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Huffington Post — For Imagineer Joe Lanzisero, Hong Kong Disneyland’s “Mystic Manor” is a high point of his career
You know what they say: If you want to get something done,
ask a busy person to do it.
Joe Lanzisero, Senior Vice President – Creative, Walt Disney Imagineering.
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Back in 2007, it’s arguable that no one person was busier at
The Walt Disney Company than Joe Lanzisero. As a Senior Vice President – Creative
at Walt Disney Imagineering, Joe was riding herd on all of the Tokyo Disneyland & Hong Kong Disneyland Resorts’ theme parks. Not to mention that — at the
exact same time — Lanzisero was helping to design two brand-new ships for the
Disney Cruise Line.
But when the Hong Kong government
came to Joe and said that they wanted some new rides, shows & attractions
for HKDL, he didn’t use all of his other obligations as an excuse to shirk this
new assignment. Lanzisero just turned to his team at WDI and began spit-balling
ideas.
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“And I have to thank our Hong Kong government
partners because they were very adamant that — in their marketplace — they
really wanted to have bragging rights. These officials wanted to be able to say
that ‘The only place in the world that you’re going to experience these
attractions is at Hong Kong Disneyland,’ ” Joe explained in a recent phone
interview. “Which meant that we were now going to get to do what the
original Imagineers did with Walt. Which wasn’t build a ride or show around
some pre-existing Pixar or Disney intellectual property. But — rather — create
something out of whole cloth like ‘The Haunted Mansion‘ or ‘Pirates of the Caribbean‘
or ‘it’s a small world.’ Build a brand-new theme park experience around a place
that people had never been before featuring characters that they’d never
met.”
Which sounds like a pretty big challenge in & of itself. But Lanziero was
looking to raise the bar even higher
when it came to Imagineering’s newest assignment.
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“Think about it. Thanks to all of these giant, big
budget special effects films, people are now just used to seeing the most
unbelievable things,” Joe continued. “And what I wanted WDI to try &
do was create an attraction where the Guests wouldn’t be able to tell where a
piece of projection began & ended and where a live set began & ended
and where an animatronic began & ended. With the end result being this
absolutely seamless visual melding of all these elements which then created
this ride experience that was so mind-blowing that Hong Kong Disneyland
visitors were going to walk out of this thing saying ‘How the heck did they do
that?’ “
Mind you, the Imagineers were going to need a story and some
characters to build this special effects extravaganza around. And after a
couple of false starts, they eventually came up with Mystic Manor. Which was
where Lord Henry Mystic, a turn-of-the-century explorer and his simian
companion Albert, lived surrounded by all of the rare & unusual artifacts
that these two had collected during their travels ’round the globe.
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“The idea behind this ride can kind of be traced back
to Walt Disney World’s Adventurers Club. Though — truth be told — it really
has more to do with Tokyo Disneyland’s version of the Tower
of Terror,” Lanzisero stated.
“Since the Japanese weren’t really familiar with Rod Serling or the
‘Twilight Zone’ television series, we had to come up with a brand-new back story
for the Tokyo DisneySea version of this thrill ride. Which is when the
Imagineers dreamed up Harrison Hightower III, this billionaire explorer /
industrialist who built the Hightower Hotel and then met a mysterious fate on
New Year’s Eve 1899. Supposedly because Harrison didn’t
heed the warnings about a particular artifact that he had recently added to his
collection.”
“And since Harrison Hightower was supposed to be a member of SEA, the
Society of Adventurers & Explorers … Well, we decided to build Mystic Manor
around another SEA member who had just taken possession of a mysterious object
that might cause him problems,” Joe continued. “Only this time
around, it was a Balinese music box that — when it was opened — released this
magical music dust which then caused inanimate objects to come to life.”
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And given that music played such a big part in this proposed Hong Kong
Disneyland addition (More to the point, given that all of the truly classic
Disney theme park rides — “it’s a small world,” “Pirates of the
Caribbean” and “The Haunted Mansion” — all prominently featured
songs) … Well, Lanzisero was just thrilled when Academy Award-nominee Danny Elfman reached out to WDI and then volunteered to write an original score for
“Mystic Manor.”
“Danny came on board this project via his manager Richard Kraft. Who — as
it turns out — is a big-time Disney enthusiast,” Joe said. “Richard
was at the very first D23 EXPO and saw the display that WDI had put up for
‘Mystic Manor.’ And as soon as Richard saw the concept art & storyboards
for this ride, he immediately thought ‘Wow, this would be a great project for
Danny to work on.’ Who Kraft knew was looking to expand beyond the scores that
he’d been creating for film & television. And since — when Elfman was
growing up in Southern California — his favorite ride
at Disneyland was The Haunted Mansion … Well, Danny
was just the perfect guy to write the music for Mystic Manor.”
Danny Elfman outside of Mystic Manor at Hong Kong Disneyland.
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Of course, it’s one thing to have a story & characters to build your theme
park attraction around (or — for that matter — a theme song for your theme
park attraction). But then comes the really tough part: How are you actually
going to convey people through this experience? Because many a promising theme
park attraction has been undone because its designers opted to go with the
wrong ride system in the end. Which then made it impossible to properly tell
that attraction’s story.
“But that’s why it’s great to work at WDI,”
Lanzisero enthused. “Here at Disney, we are blessed with the top of the
industry. The very best lighting designers, colorists and special effects people. And our ride guys
really outdid themselves with Mystic Manor. Those engineers made use of some
proprietary software — not mention the more than 200 RFID tags that we buried
in the concrete floor of our Mystic Manor show building — to create this
trackless ride system which can then dispatch four vehicles at a time. Not only
that, but these ride vehicles — Mystic’s Magneto Electric Carriages —
actually reinforce our story. We now have the ability to program each individual
vehicle so that it can go up to a particular prop or effect in a show scene and
then direct the Guest’s attention at that specific vignette. Then after this
show scene plays out, this trackless vehicle is programmed to move the Guests
to the next vignette. So that cumulatively — going from scene to scene to
scene — we can then treat Hong Kong Disneyland visitors to a complete story.
Which climaxes with Albert frantically trying to close that Balinese music box
before its magical music dust actually tears Mystic Manor apart.”
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It’s this skillful mix of special effects, music, storytelling & ride
systems that has made “Mystic Manor” the talk of the themed
entertainment industry ever since this new HKDL attraction first opened back on
May 17, 2013. More
importantly, it’s why — this past Saturday night — TEA (i.e., The Themed
Entertainment Association) paid tribute to Joe & his team at WDI by giving
“Mystic Manor” an AOA (i.e., an Award for Outstanding Achievement).
And Lanzisero — even though, as I mentioned at the very
start of this article — is a very busy
guy, he still made a point of traveling to the Disneyland Hotel to accept this
award. And as Joe stood at the podium in the Grand Ballroom during the Thea
Awards Gala, he graciously made a point of thanking the people who helped make
this attraction possible. Which — to Lanzisero’s way of thinking — stretched
all the way from Ethan Reed (who did such a brilliant job with designing Lord
Henry & Albert) all the way back to Disney Legend Marc Davis (who taught
Joe at CalArts back in 1975 about silhouette value and using design &
strong poses to tell Guests how they’re supposed to feel about the characters that
they encounter in Disney’s theme park attractions).
Joe Lanzisero with WDI’s Thea Award for Outstanding Achieve-
ment for “Mystic Manor.” Photo by Noe Valladolid
“As for that Award for Outstanding Achievement, it’s one thing to have the
Guests go through and then say that they like the ride that you & your team
designed. But to be recognized by your peers, by people who know all too well
the challenges that we face when we design rides, show and attractions like
this, that means the world to me,” Joe concluded. “I’ve had the
chance to do a lot of neat stuff around the world. But Mystic Manor — thanks
to the people, the location and the subject matter that I got to work with here
— has probably been one of the high points of my career at WDI.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this article credited Imagineer Ethan Reed Credit with the sculpting of the Lord Henry & Albert figures for “Mystic Manor.” While Ethan designed these characters and served as Animation Creative Director on this Hong Kong Disneyland project, it was actually Imagineers Steve Cotroneo who sculpted Albert and Scott Goddard who sculpted Lord Henry.
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Seward Johnson bronzes add a surreal, artistic touch to NYC’s Garment District
Greetings from NYC. Nancy and I drove down from New
Hampshire yesterday because we'll be checking out
Disney Consumer Products' annual Holiday Showcase later today.
Anyway … After checking into our hotel (i.e., The Paul.
Which is located down in NYC's NoMad district), we decided to grab some dinner.
Which is how we wound up at the Melt Shop.
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Which is this restaurant that only sells grilled cheese sandwiches.
This comfort food was delicious, but kind of on the heavy side.
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Which is why — given that it was a beautiful summer night
— we'd then try and walk off our meals. We started our stroll down by the Empire
State Building
…
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… and eventually wound up just below Times
Square (right behind where the Waterford Crystal Times Square New
Year's Eve Ball is kept).
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But you know what we discovered en route? Right in the heart
of Manhattan's Garment District
along Broadway between 36th and 41st? This incredibly cool series of life-like
and life-sized sculptures that Seward
Johnson has created.
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And — yes — that is Abraham Lincoln (who seems to have
slipped out of WDW's Hall of Presidents when no one was looking and is now
leading tourists around Times Square). These 18 painted
bronze pieces (which were just installed late this past Sunday night / early
Monday morning) range from the surreal to the all-too-real.
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Some of these pieces look like typical New Yorkers. Like the
business woman planning out her day …
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… the postman delivering the mail …
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… the hot dog vendor working at his cart …
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… the street musician playing for tourists …
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Not to mention the tourists themselves.
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But right alongside the bronze businessmen …
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… and the tired grandmother hauling her groceries home …
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… there were also statues representing people who were
from out-of-town …
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… or — for that matter — out-of-time.
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These were the Seward Johnson pieces that genuinely beguiled. Famous impressionist paintings brought to life in three dimensions.
Note the out-of-period water bottle that some tourist left
behind. Photo by Jim Hill
Some of them so lifelike that you actually had to pause for
a moment (especially as day gave way to night in the city) and say to yourself
"Is that one of the bronzes? Or just someone pretending to be one of these
bronzes?"
Mind you, for those of you who aren't big fans of the
impressionists …
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… there's also an array of American icons. Among them
Marilyn Monroe …
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… and that farmer couple from Grant Wood's "American
Gothic."
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But for those of you who know your NYC history, it's hard to
beat that piece which recreates Alfred Eisenstaedt's famous photograph of V-J Day in Times Square.
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By the way, a 25-foot-tall version of this particular Seward
Johnson piece ( which — FYI — is entitled "Embracing Peace") will actually
be placed in Times Square for a few days on or around August 14th to commemorate the 70th
anniversary of Victory Over Japan Day (V-J Day).
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By the way, if you'd like to check these Seward Johnson bronzes in
person (which — it should be noted — are part of the part of the Garment
District Alliance's new public art offering) — you'd best schedule a trip to
the City sometime over the next three months. For these pieces will only be on
display now through September 15th.
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Wondering what you should “Boldly Go” see at the movies next year? The 2015 Licensing Expo offers you some clues
Greeting from the 2015 Licensing Expo, which is being held
at the Mandalay Bay
Convention Center in Las
Vegas.
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I have to admit that I enjoy covering the Licensing Expo.
Mostly becomes it allows bloggers & entertainment writers like myself to
get a peek over the horizon. Scope out some of the major motion pictures &
TV shows that today's vertically integrated entertainment conglomerates
(Remember when these companies used to be called movie studios?) will be
sending our way over the next two years or so.
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Take — for example — all of "The Secret Life of
Pets" banners that greeted Expo attendees as they made their way to the
show floor today. I actually got to see some footage from this new Illumination
Entertainment production (which will hit theaters on July 8, 2016) the last time I was in Vegas. Which
was for CinemaCon back in April. And the five or so minutes of film that I viewed
suggested that "The Secret Life of Pets" will be a really funny
animated feature.
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Mind you, Universal Pictures wanted to make sure that Expo
attendees remembered that there was another Illumination Entertainment production
coming-to-a-theater-near-them before "The Secret Life of Pets" (And
that's "Minions," the "Despicable Me" prequel. Which
premieres at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival next week but
won't be screened stateside 'til July 10th of this year). Which is why they had
three minions who were made entirely out of LEGOS loitering out in the lobby.
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And Warner Bros. — because they wanted "Batman v
Superman: Dawn of Justice" to start trending on Twitter today — brought
the Batmobile to Las Vegas.
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Not to mention full-sized macquettes of Batman, Superman and
Wonder Woman. Just so conventioneers could then see what these DC superheroes
would actually look like in this eagerly anticipated, March 25, 2016 release.
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That's the thing that can sometimes be a wee bit frustrating
about the Licensing Expo. It's all about delayed gratification. You'll come
around a corner and see this 100 foot-long ad for "The Peanuts Movie"
and think "Hey, that looks great. I want to see that Blue Sky Studios production
right now." It's only then that you notice the fine print and realize that
"The Peanuts Movie" doesn't actually open in theaters 'til November
6th of this year.
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And fan of Blue Sky's "Ice Age" film franchise are in for an even
longer wait. Given that the latest installment in that top grossing series
doesn't arrive in theaters 'til July
15, 2016.
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Of course, if you're one of those people who needs immediate
gratification when it comes to your entertainment, there was stuff like that to
be found at this year's Licensing Expo. Take — for example — how the WWE
booth was actually shaped like a wrestling ring. Which — I'm guessing — meant
that if the executives of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. didn't like
the offer that you were making, they were then allowed to toss you out over the
top rope, Royal Rumble-style.
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I also have to admit that — as a longtime Star Trek fan —
it was cool to see the enormous Starship Enterprise that hung in place over the
CBS booth. Not to mention getting a glimpse of the official Star Trek 50th
Anniversary logo.
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I was also pleased to see lots of activity in The Jim Henson
Company booth. Which suggests that JHC has actually finally carved out a
post-Muppets identity for itself.
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Likewise for all of us who were getting a little concerned
about DreamWorks Animation (what with all the layoffs & write-downs &
projects that were put into turnaround or outright cancelled last year), it was
nice to see that booth bustling.
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Every so often, you'd come across some people who were
promoting a movie that you weren't entirely sure that you actually wanted to
see (EX: "Angry Birds," which Sony Pictures Entertainment / Columbia
Pictures will be releasing to theaters on May 20, 2016). But then you remembered that Clay Kaytis —
who's this hugely talented former Walt Disney Animation Studios animator — is
riding herd on "Angry Birds" with Fergal Reilly. And you'd think
"Well, if Clay's working on 'Angry Birds,' I'm sure this animated feature
will turn out fine."
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Mind you, there were reminders at this year's Licensing Expo
of great animated features that we're never going to get to see now. I still
can't believe — especially after that brilliant proof-of-concept footage
popped up online last year — that Sony execs decided not to go forward
with production of Genndy Tartakovsky's
"Popeye" movie. But that's the
cruel thing about the entertainment business, folks. It will sometime break
your heart.
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And make no mistake about this. The Licensing Expo is all
about business. That point was clearly driven home at this year's show when —
as you walked through the doors of the Mandalay
Bay Convention Center
— the first thing that you saw was the Hasbros Booth. Which was this gleaming,
sleek two story-tall affair full of people who were negotiating deals &
signing contracts for all of the would-be summer blockbusters that have already
announced release dates for 2019 & beyond.
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"But what about The Walt Disney Company?," you
ask. "Weren't they represented on the show floor at this year's Licensing
Expo?" Not really, not. I mean, sure. There were a few companies there hyping
Disney-related products. Take — for example — the Disney Wikkeez people.
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I'm assuming that some Disney Consumer Products exec is
hoping that Wikkeez will eventually become the new Tsum Tsum. But to be blunt,
these little hard plastic figures don't seem to have the same huggable charm
that those stackable plush do. But I've been wrong before. So let's see what
happens with Disney Wikkeez once they start showing up on the shelves of the
Company's North American retail partners.
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And speaking of Disney's retail partners … They were
meeting with Mouse House executives behind closed doors one floor down from the
official show floor for this year's Licensing Expo.
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And the theme for this year's invitation-only Disney shindig? "Timeless
Stories" involving the Disney, Pixar, Marvel & Lucasfilm brands that
would then appeal to "tomorrow's consumer."
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And just to sort of hammer home the idea that Disney is no
longer the Company which cornered the market when it comes to little girls
(i.e., its Disney Princess and Disney Fairies franchises), check out this
wall-sized Star Wars-related image that DCP put up just outside of one of its
many private meeting rooms. "See?," this carefully crafted photo
screams. "It isn't just little boys who want to wield the Force. Little
girls also want to grow up and be Lords of the Sith."
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One final, kind-of-ironic note: According to this banner,
Paramount Pictures will be releasing a movie called "Amusement Park"
to theaters sometime in 2017.
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Well, given all the "Blackfish" -related issues
that have been dogged SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment over the past two years, I'm
just hoping that they'll still be in the amusement park business come 2017.
Your thoughts?
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It takes more than three circles to craft a Classic version of Mickey Mouse
You know what Mickey Mouse looks like, right? Little guy,
big ears?
Truth be told, Disney's corporate symbol has a lot of
different looks. If Mickey's interacting with Guests at Disneyland
Park (especially this summer, when
the Happiest Place on Earth
is celebrating its 60th anniversary), he looks & dresses like this.
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Or when he's appearing in one of those Emmy Award-winning shorts that Disney
Television Animation has produced (EX: "Bronco Busted," which debuts
on the Disney Channel tonight at 8 p.m. ET / PT), Mickey is drawn in a such a
way that he looks hip, cool, edgy & retro all at the same time.
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Looking ahead to 2017 now, when Disney Junior rolls out "Mickey and the
Roadster Racers," this brand-new animated series will feature a sportier version
of Disney's corporate symbol. One that Mouse House managers hope will persuade
preschool boys to more fully embrace this now 86 year-old character.
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That's what most people don't realize about the Mouse. The
Walt Disney Company deliberately tailors Mickey's look, even his style of
movement, depending on what sort of project / production he's appearing in.
Take — for example — Disney
California Adventure
Park's "World of Color:
Celebrate!" Because Disney's main mouse would be co-hosting this new
nighttime lagoon show with ace emcee Neil Patrick Harris, Eric Goldberg really had
to step up Mickey's game. Which is why this master Disney animator created
several minutes of all-new Mouse animation which then showed that Mickey was
just as skilled a showman as Neil was.
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Better yet, let's take a look at what the folks at Avalanche Studios just went
through as they attempted to create a Classic version of Mickey & Minnie.
One that would then allow this popular pair to become part of Disney Infinity
3.0.
"I won't lie to you. We were under a lot of pressure to
get the look of this particular version of Mickey — he's called Red Pants
Mickey around here — just right," said Jeff Bunker, the VP of Art
Development at Avalanche Studios, during a recent phone interview. "When
we brought Sorcerer Mickey into Disney Infinity 1.0 back in January of 2014,
that one was relatively easy because … Well, everyone knows what Mickey Mouse
looked like when he appeared in 'Fantasia.' "
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"But this time around, we were being asked to design
THE Mickey & Minnie," Bunker continued. "And given that these Classic
Disney characters have been around in various different forms for the better
part of the last century … Well, which look was the right look?"
Which is why Jeff and his team at Avalanche Studios began watching hours &
hours of Mickey Mouse shorts. As they tried to get a handle on which look would
work best for these characters in Disney Infinity 3.0.
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"And we went all the way back to the very start of Mickey's career. We began
with 'Steamboat Willie' and then watched all of those black & white Mickey shorts
that Walt made back in the late 1920s & early 1930s. From there, we
transitioned to his Technicolor shorts. Which is when Mickey went from being
this pie-eyed, really feisty character to more of a well-behaved leading
man," Bunker recalled. "We then finished out our Mouse marathon by
watching all of those new Mickey shorts that Paul Rudish & his team have
been creating for Disney Television Animation. Those cartoons really recapture
a lot of the spirit and wild slapstick fun that Mickey's early, black &
white shorts had."
But given that the specific assignment that Avalanche Studios had been handed
was to create the most appealing looking, likeable version of Mickey Mouse
possible … In the end, Jeff and his team wound up borrowing bits & pieces
from a lot of different versions of the world's most famous mouse. So that
Classic Mickey would then look & move in a way that best fit the sort of
gameplay which people would soon be able to experience with Disney Infinity
3.0.
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"That — in a lot of ways — was actually the toughest
part of the Classic Mickey design project. You have to remember that one of the
key creative conceits of Disney Infinity
is that all the characters which appear in this game are toys," Bunker
stated. "Okay. So they're beautifully detailed, highly stylized toy
versions of beloved Disney, Pixar, Marvel & Lucasfilm characters. But
they're still supposed to be toys. So our Classic versions of Mickey &
Minnie have the same sort of thickness & sturdiness to them that toys have.
So that they'll then be able to fit right in with all of the rest of the
characters that Avalanche Studios had previously designed for Disney Infinity."
And then there was the matter of coming up with just the
right pose for Classic Mickey & Minnie. Which — to hear Jeff tell the
story — involved input from a lot of Disney upper management.
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"Everyone within the Company seemed to have an opinion
about how Mickey & Minnie should be posed. More to the point, if you Google
Mickey, you then discover that there are literally thousands of poses out there
for these two. Though — truth be told — a lot of those kind of play off the
way Mickey poses when he's being Disney's corporate symbol," Bunker said.
"But what I was most concerned about was that Mickey's pose had to work
with Minnie's pose. Because we were bringing the Classic versions of these
characters up into Disney Infinity 3.0 at the exact same time. And we wanted to
make sure — especially for those fans who like to put their Disney Infinity
figures on display — that Mickey's pose would then complement Minnie.
Which is why Jeff & the crew at Avalanche Studios
decided — when it came to Classic Mickey & Minnie's pose — that they
should go all the way back to the beginning. Which is why these two Disney icons
are sculpted in such a way that it almost seems as though you're witnessing the
very first time Mickey set eyes on Minnie.
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"And what was really great about that was — as soon as
we began showing people within the Company this pose — everyone at Disney
quickly got on board with the idea. I mean, the Classic Mickey that we sculpted
for Disney Infinity 3.0 is clearly a very playful, spunky character. But at the
same time, he's obviously got eyes for Minnie," Bunker concluded. "So
in the end, we were able to come up with Classic versions of these characters
that will work well within the creative confines of Disney Infinity 3.0 but at
the same time please those Disney fans who just collect these figures because
they like the way the Disney Infinity characters look."
So now that this particular design project is over, does
Jeff regret that Mouse House upper management was so hands-on when it came to
making sure that the Classic versions of Mickey & Minnie were specifically
tailored to fit the look & style of gameplay found in Disney Infinity 3.0?
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"To be blunt, we go through this every time we add a new character to the
game. The folks at Lucasfilm were just as hands-on when we were designing the
versions of Darth Vader and Yoda that will also soon be appearing in Disney
Infinity 3.0," Bunker laughed. "So in the end, if the character's
creators AND the fans are happy, then I'm happy."
This article was originally posted on the Huffington Post's Entertainment page on Tuesday, June 9, 2015
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