An animatronic head used in the Hall of Presidents at Walt Disney World. They’re part of the exhibition’s “Illusion of Life” gallery, which shows how Disney characters and their personalities go from conception to reality. A collection of these are on display behind glass in the Animators Model Shop at the ”Disney 100” exhibition. Animators used models as reference tools. The little 3D sculptures, made out of either plaster or resin, served as reference tools for animators in the early 1930s, and Disney started producing and using them again in the 1970s. The set of 25 small maquettes on display spans Disney’s many decades, with the oldest (Jiminy Cricket from “Pinocchio”) cast in 1940 and the newest (Meilin Lee from “Turning Red”) cast in 2022. (Emma Lee/WHYY) Models of beloved characters across the eras The dazzling storybook room in the Disney 100 exhibit enshrines the books that inspired many of Disney’s early animated films. It’s the elaborately bejeweled tome used in the title sequence of the 1959 film.įind them both in the “Where Do the Stories Come From?” gallery, which runs through the narrative origins of beloved films from “Snow White” to “Frozen,” and features props and visual development art from them. The other book is in the same area, but in a case toward the middle of the room that’s easier to miss. A video screen responds to a visitor turning pages of a ”Sleeping Beauty” story book. One’s pretty hard to miss: on a podium with a big screen behind it, you can turn the pages of the physical book to also change the page shown on the screen. There’s not one, but two Sleeping Beauty storybooks featured in the exhibition. (Emma Lee/WHYY) Sleeping Beauty’s storybook(s) The earliest know drawings of Mickey and Minnie were sketched in colored pencil and graphite on paper in 1928. The sketches are located in the first gallery of the exhibit - “Where It All Began” - and they come right after sections dedicated to earlier Disney projects like the Alice Comedies and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. (Emma Lee/WHYY)Īnother gem nearby: the earliest known drawings of Mickey and Minnie. A story script page for ”Steamboat Willie,’ one of the earliest animations featuring Mickey Mouse. The 1928 film “Steamboat Willie” was one of Mickey and Minnie Mouse’s earliest appearances, and a story script page is on display in the gallery, along with an animation drawing of the main character. (Emma Lee/WHYY) Early Mickey Mouse drawings The special effects filming model of the Nautilus, used in ”20,000 Leagues under the Sea, is 11 feet long. Also featured are just a handful of props from more recently-acquired Disney properties, like Captain America’s shield from “Civil War” and a BB-8 puppet used in recent Star Wars movies. They include some interactive elements alongside “crown jewels” unearthed from the Disney Archives, like story sketches, sheet music, models, and costumes. Minnie Mouse arrives at the Franklin Institute along with the world premiere of ”Disney 100: The Exhibition.” (Emma Lee/WHYY) Each meant to “ one of Walt Disney’s philosophies,” Cline said, they explore topics like storytelling, adventure, and Disney theme parks. Visitors coming to Disney100 are welcomed by a life-sized holograph of Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney himself - created with a combination of archival video and audio and AI technology.įollowing that are 10 galleries. Last year’s world premiere of Harry Potter: The Exhibition was considered a huge success within a month of opening, it was on track to be one of the museum’s most successful in its almost 200-year history. It’s the second year in a row that a popular touring exhibition has kicked off at the Franklin Institute. “And the idea of coming here where they’re honoring Ben Franklin, who was also a very creative inventor, seemed the right fit.” “We’re all about Walt Disney, who was a creative inventor,” Cline said.
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