Walt Disney
All of you must have seen cartoons. Before cartoons were made, made, the Chinese people had invented something, they called the Shadow play.
Many years later, this Shadow play gave people the idea to make cartoons. Do you actually know, what cartoons are ?
Cartoons are a series of drawings, which are photographed and then pleayed as a film. When they are played as a film, the drawings seem to be moving. That is why cartoons are also called animated cartoons was created by Walt Disney. It was called 'The Steamboat Willie' and its hero was a lottle mouse named 'Micky Mouse'.
With this, Walt Disney as well as Micky Mouse became very famous. But this cartoon lasted only for a few minutes. Walt Disney wanted to make a cartoon that would last for at least an hour. He wanted to make the first cartoon film.
So, Walt Disney began to think of a good story. And finally, he selected the fairy-tale, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" because he thought that it was a perfect story as it had the prince, the princess, their love, the dwarfs for fun and the wicked queen as a vamp. And thus, very soon, Walt Disney and his company started working on their film.
Walt wanted to make a special personality in each of his characters evev the seven dwarfs. In the fairy tale, the dwarfs do not have names. They are always together. But Walt wanted to change that. So, he fave each of the dwarf a different name, a voice and a face.
He them Doc, Grumopy, Happy, Sneezy, Bashful, Sleepy and Dopey. The names were given according to the personality of each dwarf. Doc is clever, Grumpy is always angry, Happy is always happy, Sneezy sneezes a lot and Dopey is very silly.
Many famous people gave audition for the role of the characters. But, for Snow White, Walt wanted a special voice. He wanted the voice of a young, unkonwn girl. For many days, he searchedcd for the perfect voice. Then one day, he called a famous voice. coach and told him what he wanted. Adriana, the coach's young daughter was listening. Immediately, she said, "How about me ?"
Adriana had a clear and sharp voice. She soon won the role of the princess Snow Whie.
Walt Disney observed the way how she walked and talked. He used these Because of this , the characters in the film walked and behaved it in a very real manner. This was the first time, snbody had done something like this.
The artists worked for many months to draw each scene in the film. It took thousands of drawings and over seven hundred artists to complete the work.
When the film was finished, it even had songs. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released as a film in 1937. It was almost one and a half jour long. It soon got a huge success. It was released in over 60 countries and everywhere, people loced it . People actually went to the theatre to see an animated cartoon film.
When the film was finished, it even had songs. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released as a film in 1937. It was almost one and a half jour long. It soon got a huge success. It was released in over 60 countries and everywhere, people loced it . People actually went to the theatre to see an animated cartoon film.
Walt Disney and his company won many awards for the film.
After that, many people started making animated cartoon flms. In fact, now, computers are used to draw many of the scenes. This makes work a lot easier for the artists.
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