HON202: Tutorial on Disney.  This page shows the evolution of our organization for the course, with the latest schedule at the end

Jan. 19: After talking with Colin, the rest of the group met and we came up with this outline and game plan:

Framework: for each of the 3 segments, write a 5-p paper analyzing the topic and what we have learned from it

I. What to work on

1. Bio of the person and the corporation

2. Innovations:

Cartoons

Movies:  phases from 20s to the present

Art  and music

Theme parks: entertainment, design issues

Celebration: planned community

3. Influence:

            Central fl

            South America: WD and El Groupo; Ariel Dorfman’s imperialism theme

            International theme parks

            Animation industry, Pixar

            American culture: become a brand

            Technology: animatronics

            Planning use of space, urban planning

            Recruitment of creative talent

            Corporation as Entertainment trust: buying Marvel, TV channels

Disney critics

II. Where to find

Article on propaganda: http://www.rightsidenews.com/2012010515321/editorial/rsn-pick-of-the-day/propaganda-terror-and-mass-communication-part-2.html

1.. Watts, magic kingdom

2. Inside the Mouse: Work and Play at Disney World, The Project on Disney (Paperback)

by The Project on Disney (Author), et al.

3. foglesong, Married to the Mouse

III. class assignment format

1. goal: to take the fun material of Disney and discover how it came to be (lift the veil on its production) and what impact it has had (find its footprint)

2. read/watch, research (in books and other material), analyze through discussion and writing

Next Steps:

-everyone to order a copy of the three books (used copies available from $6-12 each)

-Everyone find 3 book reviews in professional journals and/or magazines of these books, and we discuss them in out next class meeting on Tu Jan. 31 at 4pm

Summary Collin’s feedback, with some more ideas from PJC suggested by his, here arranged around the three areas for us to work on, Bio, Innovations, influence:

1.bios:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Watts%2C+magic+kingdom: Steven Watts, magic kingdom: WD and the

American Way

of Life: sets WD in context of his upbringing and challenges and American values he absorbed and reflected in his work

https://email.ad.stetson.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=47cf185a3583483f8f53bc6c6e5796c0&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.amazon.com%2fexec%2fobidos%2fISBN%3d0964060523%2fdidierghezsdisneA%2f : David Koenig, Realityland: True Life Adventures at WDW

-the author: http://www.mouseplanet.com/search.php?type=w&aid=dk : he is a business journalist with an undergraduate degree, and his business is promoting tourism

https://email.ad.stetson.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=47cf185a3583483f8f53bc6c6e5796c0&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.amazon.com%2fWalt-Disney-Triumph-American-Imagination%2fdp%2f067943822X: Neal Gabler, WD: Triumph of the American Imagination

http://www.learcenter.org/html/about/?cm=Gabler: Gabler is a journalist with a lot of intellectual heft

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/opinion/sunday/the-elusive-big-idea.html?pagewanted=all: thoughtful essay Gabler wrote on the contemporary scene

http://boxofficemojo.com/features/?id=2207&p=.htm: interview with Gabler about WD bio

http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Commentary/Gabler/GablerBook.htm: critical review of Gabler, pointing out its mistakes, by Michael Barrier, who wrote Animated Man: A Life of WD

http://www.amazon.com/Animated-Man-Life-Walt-Disney/dp/0520256190/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211881355&sr=1-1: Michael Barrier, Animated Man: A Life of WD

2.Inside looks: http://books.google.com/books/about/Inside_the_mouse.html?id=C_FFMePR204C: Inside the Mouse: Work and Play at Disney World: the D Project

http://www.thedisneyproject.com/: The D project is a tourguide to all things D

https://email.ad.stetson.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=47cf185a3583483f8f53bc6c6e5796c0&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.amazon.com%2fexec%2fobidos%2fISBN%3d0385523866%2fdidierghezsdisneA%2f: 10 common sense Leadership strategies: this looks like a kind of how-to book

https://email.ad.stetson.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=47cf185a3583483f8f53bc6c6e5796c0&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.amazon.com%2fexec%2fobidos%2fISBN%3d0615431011%2fdidierghezsdisneA%2f: Celebrating the First 40 years at WDW: as the name suggests an uncritical celebration

https://email.ad.stetson.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=47cf185a3583483f8f53bc6c6e5796c0&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.amazon.com%2fILLUSION-LIFE-DISNEY-ANIMATION%2fdp%2f0786860707%2fref%3dsr_1_1%3fs%3dbooks%26ie%3dUTF8%26qid%3d1327020284%26sr%3d1-1:  valuable primary sources from animators who were present at the creation of the studios; very expensive

https://email.ad.stetson.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=47cf185a3583483f8f53bc6c6e5796c0&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.amazon.com%2fImagineering-Field-Kingdom-Disney-World--Updated%2fdp%2f1423124685%2fref%3dsr_1_4%3fs%3dbooks%26ie%3dUTF8%26qid%3d1327020446%26sr%3d1-4: Imagineering Field Guide: inside look, in both senses of the word: uncritical, but helpful to understand how things work

https://email.ad.stetson.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=47cf185a3583483f8f53bc6c6e5796c0&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.amazon.com%2fexec%2fobidos%2fISBN%3d0965735354%2fdidierghezsdisneA%2f: not central, but interesting subtheme on rides

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0983159904/didierghezsdisneA/: WDW Hidden History: Tributes: as the name suggests, an uncritical presentation of the gee-wiz of WDW

3.Disney and Central FL:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Married+to+the+Mouse: Rick Foglesong, Married to the Mouse

https://email.ad.stetson.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=47cf185a3583483f8f53bc6c6e5796c0&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.amazon.com%2fexec%2fobidos%2fISBN%3d0615347770%2fdidierghezsdisneA%2f: Chad David Emerson, Project Future: the inside Story behind the Creation of WDW: a journalist, apparently with legal training; informative, and might be a celebration of the company as the wave of the future

January 31, 2012, pjc’s outline with Resources:

I. Biography of the Man and the Company

Disney’s Formation, before the trumpet: Watts, ch 1; gabler, chs 1, 2

Early career: Watts, ch 2; Gabler, ch 3

Take off: Watts, ch 3; Gabler, ch 4

Golden Age, Gabler, ch 5

   …Interpretations

            Populism: Watts, chs 4, 5

            Sentimentality: Watts, ch 6

            Animation as art and craft: Watts, ch 7

            Icon: Watts, chs 8, 9

            Toward Imagineering: Watts, ch 10

Divided Workshop/ Political turn: Watts, ch 11; Gabler, 6 or 7

National Booster: Watts, ch 12; Gabler, ch 8

After the Initial Wonders: Watts, chs 13, 14; Gabler, ch 9

Soldier for AntiCommunism: Watts, chs 15-17

Entertainment, expressing or controlling people’s desires: Watts, chs 18-19

Making Fantasy a Place: Watts, ch 20; Gabler, ch 10

Toward Entertainment Empire: Watts, chs 21, 22; Gabler, ch 11

II. Disney Creativity: Looking Inside

Art: Find art commentary

Films: Cartoons, movies: find film criticism

Theme Parks: portions of Foglesong and Emerson; Disney project; Imagineering Field guide

The Logistics of Stuff: Technology and layout: Imagineering Field guide

Management Style and Leadership: portions of Watts and Gabler; 10 Common Sense Leadership strategies; Wendy Lowe, Bill Andrews

Celebration: find material on planned communities

III. Impact

California:

Central Florida:

            Secret Searches: Emerson, chs 1-6; Foglesong, chs 1-3

            Local Persuasions: Foglesong, ch 4

Building: Emerson, chs. 7-12

Big Footprint: Foglesong, chs 5-6

Jockeying for Position: Foglesong, chs 7-9

South America: film critics and bios

International Theme parks: bios and media

Brand: Media

Recruitment: Looking Inside books

Entertainment Trust: bios, Foglesong, media

Progressive Disney: media

Disney Critics: Dorfman, journals

February 7, 2012

Collin’s semester outline making use of the blog: http://www.blogger.com/i.g?inviteID=4386211759936343744&blogID=8254258522464656705

Date                      Assignment Due                                              Class Time

Feb 7                     1^st Blog Post                                                       Influences on Walt blog posts

Feb 14                   2^nd Blog Post and comments                       What Watts has to say about our post topics

Feb 21                   1^st set of Powerpoint Slides                        Mini-presentations

Feb 28                   3^rd Blog Post and comments                        TBD

Mar 6                     4^th Blog Post and comments                        TBD

Mar 13                  2^nd set of Powerpoint Slides                       Mini-presentations

Mar 20                  5^th Blog Post and comments                        TBD

Mar 27                  6^th Blog Post and comments                        TBD

Apr 3                     3^rd set of Powerpoint Slides                        Mini-presentations

Apr 10                                                                                                   Begin work on SURCAS presentation

Apr 17                                                                                                   Finalize SURCAS presentation

Each of the 6 blogposts should be about a page (in terms of length) or a substantial paragraph (a unit of explanation), with the comments on two other posts showing reflection and reaction in comparison with what each student learns and interprets