HANOI UNIVERSITY FOUDATION STUDIES DEPARTMANT ------------oOo----------- How did Walt Disney take people to the fantasy, wonderful world of his own? Teacher: Nguyen Thi Phuong Le Student: Dao My Linh Class: 3D-12 Course: EAP Writing Date: March 14, 2013 | | ABSTRACT The success of Walt Disney in animation is well-known all around the world. His achievements influenced the media in such powerful and positive ways. This paper, based on secondary research, finds out what the notable and significant, which Walt Disney left, are. The findings also illustrate how Walt Disney succeeded in life, the secrets behind all the magic that he had made.
Since then the business went uphill till the death of the founder of the large corporation. Walt Disney was a leader with much charisma and a lot of good ideas, but he didn’t manage to train his management team to work independently. By the 1960s, the company had developed a diversified foundation, with the Disney brand firmly established in a wide range of film products (live action and animation), as well as television, theme parks, and merchandise, but the management couldn’t keep their advantages over the competitors. The company began to pay much attention to real estate rather than entertainment, drawing into the theme parks expansion. Meanwhile, its film production division began to experience large losses, as long as the management was closed to the new opportunities of media and cinema trends and was used to looking back and wondering what Walt Disney would do.
The following write-up is an analytical review of the situation and suggests possible ways of handling the situation from the perspective of Walt Disney Company. Situation Analysis: 1. Competition in Industry: The animation films generated highest returns among all movie genres and hence attracted lot of competition. Moreover, with increasing access to technology the barriers to entry were further reducing. Walt Disney and Pixar faced competition from Sony, Fox, Lucasfilm, DreamWorks, Paramount, MGM, Universal etc.
Walt Disney was an artist, animator, cartoonist and dreamer. From an early age Walt drew and painted pictures which he then went out and sold to his neighbors (Walt Disney Biography, 2013). Perhaps it was Walt Disney’s upbringing, perhaps not. But Walt Disney was cultivating a unique reality that families want to spend time in. It is a testament to the strength of his talents and dreams that it has prospered over his creations of Steamboat Willie and Silly Symphonies, after his distributor Margaret Winkler and her husband, Charles Mintz, had stolen the rights to Oswald, along with all of Disney’s animators, except for Ub Eert Iwerks (Walt Disney Biography, 2013).
If a company’s main product is to encourage (by way of motivating) positive feelings and emotions; then Walt Disney’s motivational profile is the perfect company to discuss. Walt Disney Corporation succeeds on creativity and innovation; and these are synonymous with the Walt Disney Trademark. The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with five business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment, consumer products and interactive media. The Birth of Disney Corp: The Walt Disney Corporation was founded in 1932 by Walter Elias Disney (an American animator, director, film producer, voice actor, screenwriter, entertainer, international icon, entrepreneur, and philanthropist). Mr. Walter Disney was born December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois and passed away on December 15, 1966 in Burbank, California.
The Walt Disney Company was founded by Walt and Roy Disney in 1923. Since then, the company has transformed into the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate. Disney is affiliated with various motion picture companies giving them ability to diversify internationally. Its ability to diversify enables them to survive through multiple recessions making them one of the world’s most robust entertainment companies. Disney’s value chain is comprised of four primary segments.
Introduction Walt Disney is a highly respected leader and applauded by the masses as the man who made dreams come true. In this report, we analyze Walt’s effectiveness as a leader by utilizing material from books, the internet, and documentaries, and ultimately demonstrate reasons why we admire him. For the purpose of this report, we defined effectiveness as the leader’s ability to create a positive long-lasting influence on organizational culture. Our report is split into 4 themes: Firstly, we discuss the importance of Walt’s passionate and nurturing traits. Next, we examine the effectiveness of his task-oriented behaviour in light of different situational factors.
If there was a change needed to be made to a character, 2D would need to change all its subsequent frames, but 3D had mathematical models to redraw each cel and mimic camera angles. Walt Disney is a company that had mastered the traditional 2D animation. Disney’s Feature Animation unit was known as an open, collaborative environment. Leadership relied on all employees to generate story ideas. “Some of the same features that observers credited for Disney Animations’ success – large staff, large budgets, and lots of time – were blamed for its demise” (pg.
Disney Air Founded in 1923, Walt Disney and its affiliates remain unprecedented in the entertainment industry. From beginning as a cartoon studio, to becoming a global entity, Disney continually lives up to its mission statement and translates it into family fun. Disney’s mission statement states their objective “is to be one of the world’s leading producers and providers of entertainment and information, using its portfolio of brands to differentiate its content, services, and consumer products. The company’s primary financial goals are to maximize earnings and cash flow, and to allocate capital profitability toward growth initiatives that will drive long-term shareholder value” (Disney, 2008). Geographically, Disney strategically places stores internationally, with parks spread across the globe in profitable and accommodating locations.
Actually, one of the pioneers for putting gender issues out in society is Disney. Disney has been pushing the line when it comes to gender issues for many years now. As a matter of fact, the article “Disney reflects gender/racial issues in cartoons” I just recently read by Ben Presley had a well written argument about gender issues in Disney. Presley did a good job presenting his argument because he consulted a reliable source; his source used accurate examples, and used appropriate word usage in his article. Presley uses a reliable source in the article, Harry Mersmann when stating his argument.