Walt Disney - "Father of Disney" from the homeless to the owner of "the happiest land in the world"

Legendary Walter Elias Disney (commonly known as Walt Disney), the father of the Disney animation studio is world-honored for his dedication to the film production industry. He has contributed to mankind countless innovations in new movies, bringing each animated character to life with rhythmic motion and vivid sound effects.

Creative inspiration comes to Walt Disney from simple activities in life, helping to arouse rich imagination. Love and happiness have made the Disney brand, but the founder's own childhood were not very smooth days.

HARD, arduous childhood

Walt Disney was born in 1901 into a middle-class family with 5 children in Chicago, USA. As the person who brought laughter and joy to so many generations of young people, few would expect that Walt Disney's childhood was extremely "terrible" when it was associated with brutal beatings from his addicted father and gamble. The bad habits of the father caused the Disney family to fall into a situation where they were forced to sell their home in Chicago and move to a farm in the midwest of the United States.

From an early age, Walt Disney showed his talent early in painting, but due to poverty, Disney sketched his first ideas by drawing charcoal on toilet paper. He pursued a career in animation but was rejected by many film producers because of "lack of drawing ability".

Walt Disney is especially famous for his love of trains. It was at the age of 10, when the family had to move to Kansas, Missouri to live, he and his brothers went to the street to sell newspapers and breakfast gifts to tourists at the train stations. For him, the train symbolizes the way out - the vehicle that helps him carry his ambitions and dreams. During his teenage years, the train platform - school - station platform was a familiar daily route for him. After 6 years of hard work delivering newspapers to support his family, at the age of 16, Walt Disney decided to drop out of school and join the army in the context of World War I. After the war, he returned home and officially pursued the field of media - journalism.

SUCCESSFUL SUCCESS

In 1920, Walt Disney founded his first own company specializing in the production of animated films with his partner. However, his company later encountered financial difficulties leading to bankruptcy.

Undeterred, Walt Disney continued to do many different jobs to accumulate and opened his second company in 1921. With the thought that hand-drawn animation would be more attractive to viewers than the traditional cutting method at that time. Now, he and his collaborators have created the Laugh-O-Grams series and gained a certain resonance among artists. Even so, the work still could not help him turn the capital fast enough to maintain the company. By the age of 22, Walt Disney had gone bankrupt twice, once again returning empty-handed.

In fact, that was just the beginning of this brilliant animator's string of struggles. Not long after tasting the first sweet fruit from the work of Oswald the Rabbit, Walt Disney had to bitterly realize that he had been "tricked" into signing a contract to "steal" the ownership of all employees. things that he created.

Standing on the threshold of being exploited or losing all of its employees, Disney chose to leave with his brother Ub Iwerks. However, thanks to this stumble, he created the character Mickey Mouse - the most famous mouse in the world later. At the age of 26, Walt Disney became the first person in the world to make an animated feature with Steamboat Willie. Once again, it was perseverance that led Walt Disney to a new path.

In 1923 to complete his character, Walt hired a team of professional artists and rendering engineers, using the most advanced technology to create realistic movements and sounds for the character.

From Mickey's birth in 1928 until 1947, Walt Disney took on the voice of this mouse, before handing the job over to British actor - Jimmy MacDonald. For this success he received the Academy Award (Academy Award) in 1932.

Besides Mickey Mouse and friends, Walt Disney Studio is also famous for bringing princesses from fairy tales to the big screen. The first shot - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - is again an arduous and risky journey. With a bank loan amounting to $1.5 million for the first feature-length animated film, many predicted Disney would fail again and called it "Disney extravagance". However, contrary to the "expectations" of the competitors, the film was quickly received by the audience and grossed more than 8 million dollars - nearly 6 times the budget that the studio spent.

The success of the film has completely changed the landscape of the animation production industry; the birth of other equally successful Disney projects such as Pinocchio, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland... Walt Disney, now more than just a filmmaker Talented but has become "Mr. Mit", "Mr. Fairy" - bringing the imagination of generations of children to reality on screen and bringing laughter to everyone.

THESE ACHIEVEMENTS

The biggest turning point in Walt Disney's life was probably his investment in the construction of a huge amusement park Disneyland in California, USA. In the following years from the mid-1960s, Disney continued to embark on its larger project: Disneyworld, a complex and large-scale construction, 15 times larger than Disneyland located in Florida, USA Ky. Both of these models have become an international phenomenon and appear in many countries around the world until today such as Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong.

Over the course of his career, Walt Disney has won 22 Oscar titles and been nominated 59 times. Referring to him, no one is unaware of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy dog,...and it is impossible not to know that the company he founded more than 90 years ago has become a powerful corporation with a total assets amounting to 85 billion USD.

Walt Disney is not only a person who is good at creating unique and novel ideas, but he also has a sharp business mind. The structure he built: Disneyland, Disneyworld is a business that shows his "artistic" thinking. Disney World not only plays a role in the entertainment needs of guests, but he also aims at his friendliness, closeness and deep concern for the generation of children and adults. children a healthy playing and entertainment environment, directing them to inherit the beauty of art culture and promote their hidden abilities.

Walt Disney is gone, but his masterpieces are not. More than 50 years since his death, the brand bearing his own name has grown and flourished more than ever. Experiencing many ups and downs in life, both he and Mickey Mouse have now become legends in everyone's heart; become a symbol of perseverance and bold pursuit of dreams for generations past, present and future.

Despite the difficulties, this talented filmmaker has never stopped hoping. Walt Disney will forever be the outlet for our souls, will forever bring laughter and happiness as well as faith in a brighter tomorrow. As he lovingly looked at the world until it was new when he died: "Laughter is immortal, imagination is timeless and dreams are forever".

Walt Disney has eloquently demonstrated with his life and career that a person's background and starting point may not completely determine his or her future and destiny.

The life lessons of Walt Disney, legendary in the film industry, can be great experiences for each of us.

As Walt Disney said, dreams also need money to be realized, and money comes from products that are well received by the market. Walt has always believed in himself, even making his dream convincing others to believe in. During the making of the animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt was in dire need of capital.

The film was then seen as a crazy venture, and even his family begged him to give up the money-hungry scheme, but Walt was undaunted. He personally went to the investors, showed them "raw" footage, persuaded them to pour more money into making the film.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, when it hit theaters, immediately became a hit, opening the golden age of cartoons.

Walt Disney's leadership also lies in the fact that he is a genius storyteller. It is one thing to explain to your employees what needs to be done; Inspiring them to do it again is another. Walt Disney knows how to tell his employees the stories of their dreams.

He went into every detail of the dream and brought it to life in the minds of his associates. He inspires his employees, makes them part of the dream, and for that, earns his dedicated dedication.

When Walt Disney inspired the animators to make the animated movie "Snow White," he impersonated the characters, memorized the dialogue, and performed realistic movements to convey life. do what he wants.

The animated film Steamboat Willie - 1928 was the first animated film to be voiced synchronously from start to finish, including voice acting and music dubbing. From the very beginning, Walt Disney understood that synchronized dubbing was the future of cinema.

It was he who insisted that the film be dub synchronously and dub the soundtrack - things that were unfamiliar to cartoons at that time. To "Snow White" (1937), the public was first known to a full-length animated film with a movie title, before that, cartoons were only full of short films.

After the success of "Snow White", the animation industry changed, leading to the success of a series of classic Disney animated films that were born later.

Walt Disney is very adventurous in his work. Many times, the future of the company was put in the position of "thousands of pounds hanging by the hair" with the big deals that Walt Disney pursued. There were times when he had to mortgage his house and sell his personal property. Walt Disney never did anything half-hearted and did not take blind risks.

He calculates the options and always chooses to act decisively, once he has made a decision, he will never give up.

In 1955, Disneyland was his life-or-death bet. To build his first park, he struggled to find funding. His family, even his partner, did not fully believe in this plan. Many people advised him to give up. At that time, no park like Disneyland existed.

Therefore, people find Walt Disney's plan too vague. Even so, Walt decided to make it to the end. If Disneyland wasn't doing well then, Walt Disney would have gone bankrupt. But today, Disney parks still bring in huge profits and attract millions of visitors each year.

Walt Disney has a special relationship with his younger brother Roy Disney. Walt often sketches out new ideas with Roy. Roy would usually be the first to protest and convince his brother not to take the risk. But every time Walt took a risk, Roy finally gave in and got to work with him.

Throughout his career, Walt has witnessed many objections, advice to give up, and disheartening opinions. He was advised not to make cinematic animations because no one had the patience to watch a full-length cartoon.

He was advised not to mix cartoon characters and real-life actors, but to this day, it's still a great idea that is helping Disney to make money. Walt was also told that Disneyland would lose money. People also say Mickey Mouse is a bad idea because everyone is afraid of mice.

Walt Disney simply proves that never done doesn't mean impossible. Walt Disney is a man who dreams big. He had an unshakable belief in himself and in what he was doing.

On the opening day of the Disney World entertainment complex in Florida (USA) in 1971 (5 years after Walt Disney died), someone told the then creative director - Mr. Mike Vance that it was a pity that Walt Disney Disney didn't live to see the work. Vance replied: "He saw it. That's why the building can be here today."

Before receiving the cooperation agreement of the first partner in pouring capital to build Disneyland park, Walt Disney went to persuade places and was rejected 302 times. Persistence is an important ability of Walt so that he can endure and rise from adversity.

Walt never gave up because he believed in himself and his dreams, which helped him to work hard and make the impossible possible.

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