only inform other Twitter users about the event, and to learn more Twitter users need to do further research.

In order to raise attention for the #BringBackOur Girl campaign Michelle Obama posted a picture of herself holding a sign with the hashtag. However, the Internet remixed the Internet to talk about the amount of lives that her husband has taken of women elsewhere in the world.

Another hashtag campaign #YesAllWomen reached out to a diversified audience and has been used an average of 1.2 million times. This hashtag is used to combat misogyny. However, a response hashtag has sprung up known as #NotAllMen.

To create a hashtag that will bring about a change phrasing is important. The phrasing should be all-inclusive. The creator needs to think about who can be excluded from the hashtag and how misunderstanding may occur.

 

 

Blog 5: “Walking Home”

The clip that I watched is called “Walking Home” part of the Media That Matters 11 series. This clip shows the importance of holding your head high even when times look tough. However this isn’t a jolly film about skipping off into the sunset.

The film argues that outward appearances and current living environment do not dictate the type of person that someone can be. This is portrayed through the simple act of walking down the street, which most people can relate to.

 

Instead of throwing facts and statics down the viewer’s throat, the clip uses logos in a different way. They gave the facts about each of the girls names and their meanings to show their individuality, and to give the audience a sense of connection with each of the girls.

Another way that the argument is supported is through pathos. By creating a scene on the street where a man constantly confronts a girl that he doesn’t even know anything about. He catcalls to her provocatively, but instead of fighting against him she continues walking. She knows that she will find someplace better if she does. This scene is repeated throughout the clip by referencing the phrase, “You see me on the street. A woman with brown silky legs, small breast…” It is a story of overcoming obstacles and finding happiness.

For this clip the filmmaker’s persuasive devices and film techniques helped add structure to clip. Instead of the clip feeling rushed with the details it was nicely paced, and all of the information was neatly presented. It was a pleasant walk not a mad dash to click on a new video.

Overall, the video was inspiring, and presented the thesis well. Sharing the idea that no matter where you come from or what challenges you face you can still hold your head high.

 

 

Blog 4: Re-Remix

After seeing other examples of the remixes I decided to redo my blog post. This time I added a classic song from the hit movie Dirty Dancing. This song itself has been remixed before, but I have used the original version of the audio. It shows the upbeat and happy times in the Orlando animation studio, and how it had a positive impact on the audiences that the films were developed for. Additionally, I changed the filter of the video to a black-and-white one to give it a historic aspect. However, I kept the motion picture clips in their colorful totality. Towards the end I have the closing of the animation studios in color, and a sober organ plays showing the heart-wrenching disaster that has befallen the studios.

Little Mermaid Remix

For the Remix Project the different media that I will be analyzing are Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Mermaid and Disney’s The Little Mermaid.

  

The different media changes the message of the work in different fundamental ways including: story, target audience, and delivery. For Hans Christian Anderson’s Fairy Tale version of The Little Mermaid the overall story is dark, and chilling. The target audience for the fairy tale is still children and young adults, but instead of bringing smiles to young children this is a tale of heartbreak and sorrow. On the other hand, Disney’s version of The Little Mermaid encompasses cheerful film with upbeat songs, lovable characters, and a happily remixed version of the original story.

  

In both stories the ‘Little Mermaid’ is the youngest of all her sisters, and her father is windowed.

However, in Hans Christian Anderson’s version once the mermaids turned 15 they were allowed to go to the surface, and they all loved it.

 

Both ‘Little Mermaid’s saved the prince from drowning.

 

However, the story about the statue of the prince is a little different. In the original version, the ‘Little Mermaid’ happens to frequent a statue garden and admires a statue and believes that the prince looks like one of the statues. In the remix, Eric is given a statue of himself as a birthday gift then it ends up in Ariel’s possession.

 

Both ‘Little Mermaid’s decide to make a deal with the sea witch to become human.

 In the original, the ‘Little Mermaid’ had her tongue cut off to pay for the deal. And to brighten up the remix, Disney only made her lose her voice. After both ‘Little Mermaid’s were done making poor life decisions they became humans.

Unfortunately for Hans Christian Anderson’s ‘Little Mermaid’ her quest for her prince did not turn out favorably. In the end she casted herself out into the ocean, and she turned into sea foam.

 

On the other hand, Disney’s ‘Little Mermaid’ was able to transform into human to reunite with her prince. They lived happily ever after, and she didn’t turn into sea foam.

 

A statue was created in honor of the classic fairy tale of The Little Mermaid, and during the film Ariel takes on the iconic pose of the statue.

These changes affect the message of story from don’t give out your heart too easily to never give up on your dreams. The endings of the story as well as other elements changed, but overall the main story remained intact throughout the remixing process.

Both of these works would not work towards the same audience any longer since children would much prefer the happily singing Little Mermaid remix that common culture has grown to know. Compared the audience of the darker fairy tale, which would probably be young adults. Both works cater to the need for entertainment by showing love and misunderstandings. The main difference is the form in which the audience wishes the view the information, and the ending that they wish to receive.

  

The differences in audiences can be seen through simple gifs. From the terrified audience of Hans Christian Anderson’s fairy tale verses Disney’s audience of this featured length film.

When remixed by a new artist the work can lose the darker elements that were used as teaching elements. However some things that are gained through remixing are new life lessons, and renewed interest in the original work.

The whole story by Hans Christian Anderson can be found here

Blog Post 4: Remix

 

For this assignment I have remixed my visual narrative. In this version I have added new photos showing concept art, character models, and movie screenshots. Over the pictures I have placed written text that depicts the facts that I wish to share with my audience. Along with the words on the screen, I have included my voice to read the words to the viewer. These facts inform the viewer about the making of the film, production, and about how this animation process differs from other animation processes. The facts also show how with each film the Disney Orlando Animation studio was making an imprint for themselves on the population of not only their local community, but globally with the works they were producing.

I introduced the innovative thinking, the new technology, and the creative processes that went into each film created. Also, I have went though twitter to find tweets about the films that I am analyzing to see how they have impacted the general population. I have allowed this part to have no audio so that the viewer can form their own opinion on the films. I do not want my voice inflections to frame their view on the films.

Additionally, I have incorporated memorable clips from the mentioned motion pictures. I have managed to find clips that were either shared by the Disney Company, or I asked for permission to use them from the original source. Beside the clips I also have an audio portion of the overall narrative that has been altered since the last posting. The audio can be found as an undercurrent while I am talking, and while the facts are being presented. For the over arching theme of my video, I am planning on keeping my video in chronological order. This will help show how the animation studios help shape the Orlando culture, but then how their removal caused a chain reaction of changes to occur.

Besides just showing how animation has changed I also showed how the animation films inspired events and buildings inside of the park. Based on the Fantasia film Disney decided to start the famous nighttime show ‘Fantasmic’ at MGM. This nighttime spectacular is still running to this day. Another inspiration from Fantasia was Mickey’s monumental Sorcerer’s Apprentice Hat that stood in the heart of MGM. However, following the removal of the animation studios and the parks name change: the hat stood for only a short while thereafter. To this day Mickey’s Sorcerer’s Apprentice Hat still is one of the most memorable icons of the Studios.

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Blog Post 3: Journey into the Unknown

1. When I typed in ‘City Government’ into the Tags a list of locations came up separated into events or locations.

 

2. When I zoomed in on the map I am in Oviedo, Florida.

3. I made an account and my user name is alexisvhart, but now that I moved on to fine information on my topic I cannot find anything. I watched the Quick tour three times now, and I looked at the FAQ/ Tutorial page

 

4. No matter the combination, title, tags, or text used to search the site says that there are zero results for anything related to Disney

 

5. Without any files I am unable to select a curator, source, coverage, external references. I cannot make my own tags or place the file into my backpack.

6. If I was able to however I would probably name by backpack: Disney Documentary.

Visual Narrative: The Sorcerer’s Hat

Alexis Hart

Dr. Wheeler

ENC 3433

19 February 2016

 

When people think of Orlando one of the first things that come to mind is Walt Disney World. Since the turn of the century each of Disney’s four main theme parks has had an icon that helped gather and represent the premise of the park. For Magic Kingdom Cinderella’s castle awaits guests as they marched down Main Street U.S.A, in EPCOT the giant ball known as Spaceship Earth greets guests as the enter the park, and in the center of Animal Kingdom sits the Tree of Life hosting It’s Tough to Be a Bug. For many years now people have associated Hollywood Studios (MGM) with Sorcerer Mickey’s Hat; which was added for the 100 years of Magic Celebration.

This memorable icon was based off of the famous Mickey Mouse’s appearance as the Sorcerer’s apprentice in Fantasia in 1940. Mickey Mouse’s role in Fantasia also inspired the famous nighttime spectacular known as Fantasmic; which still is performed to this day. The show encompasses Mickey along with his friends from some of the most classic Disney animated films; most of which were animated by the Orlando animation studio team. In the Orlando animation studio connected to Hollywood Studios (MGM), some of the most beloved Disney classics were created and conceptualized.

The ink and painting for Disney’s The Little Mermaid, the Be Our Guest scene from Beauty and the Beast, the character concept art and idea for Jasmine from Aladdin, Mulan, Lilo and Stitch, and other classic films were created in the Disney Orlando Animation Studio. However, the Disney Corporation decided that they would close down the animation studio. Instead they would move all animation over to California, and have their entire animation team working under one roof. The removal of the animation studio was the first ripple in the pool that sparked the beginning of things to come for Hollywood Studios (MGM).

In the coming years they declared that the name of the theme park would be changed from MGM Studios to Hollywood Studios since it incorporated the theme of the park better. Following this announcement, they announced that the Sorcerer’s hat was scheduled for deconstruction. By the beginning of 2015 one of Orlando’s most memorable icons vanished without a trace.

The park still exhibits the classic animated characters through different shows, merchandise, and rides. Now with the studios missing from Orlando, and the Sorcerer’s hat gone part of the Orlando culture seems to have been misplaced. In its place in attractions and shows have been added such as Frozen and Star Wars.

Works Cited

Drees, Rich. “Disney Closes Florida Animation Studio: An In Depth Look At What Is Viewed As The End Of Traditional Animation at Walt Disney Studios.” Filmbluffonline.com. Web. 12 February 2016.

DisneyWorldMusic. “08 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice [Paul Dukas]” Online video clip. Youtube. Youtube, 2 August 2011. Web. 13 February 2016.

Mauney, Matt. “Disney Hollywood Studios: The Hat is Gone”. Orlando Sentinel. Web. 12 February 2016.

MoneySavingVideos. “Comeplete 2016 Fantasmic! Show at Disneyland” Online video clip. Youtube. Youtube, 4 March 2013. Web. 13 February 2016.

Wikipedia contributors. “Sorcerer’s Hat” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Web. 12 February 2016.

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