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know Disney?
Quiz: How well do you
hildren around the globe are introduced to Disney at an early age. The “magic of Disney” runs rampant among young children, teens, and adults alike. Disney is a powerhouse. The corporation has successfully marketed nearly everything, from popular movies to iceskating musicals to exotic vacation destinations. Walt Disney founded the company in 1923, and the company quickly skyrocketed. In 2013 alone, the company grossed 9.59 billion dollars in revenue. Beyond the monetary
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aspect though, Disney truly knows its audience, and the corporation is very good at targeting that group with its products. It is evident that their efforts to make the corporation into an empire have earned them much success. Standout Disney movies include “Toy Story,” “Cinderella,” “Finding Nemo,” “Aladdin,” and countless others. The Disney princesses showcased in these movies have become world
What movie is Prince Charming from?
A. Beauty and the Beast
B. Sleeping Beauty
C. The Little Mermaid D. Cinderella
What is Cinderella’s evil stepmother’s name? A. Madame Belmonte C. Lady Tremaine D. Lady Hanover B. Madame Worsley
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Upon which Shakespearean tragedy was the Lion King loosely based? C. Othello A. Macbeth B. Romeo and Juliet D. Hamlet
In the movie Aladdin, who did Aladdin pretend to be to win Princess Jasmine’s heart? C. Prince Ali A. A prince D. Aladdin B. Prince Abubu
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renowned, some becoming regular household names. Whether or not Disney stays a
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Which of the names below is not a sister of Ariel? A. Andrina B. Airdella
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C. Arista D. Adella
powerhouse for many generations to come is unknown, but there is no doubt that Disney has left a lasting impression on all its viewers, young and old alike. Many do not know that Disney had to mortgage his house in order to produce his first film, and that risk definitely paid off in the end. As Disney once said, “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.”
Fun Facts
Animation over time
1. The production of Finding Nemo harmed clownfish populations after people started buying tons of pet clownfish after seeing the movie. 2. A hyena biologist sued Disney for portraying hyenas as villains in The Lion King. 3. 101 Dalmatians, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and Mulan are among the only animated Disney films where both parents are present and do not die during the course of the movie. 4. Jackie Chan provided the speaking and singing voice for Beast in the Chinese version of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. 5. Aladdin’s appearance was almost based on Michael J. Fox, but was later changed and modeled after Tom Cruise. source: buzz feed
Surprise Appearances 1. Doug, the loveable dog from Up, makes an appearance as a shadow on a wall in Ratatouille. 2. Nemo makes an appearance in Brother Bear and Monsters Inc. 3. Rapunzel and Flynn from Tangled make a short appearance in Frozen.
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What is the name of Mulan’s love interest?
A. Li Shang B. Yao
C. Shan-Yu D. Ling
In the film 101 Dalmatians, who are the two men who capture the dalmatians for Cruella De Vil? A. Borace and Gasper B. Morace and Casper
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In Pocahontas what is Governor Ratcliffe’s dog called? C. Muppet A. Percy D. Micko B. Thomas
What animal does Bambi call a flower? A. Rabbit B. Deer
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C. Horace and Jasper D. Norace and Yasper
C. Bird D. Skunk
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Who’s the restaurant owner who treats Lady and Tramp to a romantic spaghetti dinner? C. Carlo A. Luigi D. Giuseppe B. Tony Answers: 1. B, 2. C, 3. D, 4. C, 5. B, 6. A, 7. C, 8. A, 9. D, 10. B
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Disney takes you on a magic couch ride
4. The King and the Grand Duke from Cinderella appear during the wedding scene in The Little Mermaid. 5. Belle makes an appearance in the the begining of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
source: mental_floss
Snow White and the 1937 Seven Dwarfs This film is thought to be the most technically perfect of Disney’s.
Bambi
Animators filmed entire movie in live-action sequences to pinpoint character movement.
Peter Pan 1953 The “painterly” scenes were influenced by Eyvind Earle.
1. Scar (The Lion King) 2. Cruella de Vil (101 Dalmatians) 3. Ursula (The Little Mermaid) 4. Wicked Stepmother (Cinderella) 5. Jafar (Aladdin) 6. The Evil Queen (Snow White) 7. Gaston (Beauty and the Beast) 8. Hades (Hercules) 9. Claude Frollo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) 10. Captain Hook (Peter Pan) Source: Huffington Post
1940 Pinochio Animators listened to lectures from animals experts and studied fawns in the studio.
1950 Cinderella Disney wanted to make this movie since 1935, but there were rights issues.
Sleeping
1959 Beauty
101 Dalmatians 1961
Animators used a scanning technique to transfer drawings into cels.
Last Disney animated film to use hand drawn cel animation.
1989 The Little
Beauty and 1991 the Beast
Animators incorporated a 3D ballroom with 2D animation.
CGI techniques allowed animators to create the magic carpet ride.
The Lion King
1994
This film took five years to makes and considered one of the most challenging.
Hercules
Famously Wicked
1942
First feature length film to use the multiplane camera.
1997
Animators were able to move Huns without animating each one with new technology.
Tarzan
1999
Animators went back to classic Disney animation style of 2D hand drawing.
Tangled
2010
Animators travelled to Canada and Norway to study lights refractions on snow and ice.
Mermad
1992 Aladdin Animators studied lions and other African animals in studio.
1995 Pocahontas First animated film to morph objects using computer technology.
1998 Mulan Painted brushstrokes on computer generated backgrounds was developed.
2009 The Princess
and the Frog
70 feet of hair movement were simulated, more than 100,000 individual strands.
2013 Frozen
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Diversity in Disney
Princesses cross decades: a timeline of Disney’s female leads
Changes in princesses throughout years
1937
Snow White
“Belle is the only princess who Eli Seidman-Deutsch Disney makes out as smart, and that’s
multiple jobs to save for her restaurant. She knows that when it comes to her webmaster why I’ve always looked up to her,” dreams, wishing on a star can only take freshman Avi Goldstein said. her so far. Tiana teaches young girls caroline bruns In 1992, Disney came out with their that with hard work and a little help staff writer first non-white princess, Jasmine, from some friends, you can achieve who is from Aragbah, Saudi Arabia. anything. n the creation of princesses, In 2012, Disney came out with Disney started out focused on only Instead of marrying a prince, she European princesses who were very breaks the rules to marry her true love, “Brave,” and a fiery red head named Merida who wanted to choose her own feminine caucasian, and codependent the ‘street rat,’ Aladdin. This is when Disney begans to move away from the path in life. In the Dunbroch clan, the women. In their first movie in 1937, princess’ hand in marriage is won by “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” stereotypical ‘perfect princess’ and starts to show many different types of winning a series of events. The first They focused on a white European girls in order to inspire children. born of each clan is to play for her hand, princess who needed a male prince “I always liked Jasmine the most but Merida defies the tradition and to change her life. Throughout the because I thought she was really fights for her own hand in marriage, next 41 years of Disney princess and wins. entertainment, they began to change pretty, and she had a pet tiger,” sophomore Ben Grossheim said. It is decided that all of the suitors, and transform their ideal view of Disney’s “Mulan” came out in 1998, and Merida, should be able to find their princesses. and is the largest step that Disney own love in time. This shows girls that “Sleeping Beauty” was released has made in princess history. Mulan they do not need a romantic partner to in 1959, after “Cinderella.” Sleeping begins as a traditional Chinese girl succeed and also that they make choices Beauty was also white and blonde. that determine their fate and that She is especially codependent within and strives to honor her family, but fails. Mulan finds an alternative way they are in control of their own lives the movie because after she pricks and what becomes of them. her finger on the spindle, she can only to bring her family honor, by taking her father’s spot in the imperial army Disney transforms the way be saved by a true love’s kiss. disguised as a man. Mulan is a strong- that princesses are viewed. “Beauty and the Beast,” produced willed fighter, and she never hesitates Princesses were at first seen as in 1991, was the first growth that when it comes to casting aside weak, but grew to be strong and Disney has shown with princesses. tradition to follow her own path in life. independent. Disney changed Although Disney had not made any “Mulan is such an inspiration to me. the view of princesses from a advancements in the ethnicity of a She lets everyone know that sexism passive, white female to many princess, this is the first growth in is wrong, and that’s pretty cool,” different races and ethnicities. independence and ingenuity of a sophomore Haseeb Ikram said. No more weak princesses on female heroine. In 2009 Disney’s released their screen, they are strong and not In “Beauty and the Beast,” first black princess, Tiana. Tiana afraid to be who they are. the French heroine, Belle, is continues to strive toward her dreams characterized as intelligent, while of owning her very own restaurant, the ‘beast’ is characterized as weak even through tough times. She shows because his fate relies entirely on true motivation by working hard at Belle.
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Princess Origins
1950
Cinderella
1959
Sleeping Beauty
1989 Ariel
1991 Belle
1992
Jasmine
1995
Pocahontas
1998
Mulan
2009 Tiana
2010
Rapunzel
2012
Merida
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Snow White
Belle
Tiana
Cinderella
Jasmine
Rapunzel
Sleeping Beauty
Pocahontas
Merida
Mulan
2013
Elsa and Anna
Elsa and Anna Ariel Image by Eli Seidman-Deutsch
Images by Caroline Bruns and Eli Seidman-Deutsch