Snow White and technology

 Cars


In 1934 work started on plot and character design, the film was released in 1937

Technology changed a lot in that time - and Disney was at the forefront of that

Multiplane

Disney wanted to get rid of the flat backgrounds in shots so came up with the multiplane technique to eliminate the problem of when zooming in and out the background would change size.

Cell

Hand drawn pictures placed over backgrounds so color comes out behind it 

Disney made it popular. Used until the 90s when the computer became popular.

Large staff force was needed.

technicolor

Dye transferred to 3 different color strips

expensive

By 1932 Disney bought rights to use technicolor

By 1940 only 12% of films used technicolor

Rotoscoping

Tracing over an actor to make a scene

Early animations were to stiff

Makes video more fluid 

Used in Snow White

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