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nized sound. The film proved very successful, and in 1929 Walt incorporated Walt Disney Productions. Disney did almost no character drawings after the mid-1920s. He busied himself with improving production techniques and expanding the market for his company’s cartoons. Fueled by an extraordinary imagination, Disney was the first to produce a full-color cartoon, the Dwarfs came out in 1937. It took three years of work and required the talents of about 750 artists. Many had trained at a school Disney established for upcoming animators. Disney expanded his work to include live-action films (Treasure Island in 1950 was his first), wildlife films, television shows and theme parks. California’s Disneyland opened in 1955. All Disney motion pictures made during his lifetime reflected his personal viewpoint about positive human characteristics. The films typically had an upbeat moral to them. Disney married Lillian Bounds in 1925, and the couple had two daughters. Disney enjoyed model railroading, polo, and lawn bowling. He Lobby card for Disney’s died in 1966 and was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Detail from Walt Disney’s multiplane camera patent Used by permission from Disney Enterprises, Inc. posthumously inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame in 2000. References Finch, Christopher. (1973). The art of Walt Disney. Harry N. Abrams Publishers. Greene, Katherine & Richard. (2001). Inside the dream. Roundtable Press. Rothe, Anna (Ed.). (1953). Current biography: 1952. H. W. Wilson Publishers. ©Disney Enterprises, Inc. 1932 Flowers and Trees. The newly patented color method was called Technicolor. Disney entered into an exclusive short-term contract for its use with animated films. In 1938, Disney made a patent application for his multiplane camera. Earlier animation celluloids had been placed directly on top of a background as each film frame was photographed. But that method eliminated the perception of depth, especially when a character moved toward the camera or away from it. Disney’s multiplane camera added the illusion of depth to animated films. It photographed through five stacked panes of glass. The first two were for the characters. The next two were for the background. And the fifth was fixed as the sky. Using the camera required a great deal of manipulation, which made it expensive to operate. Disney received a patent for the camera in 1940. Disney used his camera with Technicolor film to produce the first full-length, animated, color motion picture. Snow White and the Seven www.techdirections.com TECHNOLOGY’S PAST 11 http://www.devry2.com/energize1_techdir http://www.devry2.com/energize1_techdir http://www.techdirections.com

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