Walt Disney Research Paper

Magical. Imaginative. Original. Fantasy. Unique. Known. Creative. Dream. Optimistic. Self-made success. Disney. I will forever be described with-in these terms; however, very few know more about me than my theme parks. I, the well-known Walt Disney, have not only created the famous Disneyland and well-known animated films, but I have also increased education and helped promote a greener earth. I wish for people to know more about me than meets the eye, more than what little toddlers see. Ergo, I have created a manuscript that will explain my standpoints on specific, pertinent topics. Within this dissertation, I will elaborate my views and concerns on the value of education, the importance of new technology, and the significance of nature and

keeping the world clean.
To begin, I believe an education is about as vital as the heart beating in the chest; one must have knowledge to lead a successful life.

Every single animation I have created has a moral or lesson in it to teach to the families watching. I value not only book education, but also the small lessons like courage and friendship in each story (A. Brad). For instance, my first animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs had the simple lessons of learning to count, the awareness of the saying “Stranger Danger”, and it also helped with emotion identification (“Theme Parks”). Emotional identification meant that the children watching this film became aware of feelings like sadness or nervousness if they have yet to be exposed to such emotions before. I believe that this specific lesson has helped children’s minds form and grow to become more mature. In addition, a few years later I produced the animation Lady and the Tramp; it is a story of two dogs that meet unexpectedly and realize that even as “wild” animals, they are not above the law. The two dogs become very close, and soon put their full trust into one another (“Theme Parks”). The moral of this film was loyalty and friendship between two unlikely dogs. This was yet another way of explaining friendship and what it all means, except this time, we used animals to teach the lesson instead of actors (“Theme Parks”). Another form of education I have founded was the California Institute of the Arts, located in Valencia, California

(A. Brad). It is a school where young adults can go and receive professional training by performing and visual art professors. It not only lets these individuals express themselves creatively, but be encouraged to do so (A. Brad). As a youngling, I went to an art university during my high school years and it was tremendously accommodating in increasing my artistic ability. However, I was not creatively encouraged in my home till later in life; I had always wished I had a school like the California Institute of the Arts that I could have gone to in order for me to express my inner cartoonist without being put down. When establishing the school, I had said, “If I can help provide a place to develop the talent of the future, I think I will have accomplished something” (qtd. Walt Disney: A. Brad). All I wanted was a place where creativity could prosper and the love of it could grow, and to me I believe I succeeded in that.
Moreover, education, unlike anything else, is the most essential non-vital thing in life. I fully believe that everyone should have an educational experience; whether it is learning something boring, or learning something amazing. I not only believe in the value of education, but also in the value of learning what you love (Crowther). When students are given a subject to learn that they do not want to hear about, it becomes boring and therefore a waste of time. Pupils should get the opportunity to study what they love, not just the “essential” courses. Art, unlike many seem to believe, is a form of study and should be permitted, as any other course, to be taken as the main subject of a student’s learning (Crowther). I know that if it had not been for my classes at the Chicago Art Institute pushing me to my full artistic potential, I never would have become who I am today (A. Brad).
Moving on to my next significant subject: technology. It isn’t just an important aspect of life, but a way of life, a way of living. I love all types of technology; if I can get it, I already have it. I need for all my guests to have the most enjoyable experience in my theme parks as well as when viewing my films. I want the screen to “come alive” to the audience and the only way to do that is by using the best equipment. The better technology I have, the better I can make the experience (A. Brad). Countless rides at Disneyland and Disney World have electronic screens within them that are playing a scene or film in the background. There are also numerous amusements where the actual game played includes an electronic screen and projector and the machinery to have animated characters talking. All this was made possible because of the amazing technology that was created and the fact that I could get the best of the best (A. Brad). Additionally, I love to enhance the experience of art as best I can. Yes, I use technology to make the theme rides and films I produce superior, but how one uses the technology is what sets the Disney name apart from others. I use the newest technology I get in ways they were not intended to be used. I am an innovator, which means I am constantly coming up with new ideas to improve The Walt Disney Company (“Technology and Innovation”). Sometimes that means taking an idea from someone else and tweaking it to be the perfect piece of machinery I need for my company. New ideas mean new technology and that can lead to a better Disney Company. Technology is my weakness, but it is also my strength.
To continue, throughout my life, I have invented copious amounts of new technology. For instance, I had the first daily operating monorail system which was located in Disneyland. This helped families to travel from one theme park to another with ease (“Technology and Innovation”). The monorail system was the main reason Disneyland and the future Disney World would be able have more than one theme park. Furthermore, I advanced The Walt Disney Company’s technology with the development of a new optical printer. This allowed Disney Studios to combine animated and live-action films. It was definitely one of my major enhancements to the Disney Corporation, strengthening the value of the Disney name (“Technology and Innovation”). Moreover, I created the first film that successfully synchronized the sound and image. This was an enormous step and greatly aided the improvement of my future films. The Disney name has become all that it is today because of this harmonization. Now, people can not only watch a film, but listen to it as well in the same millisecond (“Technology and Innovation”). I have made the Walt Disney name what it is today simply because of technology.
My last and final point is all about going green; not the color, but the practice to become more environmentally friendly. Earth is where we all live and where all our children and grandchildren will live, so why ruin it for them? Nature is so very important and I don’t want it to ever go away, which is why a clean earth is so essential. Throughout my entire childhood, I always appreciated nature and wildlife, family and community, and even more so as I grew up. Nature has been always a huge part of my life (A. Brad). When I finally became an adult, physically not mentally, and started Disneyland, I wanted it to be an earth friendly, happy, clean place. I make sure that there are people constantly sweeping the grounds and getting all the dirt and grime off the colored paths (A. Brad). When Disneyland was being constructed, I would go to the park, grab a hotdog and walk along the path; whenever I finished it, I would point and say “a garbage can needs to be here”. Of course, I didn’t do that around every park, but got an average of about 30 paces. This would avoid the issue of people getting tired of holding trash and just throwing it on the ground; so now there would be a garbage can wherever a person needed one (“Theme Parks”). Preventing litter was just the beginning of my clean rampage through the Disney theme parks. I banned the selling of gum in any of the parks so I wouldn’t have the issue of gum being stuck to rides and tables. I want Disneyland and Disney World to be absolutely spotless (“Theme Parks”). My eco-friendly attitude was highly regarded by many individuals and grabbed the attention of numerous entertainment industry owners. Disney’s clean name was written in the books and has helped The Disney Company become bigger than ever before.
Going forward, earth friendly was just one of my many attributes, and to obtain that name, I needed to actually be friendly to the earth. One thing I wanted to improve were the conditions in cities, as they were getting worse each day (Kober). Therefore, I thought up E.P.C.O.T. (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow): an idea of mine to create a futuristic city where urban decay would no longer be an issue. In my mind, I thought that if I set an example city, with no urban decay or liter or anything extremely wrong, that others may begin to be built around the U.S. and soon an eco-friendly America would be formed (“E.P.C.O.T.”). E.P.C.O.T. would show new, green ways to live that can save the earth and actually improve the environment. While promoting E.P.C.O.T. to my company, I was quoted saying, “EPCOT will take its cue from the new ideas and new technologies that are emerging from the forefront of American industry. It will be a community of tomorrow that will never be completed. It will always be showcasing, testing and demonstrating new materials and new systems” (qtd. Walt Disney: “E.P.C.O.T.”). I originally wanted E.P.C.O.T. to be a legitimate city, but my brother Roy, had a separate idea. When I purchased the land in Florida to build E.P.C.O.T., Roy thought it a good idea to begin a new Disney park and call it Disney World. Therefore, my dream E.P.C.O.T. city only became one of the theme parks located inside (Kober). Overall though, my vision of a flawless, eco-friendly Disneyland and Disney World came true and I couldn’t be more pleased.
Nature, technology and education: my three topics of choice.

I feel the need to remind people that I am not only Walt Disney, the cartoonist, but also Walt Disney, the man who wants to save the earth, bring up generations of intellectual children, and improve the top technology of the time. My life, one full of adventure and bizarre occurrences, is not what every individual believes and for that reason, I wrote this manuscript to correct the thoughts of others. Go green, stay in school, and always create more intelligent ways of

living.
As my friend Steve Jobs once said, “When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family, have fun, save a little money. That’s a very limited life. Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use. Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.”