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The first panel discussion was "The Panel of Disciples". I just want to say, after seeing this, that I would pay perfectly good money to see Brad Bird even read the yellow pages. He stole the show - and that's not an easy thing to do with this crowd. Ron Clements, Andy Gaskill and John Lasseter joined him - I'll go into details next time.
Glen Keane gave an extended lesson on Ollie Johnson's work - extending into Andreas Deja's time for Frank Thomas! Andreas' lessons on how drawings and animation, for lack of a better word, "work", are becoming a staple of these lectures. I want you to look at this picture of Andreas and Glen. It's totally dark. They don't know a camera's pointed at them. Look at the adoration on Andreas' face when he looks up at Ollie's work. You want to know why Lilo had such heart? Because her animator is madly in love with Disney animation, that's why. He described himself as "a Disney Geek". One of us!
The next panel was John Canemaker, author of The Nine Old Men and several other, incredible Disney books, and writer and Disney animation expert Charles Solomon.
Finally, Frank and Ollie came onstage, and talked about how they met, their first work in the studio, and their longtime friendship, sharing some funny stories I'll tell you next time. They did mention http://www.frankandollie.com - go give it a look.
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In case you missed it, here's the information
on my Theme Park History class:
Manufacturing the Magic: The
History of Disneyland and Growth of the American Theme Park
Registration for the class, which takes place at LTU's Orange County campus, is now open.
To register, call LTU at 714. 427. 0588. LTU is located at the 405 and 55 freeways in
Costa Mesa .
The class takes place 3 Saturdays starting on May 24, 2003. (May 24, May 31 and June 7)The
cost of the class is $129.00. Class times are 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. the first two Saturdays,
and 9:00 to noon the third. The class instructor is Michelle Smith. There may be guest
presentations during the class.
The last class takes place at Disneyland. You are required to provide your own admission.
The textbook is Disneyland the Nickel Tour. The textbook is available online at http://www.camphortree.com
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