Steamboat Willie animation cel
Steamboat Willie animation cel
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- Description
- Black and white animation cel of Mickey Mouse at a steamboat ship’s wheel holding onto a rope. This cel was used in the creation of the 1928 short film Steamboat Willie. This cartoon is a landmark in the history of animation because it was the first Mickey Mouse film released as well as the first cartoon with synchronized sound.
- A celluloid (or cel) is a transparent sheet used in the process of hand-drawn animation. Characters were drawn on cels and superimposed on a fixed background image to reduce the number of reproductions necessary to produce an animation. The Little Mermaid was the last Disney feature film to use this hand-drawn method of animation. Starting with the 1990 feature film The Rescuers Down Under, Walt Disney Animation Studios began using a digital method of animation known as the Disney Computer Animation Production System (CAPS).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Animation Cel
- cel, animation
- Date made
- 1928
- maker
- Walt Disney Studios
- place made
- United States: California, Burbank
- Physical Description
- celluloid (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 1/2 in x 16 in; 31.75 cm x 40.64 cm
- ID Number
- 1988.0434.05
- accession number
- 1988.0434
- catalog number
- 1988.0434.05
- Credit Line
- The Walt Disney Company
- subject
- Motion Pictures
- Animation
- Mickey Mouse
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Entertainment
- Movie Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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