Watch Walt Disney's first ever animated short film in full sound released originally in 1928. It is the first appearance of Mickey Mouse and shows how effective the combination of fantastical animated action with realistic sound and music can be.
On your blog post a link to the video and write a paragraph or two describing the different lessons we can learn about animation from studying Steamboat Willie. What tricks and techniques that we recognise from modern cartoons are being pioneered here? What technical and stylistic ideas are being developed? For example, we can see the use of animals taking on human characteristics (the technical term for this is, anthropomorphism) and we get a lot of use of exagerated facial expressions. Give examples from the clip to illustrate your points. Tag your post UNIT24-AO1