Walt+Disney

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Walter Elias Disney otherwise known as Walt Disney was born on December 5th, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois. His father, Elias Disney, was Irish-Canadian and his mother, Flora Call Disney, was a German-American descent. Walt Disney was raised on a farm near Marceline, Missouri. He had three brothers and a sister. In his childhood years, he grew close to his older brother, Roy O Disney. This was because Roy was the only person who had to live through the same horrible nightmare with Walt. Their father would beat them on a regular basis as he thought that his sons were not living up to his expectations. Walt Disney and his older brother’s close bond is also shown in the later years as Walt and Roy together build up their company, Walt Disney Productions (now known as the Walt Disney Company.
 * __Background Information __**

Walt Disney became interested in drawing at an early age. He sold his first sketches to his neighbours at the young age of seven. Walt realized how much he liked to draw and so when he was 16, he decided he wanted to study art. He then went back to Chicago and studied in the McKinley High School where he focused on drawing and photography, contributing both to their school paper. At night he would attend the Academy of Fine Arts. At the age of 19, Walt started to make cartoon ads which would be shown in local movie theaters. Although he didn’t make a lot of oney from it, he still kept on going as he loved what he was doing. When Walt was 22, he moved from Chicago to Los Angeles. There he drew cartoons in his garage. Drawing cartoons were always his favourite hobby and he was absolutely fascinated by cartoons. During those days Walt would love to make funny cartoons where he would flip his sketches one after another, showing them so quickly that the pictures would seem like they were moving. This was when he got the idea of making animated cartoons.

A couple of years later, Walt moved from Los Angeles to Kansas City where her opened his first studio and began his career as an advertising cartoonist. It was in Kansas where he created Mickey Mouse. In his studio, three mice would gather round the garbage can next to his desk. Walt decided to keep these mice as his pets. He bought little cages for the mice and they lived on top of his desk. This was how he got inspired to create the cartoon character Mickey Mouse. Mickey Mouse first appeared in the Silent Film Plane Crazy in the 1930s. Gradually word spread of this little mouse and soon enough Mickey Mouse became a sensation. This was just the beginning to Walt Disney’s success. In the following ten years, Walt invented more cartoon characters that are still famous to this day. Donald Duck, Goofy, Pluto are just a few of the many characters Walt created. Walt Disney is now an international icon due to the success of Mickey Mouse and many other cartoon characters.


 * __His achievements __**

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Walt Disney has won numerous awards world wide. He has received more than 950 honors and citations from every nation in the world. He holds the record for the number of Academy Award Nominations and number of Oscars Awarded. =====

Some of Walt Disney's Oscar wins include:
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 * 1932: Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: [|Flowers and Trees]
 * 1932: Honorary Award for: creation of [|Mickey Mouse].
 * 1934: Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: [|Three Little Pigs] (1933)
 * 1935: Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: [|The Tortoise and the Hare] (1934)
 * 1936: Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Three Orphan Kittens (1935)
 * 1937: Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: The Country Cousin (1936)
 * 1938: Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: The Old Mill (1937)
 * 1939: Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Ferdinand the Bull (1938)
 * 1939: Honorary Award for [|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs] (1937) The citation read: "For [|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs], recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field" (the award was one statuette and seven miniature statuettes)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">1940: Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Ugly Duckling (1939)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">1941: Honorary Award for: [|Fantasia] (1940), shared with: William E. Garity and J.N.A. Hawkins. The citation for the certificate of merit read: "For their outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures through the production of Fantasia"
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">1942: Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Lend a Paw (1941)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">1943: Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Der Fuehrer's Face (1942)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">1949: Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Seal Island (1948)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">1949: [|Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">1951: Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Beaver Valley (1950)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">1952: Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Nature's Half Acre (1951)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">1953: Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Water Birds (1952)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">1954: Best Documentary, Features for: The Living Desert (1953)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">1954: Best Documentary, Short Subjects for: The Alaskan Eskimo (1953)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">1954: Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom (1953)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">1954: Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Bear Country (1953)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">1955: Best Documentary, Features for: The Vanishing Prairie (1954)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">1956: Best Documentary, Short Subjects for: Men Against the Arctic
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">1959: Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects for: Grand Canyon
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">1969: Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Walt Disney has also won some personal awards. These include honorary degrees from Harvard, Yale, the University of South California and UCLA; the Presidential Medal of Freedom; Thailand’s Order of the Crown; France’s Legion of Honor and Officer d'Academie decorations; Brazil’s Order of the Southern Cross; Mexico's Order of the Aztec Eagle; and the Showman of the World Award from the National Association of Theatre Owners. Walt Disney also has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Walt Disney is considered as a groundbreaker as he influenced the entertainment industry during the 20th century by introducing the world of motion picture to the rest of the world. He showed the world how interesting the world of animation can be. Walt Disney not only created the world's first sound cartoon, he also created the world's first all-colour cartoon and the first animated feature length motion picture. =====

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">He was an entertainment pioneer who introduced everyone around the world to groundbreaking cartoons, feature films, theme parks and so much more. Mickey Mouse is now one of the most famous cartoon characters in the world. Disneyland is one of the world's famous theme parks around the world. Walt Disney's success made him every child’s idol. When everyone thinks back to their childhood memories, Mickey Mouse or Disneyland will surely be in some part of those wonderful memories. =====

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Walt Disney is the world's most famous motion picture producer. His artistic ability and wild imagination has given him the qualities to what it takes to be a groundbreaker. Even though he is very successful, he has not forgotten about his family and everybody/thing who helped him on the road to success. Walt Disney has made all of our lives even more joyful by bringing laughter to all of us with his amazing animated motion pictures (cartoons). One successful inspirational groundbreaker like him has influenced the millions of people living around the world. That is what makes him a groundbreaker. =====

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> "It's kind of fun to do the impossible" <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">"I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things" <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">"If you can dream it, you can do it" <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">"All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them" <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">"When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity"

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Success to me is when you have achieved something that you have put full effort into achieving. Success is when you work hard to break your own goals. =====

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Success to me is to be able to achieve your own goals in life. I think that when someone is successful they are not just successful in academics but they are sociable too. To be successful I think that I will need to have the patience to focus and commit to trying to achieve many different things. Success is when you put your weaknesses behind and make use of your full potential to break your own goals. =====

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">During Ms Rogge’s workshop, I learnt that the only way to be successful is to define what success means to us. People cannot be successful if they don’t know what success is to themselves. To find our own definitions of success we must ask ourselves what our strengths and weaknesses are, we must find the most important things in our lives are. I also learnt that success comes to you not just once, but multiple times. One success builds on another, if you are successful once, eventually you will be successful again. =====

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">People fall short of achieving their potential when they are over confident. When you have too much confidence in yourself, you never think that you will do anything wrong, therefore you might be careless and forget to do the right things which would have brought you one step forward into achieving your full potential. You can never achieve your potential when you only listen to yourself. If someone is over confident they won’t go through things twice and look for the mistakes they have made, they will just do things once and assume that they are right. This is what makes people fall short of achieving their full potential. =====

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">God wants us to achieve our full potential so that we can challenge ourselves into doing even more difficult things in order to achieve as much success as we can. If you have not achieved your full potential, you can never improve to do even better things. God made everyone different so that each of them can go be successful in their own ways. If you have not achieved your full potential, you cannot be successful in your own way; you will always be stuck at the same point of your life. Therefore you cannot challenge yourself into doing other things or be even more successful without achieving your full potential. =====

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I think that a WIKI project is much better compared to a written assignment as we don’t have to stress ourselves out by writing and decorating our projects by hand. A WIKI project is much less time consuming as it is takes less time to type than to write. Also when we research, we can just copy and paste the information immediately to our websites rather than having to write down things and referring back to the website that we found our information on. Furthermore, when doing a WIKI project we can also see what our other classmate’s projects look like. This not only helps us if we are stuck at some point but also we can compare our projects and see how we can improve. One thing that I dislike about a WIKI project is that sometimes our computers don’t work or the WIKI website wont load which leads into students not being able to finish their WIKI projects fast enough. Also computer technical problems can sometimes waste you more time than when doing a written project. =====

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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Extra Work: Read 1 Corinthians 12:4 and 12:12-27. Search for the section where the writer explains how God made us all different so that we can function together to achieve a greater purpose. We are not all called to be successful groundbreakers at the same thing, but each of us has our own unique potential and giftings to achieve amazing things. **=====

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Corinthians 12:4 says “There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.” This should mean that even though god made every single one of us to be unique with different personalities and talents, but at the end of the day we are all working with the same spirit to achieve our goals whilst making the world a better place. Corinthians 12:12-27 tells us that we are all a part of the body of Christ and in the mind of God we are all equally important and equally cared about. This tells us that no matter what happens, everyone will always be equal. =====

__**<span style="color: #009dff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Bibliography **__

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 * Unknown, "Walt Disney", [], September 17th, 2010
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 * Amie Warfield, "Walt Disney (1901-1966)", [], September 24th, 2010
 * Unknown, "The Walt Disney Company", [], September 24th, 2010
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