...Walt Disney Walt Disney was famous for being one of the founders of cartoon animation. Walt Disney was born on December 5th, 1901. He was raised a Christian by his parents, Elias Disney and Flora (Call) Disney. His family was average sized for the day, with 7 members. Walt had 3 brothers (Herbert Arthur Disney, Raymond Arnold Disney and Roy Oliver Disney) and 1 sister (Ruth Lora Disney). At the age of 23 he married Lillian Bounds and had two daughters, Diane Marie Disney and Sharon Mae Disney. Diane married Robert Borgfelt Brown and Sharon married Ronald William Millar. Walt died from lung cancer on December 15th, 1966, at the age of 65. Walt Disney was not only a famous American film producer, but a director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entertainer, entrepreneur, international icon and philanthropist. He was the co founder of Walt Disney with his brother, Roy Disney. Over the years, Walt had not only won 22 of 59 nominations of the academy awards but 7 Emmies. He has 2 stars dedicated to him in the Hollywood walk of fame. On average he received (US) $36 Billion in a financial year. Mickey mouse was his feature animation, but this lovable character wouldn't have been created if it wasn't for NBC studios. Walt's original main cartoon was 'Oswald the Lucky Duck', until NBC studios claimed it as their own. After Walter and Roy lost the rights to their character, they created Mickey Mouse. In 1929, silly symphonies was released. It was a short cartoon that was presented...
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...world. Walt Disney was able to create a world in which fairytales and cartoons would be loved for decades. He was a creative genius. Walt Disney deserves to be honored because of all the joy he has brought so many of us. He started the company that brought us so many wonderful movies, TV shows, and amusement parks. He was the original voice of Mickey Mouse, perhaps the most successful cartoon character of all time. It’s hard to imagine that such great films such as Pinocchio, Fantasia, Bambi, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Alice in Wonderland, Dumbo and Peter Pan were created by the man himself back in the 1930’s and 1940’s. He created Disneyland and Disneyworld, one of the world’s first theme parks, for children and adults to enjoy together. Walt Disney was born in Chicago on December 5th 1901 to Flora and Elias Disney. His family shortly moved to Marceline Missouri a few years later where he spent most of his childhood. Marceline is remembered to be the inspiration for Walt’s movie Lady and the Tramp and Main Street USA a theme land and first main entrance of almost every Disney Park. In his teen years Walt began to draw cartoons and shortly after joined the Red Cross as an ambulance driver. After the war Walt moved to Kansas City and started to draw cartoons again for a company called Laugh O Gram studio where his cartoons became hugely popular in the area. Though after becoming bankrupt he moved to Hollywood California where he and his brother started the Disney cartoon...
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...Walt Disney From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur,entertainer, international icon,[3] and philanthropist, well known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O. Disney, he was co-founder of Walt Disney Productions, which later became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation is now known as The Walt Disney Company and had an annual revenue of approximately US$36 billion in the 2010 financial year.[4] Disney is particularly noted as a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most well-known fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, for whom Disney himself provided the original voice. During his lifetime he received four honorary Academy Awards and won 22 Academy Awards from a total of 59 nominations, including a record four in one year,[5] giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual in history.[6] Disney also won seven Emmy Awards and gave his name to the Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resorttheme parks in the U.S., as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney Resort, Disneyland Paris, and Hong Kong Disneyland. The year after his December 15, 1966 death from lung cancer in Burbank, California, construction...
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...everything, Walter Elias Disney. Walt Disney was born December 5, 1901 in Chicago. He was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator. Today I’ll commensurate Walt Disney’s achievements throughout his life and how his memory still lives on with us today. (Transition: Walt Disney was an extraordinary man who has impacted everyone’s lives throughout the years.) Starting off Walt Disney’s career in the 1920s, he opened his own small company in the Kansas City area and called it, Laugh-O-Gram. His first major series was called Alice Comedies. These silent cartoons were produced from 1924-1927. The company eventually went bankrupt. (Transition: After his company went bankrupt, Walt then moved to Hollywood to start new) There he then created Mickey Mouse who is the best known creation of his. Mickey Mouse first appeared in “Steamboat Willie” on November 18, 1928 at the Colony Theater in NY. This was the world’s first synchronized sound cartoon. Walt Disney was originally going to name his masterpiece, Mortimer Mouse. His wife is the one who convinced him to use “Mickey”. According to his brother, Roy Disney, Mickey Mouse was Walt’s alter ego. Disney created many more well-known cartoons such as Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Pluto, and Daisy Duck. (Transition: Now that Walt Disney has created these cartoons, he takes the next step in his career) Walter and his brother Roy were co-founders of Walt Disney Productions; Walt became one of the...
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...The Walt Disney Company Financial Accounting Project Progress Report 2 8am M, W, Th Yuli Tang Wei Wang Tianda Xu Rui Zhang Profitability: In 2011, the profit margin of Walt Disney Company was 0.1176(11.76%). Due to the company’s huge net sales value, it shows a solid profit margin for a large company just as Walt Disney. In 2010, the profit margin was 0.1041(10.41%), which was 1.35% lower than 2011. The higher profits margin rate in 2011 indicates that the profit margin will increase in the future. Furthermore, the Walt Disney’s return on equity was 0.129(12.9%) in 2011, and the return on equity was 2.9% higher than the previous year, which showed that the Walt Disney keep steady profitability. Compared to its competitor DreamWorks Animation’s 0.123 profit margin, Walt Disney had lower profit margin that was 0.1041 (Appendix 2D). However, the ROE of DreamWorks Animation was 0.064(6.4%), which was much lower than Walt Disney (Appendix 1A&2A). Thus, Walt Disney made more profits than its competitor. The net income of Walt Disney in 2011 was $ 4,807,000,000, and it net sales was $40,893,000,000 (Appendix 1D). There are huge amount differences between net income and net sales. Because Walt Disney doesn’t have cost of good sold, the main reason is high cost and expense that was $ 33,112,000,000. In addition, income tax and interest expense were other factors determined the discrepancy. Liquidity and Capital Structure: As we know that a quick ratio can measure the...
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...without the presence of Disney characters in it. Growing up in Chicago Illinois, Walter Elias Disney strived for greatness. His decision to move to California ultimately would engine his profession as the most well known cartoonist of all time. Soon after his big break with the featurette of “Alice Comedy” he began his production in Hollywood. Walter Disney revolutionized the idea of entertainment by creating Mickey Mouse, Disneyland land, and also establishing the California Institute of the Arts. [86] From silent films to weekly programs, Mickey Mouse has always been in our lives. According to Walt Disney: A Biography http://disney.go.com/vault/read/walt/index.html, Mickey Mouse was created in 1928 and was used in a silent film entitled “ Plane Crazy” but later made his debut in “Steamboat Willie” the worlds first fully synchronized sound cartoon. Now in days we always see fully synchronized cartoons and don’t really give much thought to it because its normal. Walt Disney’s drive to perfect animation was tireless and to his success he became the first to create a fully synchronized sound cartoon in the late twenties. As Walt Disney said “ I only hope that we don’t lose sight of one thing- that it was all started by a mouse.” The whole Disney empire was started by one character whom at first didn’t even talk . Mickey Mouse is even the iconic symbol for the wonderful Disney franchise. As a result Mickey Mouse was the engine that helped fuel Walt Disney’s success as an...
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...it’s Mr. Walt Disney, Familiar isn’t? Disneyland I guess, you know about the famous land in HongKong that is full of Disney characters. Mr. Disney born on December 5 1901 in Chicago, his family settled in a village. At 1909 Walt attended in New Park School of Marceline, Walt Completed the second grade at Kansas and at school he met Mr. Walter Pfeffer who came from family of the catre aficionados. After 2 years, Wakt start to had a job that is selling newspaper , for 6 years walt sells newspaper, he wake up at 4am in the morning until evening, he found the work exhausting and he often received bad grades.Most of time you can consider Mr. Walt as a businessman , in 1917 his family acquired shares in the O-Zell jelly factory. He began as freshman at Mckinley Highschool he became the cartoonist for the school newspaper , drawing patriotic topics on World War I, And with hope to join the army Mr. Walt drop out of Highschool at the age of sixteen but he was rejected for being underage , afterwards Mr. Walt and his Friend joined the Red Cross and Mr. Walt becomes an ambulance driver in France for almost a year. As he comeback in his hometown, he seek for a job, but Mr. Walt is always failed to had a job because most of employer rejected him, because of his lack of imagination. Be cause no one consider to hire him, he hope to be an atleast an actor but in the end he focus in making political caricature, but still no one want’s to hire him . Thanks to his brother Roy, Walt got a temporary...
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...Disney OutlineInformative OutlineThesis: My audience will learn a brief history of the Disney Company and their plans to take new directions in the future.Introduction: Briefly tell the audience a short history of Disney and the plans they have for their company and plans for future ventures.Attention Getter: Disney first started out making cartoons but later ventured into major films, radio, television programs and even vacation packages. Now, Disney has acquired new companies and will journey into the world of many multi-media platforms, mainly video-gaming. Let’s take a look to see where the company is going with their new plans moving into the future. I. First main point: The foundation for Disney began with Walt Disney in the 1920’s. A. Cartoons marked the beginning of the Disney Company. 1. Visual aid: Use a picture of Mickey Mouse as the very start to the Disney Company. 2. The success of cartoon shorts sparked construction of Disney Studios. B. The success of features and cartoons made possible the ideas to build a theme park centered on the world of Disney. 1. Visual aid: Use a picture of Disney’s theme park, Disneyworld. 2. Explain that after the success of theme parks, merchandising became another big part to the evolution of the company. 3. Visual aid: Use a picture that represents some of the merchandise that Disney produced. II. Second Main Point: Where the company is today and what they have done to keep moving forward to producing family-type...
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...MGT 488 The Walt Disney Company The company I choose is the Walt Disney Company. The Walt Disney Company is a worldwide entertainment company. They have five main businesses: Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, the Walt Disney Studios, Disney Consumer Products and the Disney Interactive. Among the five businesses, the best known is the products of its film studio. Nowadays, the Walt Disney Studios is one of the largest and best known studios in Hollywood. It also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network. All in all, it is a very successful well-known company in the world. For more than nine decades, the name Walt Disney has been preeminent in the field of family entertainment. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to today's global corporation, The Walt Disney Company continues to provide quality entertainment for every member of the family, across America and around the world. The Walt Disney Company is really a worldwide company. The Company has a 51% effective ownership interest in Disneyland Paris, a 5,510-acre development located in Marne-la-Val lee, approximately 20 miles east of Paris, France. The Company manages and has a 40% equity interest in Euro Disney S.C.A. The Company owns a 48% interest in Hong Kong Disneyland Resort through Hong Kong International Theme Parks Limited. As far as I know, the most successful park is the one in Los Angeles. The ones in China and Paris do not turn out...
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...Andrew Meinsen GBA 490-901 Walt Disney Company discussion questions 1.) Walt Disney Company’s corporate strategy is centered on creating high quality family content, exploiting technological innovations to make entertainment experiences more memorable, and international expansion. Walt Disney Companies acquired Pixar and Marvel to enhance the resources and capabilities of its core animation business with the addition of new animation skills and characters. The acquisition of UTV in 2011 was executed for international expansion efforts into India and Russia. Disney’s corporate strategy also allocates substantial capital to its core theme parks and resorts business to sustain its advantage in the industry. Disney has started to integrate its highest grossing movies into its theme parks such as Pirates of The Caribbean and Cars 2 in attempt to capture synergies existing between its business units. 3.) My assessment of the competitive strengths of Walt Disney’s different business unit is that they have a strong competitive advantage of other companies in the same market. Disney’s strengths consist of: strong product portfolio, brand reputation, Competency in acquisitions, and diversified business. Disney’s ability to acquire technologically advanced companies and companies that complement Disney’s weakness in each individual unit and industry. Also the ability to integrate the different business units is a key strength for Disney. The Studio Entertainment unit shares major...
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...Walt Disney University of Phoenix BCOM 230 Mr. Jaime Barmach 11/10/2014 Walt Disney The Walt Disney Company, better known as just Disney, is a family entertainment based organization created by Walt Disney himself to bring families together through the happiness of the characters that he had created. The Disney Company started out as a cartoon studio in the 1920’s and has continued to expand even to this day. The company first started with the creating of the show series of Alice Comedies and took off with Steamboat Willie, the first Mickey Mouse cartoon (The Walt Disney Company). Disney has a vast number of way for internal and external communications because Disney is the largest single-site employer so it has to have great communication techniques (Mouse Planet). Some of the internal communication methods are the internet, bulletin boards, communication centers, e-mail, and the most important “Disney’s Eyes and Ears”, an internal newsletter publication which helps to promote itself both internally and externally. The “Disney’s Eyes and Ears is a magazines that helps to inform the employees of all that is happening as well as the general public, it is the biggest publication that Disney has (Mouse Planet). Disney’s Eyes and Ears is a well- known publication that Disney made in order to help keep everyone well informed about all of the major things happening in Disney .As for other forms of externally communication things like the Internet, Disney Land, Disney Resort...
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...1. What is Walt Disney Company’s corporate strategy? Disney’s main strategies include: developing quality and innovative features that will separate Disney as “Best-in-class”; researching and implementing new and exciting technology for an early competitive advantage while at the same time increasing customer experience. 3. What is your assessment of the competitive strength of Walt Disney Company’s different business units? Media Networks/Broadcasting and Studio Entertainment –High market capitalization and the lower end of revenues compared to Time Warner and CBS. However, with the capital and brand recognition Disney has they are extremely competitive here; especially with ESPN, Pixar, ABC, The Disney Channel. Parks and Resorts –Disney is extremely competitive here with high market cap and high revenues. Disney has become known as the premier destination and vacation for those looking for a theme park. They compete with Six Flags and Ocean Park; Disney has tons of pull in this side of the business. Consumer Products –Another form of Disney’s business that is extremely strong and highly competitive. The only downfall of this side of the business is that it is HIGHLY competitive and a weakened global economy has hurt the bottom line. 5. Does Walt Disney’s portfolio exhibit good strategic fit? What value chain match-ups do you see? What opportunities for skills transfer, cost sharing, or brand sharing do you see? All of the business units in Walt Disney’s portfolio...
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...Walt Disney was born on December 5th 1901 in Hermosa, Illinois. Disney was one of 5 children, 4 boys and a girl. He grew up in Marceline, Missouri, where he started art work; painting and drawing. He was always surrounded by friends and family. He sold this art to neighbors and friends. At age 10 he moved, and was introduced to his love for trains and mechanics. Disney went to McKinley High School; he took many classes including drawing and photography classes. He was also a main cartoonist for the school paper. He also took courses at the Chicago Art Institute. Later in life he perused a cartoon artist career for a newspaper, but instead he got a job at a film company that made animated commercials, where he made animations out of cutouts. Walt Disney has contributed a lot to America. He made many inspirational Disney movies, and even made a theme park, and not just in America! He’s made thousands and thousands of jobs that helps society, but he’s also made society more fun. Dreaming is believing and believing is doing, he thought that to the world. Like I said believing is doing, he inspired me to follow my dreams, not just dream it but do it. He’s shown that anything is possible. H-Harness-He wanted to go into the Army, but declined because of his age, he decided to be an artist. U-Underestimate- He dropped out of high school, but after he wasn’t permitted to the Army he went to an Art School. N-Network- His first real job his brother set up, he animated for commercials...
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...Carranza Higa Project “Biography of a famous Character” “Walt Disney” Brianda Salas Gabriela Gonzalez Index: I- INTRODUCTION II- IMPORTANT EVENTS II.I- (CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER) III- PERSONAL LEARNING III.I- Brianda Salas III.II- Gabriela Gonzalez IV- CONCLUSIONS IV.I- Brianda Salas IV.II- Gabriela Gonzalez V- Extras VI- Images INTRODUCTION Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American business magnate, animator, producer, director, screenwriter, and voice actor. A major figure within the American animation industry and throughout the world, he is regarded as an international icon, and philanthropist, well known for his influence and contributions to the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As a Hollywood business mogul, he, along with his brother Roy O. Disney, co-founded the Walt Disney Productions, which later became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation is now known as The Walt Disney Company and had annual revenue of approximately US$36 billion in the 2010 financial year. As an animator and entrepreneur, Disney was particularly noted as a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most well-known fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, for whom Disney himself provided the original voice. During his lifetime...
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...------------------------------------------------- Study Case n°1 ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- The Walt Disney Company ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- The Entertainment King 1. ------------------------------------------------- Problem Statement Disney Corporation, an 88 years old company appeared as one of the best innovative and creative entertainment company. Over the years, Disney has differentiated its products and its market segment. But, since 1995 the company has had trouble with a declining financial performance. This decline in profits will continue until Disney can return to their traditional creativity and innovations and try to recapture their original audience. By controlling cost, Disney drove away its creative talent. The new atmosphere at Disney is all about money, and it needs to be returned to a company based in creativity. 2. ------------------------------------------------- Analysis At the beginning, Disney was a company motivated by Creativity and innovative idea. They came in the market with original characters and innovative product like animated movie with soundtrack. The company was lead by its two creators. The first one, Walter Elias Disney was in charge of the creative and design part. His partner and brother Roy handled the money. At the beginning, the company was guide by creativity and innovation...
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