Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lescher, Mary E

Titel

The Disney animation renaissance : behind the glass at the Florida studio

Ort / Verlag

Urbana : University of Illinois Press

Erscheinungsjahr

[2023]

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A theme park attraction (1989-1990) -- Traditional or digital: it's all hand-drawn (1989-1990) -- B unit to the blockbusters (1991-1997) -- The little studio that could (1998-1999) -- Shutting down the studio (2000-2004)
• "Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida opened in Orlando at the dawn of the Disney Renaissance. As a member of the crew, Mary E. Lescher witnessed the small studio's rise and fall during a transformative era in company and movie history. Her in-depth interviews with fellow artists, administrators, and support personnel reveal the human dimension of a technological revolution: the dramatic shift from hand-drawn cel animation to the digital format that eclipsed it in less than a decade. She also traces the Florida Studio's parallel existence as a part of The Magic of Disney Animation, a living theme park attraction where Lescher and her colleagues worked in full view of Walt Disney World guests eager to experience the magic of the company's legendary animation process. A ground-level look at the entertainment giant, The Disney Animation Renaissance profiles the people and purpose behind a little-known studio during a historic era"--