Mickey

Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse (English Name: Mickey Mouse), Disney's representative character, is a small mouse with big round head, big round ears, pear shaped body, soft as rubber hose, no obvious joints and four limbs that can stretch freely as if without bones. He is popular with audiences all over the world for his easygoing, optimistic, active and full of fantastic ideas. He was always whistling, humming, bouncing and full of energy. Although he is an adult character, he retains the curiosity and happiness of a child. He is a little naughty. He does not always obey the rules or be polite. Occasionally, he is playful, a little lazy, impatient, impulsive and impatient, forgetful, hot tempered, and even arrogant. Sometimes he hurts others, but later he regrets and tries his best to make up for it. He has a strong sense of justice and is good at fighting against injustice. He often falls into trouble beyond his ability. However, he can always get rid of trouble and solve problems successfully with wisdom.

Mickey has a best partner, Minnie. They were born at the same time and have always been lovers. He also has two ironies, Donald and goofy. They often appear together, which can be called "iron triangle". Despite the constant failure, the friendship between the three was not affected at all. He also has a loyal rhubarb dog named Pluto, who are best friends.

Mickey's classic dress is wearing only red shorts, big yellow shoes and white gloves. In different situations, they will also wear corresponding clothes, such as little wizard's robe, conductor's tuxedo, host's suit, worker's work clothes, Musketeer's uniform, etc. These clothes well covered his long and thin limbs, making his limbs and the neck, shoulders and joints that were not obvious more obvious.

Role experience

Come on, big guy, get up and sing: "m-i-c-k-e-y, m-o-u-s-e!"

This is the most well-known Lyric in the opening song of ABC TV program Mickey Mouse Club in the 1950s. Many people remember the little mouse with big round ears and his name: Mickey Mouse.

On November 18, 1928, Steamboat Willie, the world's first audio cartoon film, was released at the colony theater in New York, which caused a sensation in New York. A superstar was born. People remember the little mouse in boots and hat dancing to the music. Since then, Mickey Mouse has been popular throughout the United States, giving people spiritual strength in the great depression, going abroad and becoming world-famous. In the 1980s, Mickey Mouse came to China in the spring breeze of reform and opening up, and its charm has not diminished. Although the cartoon is no longer broadcast, he still lives with people all the time, on the shelves of toy stores, clocks and watches, clothing, meeting people by chance, sending his eternal smile.

The mystery of life experience

Since the birth of Mickey Mouse in 1928, due to the age, his life experience has long been controversial. Many people think Mickey Mouse was created by Disney, but that's not the case. Most of the information that people can see now shows that Mickey's creators include at least two people: Walt Disney and his partner Wupei EVOX. There are several statements about the birth of Mickey Mouse

Official version: according to the official information, Mickey's predecessor was Oswald the lucky rabbit, an animated image created by Walt Disney and Wupper EVOX in 1927. After the copyright of Oswald was stolen by universal pictures, Wupper designed Mickey on the basis of Oswald. This is recorded in more detail in the second chapter of Disney's Art: from Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdom, Mickey Mouse and the symphony of muddle headed. According to the data released by D23, the character was designed on the train from New York to Los Angeles.

Documentary version: according to PBS documentary "impression of the United States: Walt Disney", after Oswald's copyright was taken away, Walter and his partner Wupei Ewoks negotiated to create a new animation image to "recapture" Oswald. Wu Pei designed cartoon images of a frog, a cow and a horse, but Walter was not satisfied. Wu Pei found a rule in the process of creation: using a big circle as the head of a character, if you add a triangular ear, it is a cat, if you add a long ear, it is a rabbit, and if you add a round ear, it is a mouse. Considering that there are enough cartoon cats on the market, he added big round ears, sharp mouth, pear shaped body and slender limbs to the big circle, which became Mickey's original image. Walt originally intended to name him Mortimer, but Disney's wife Lillian intuitively felt that Mortimer's name was feminine and not loud enough. She named the Mouse Mickey (a nickname for Mike or Michael), which Wupei also agreed with. Walter took Lillian's advice. This is described in more detail in the documentary created by Walt Disney Pictures, directed by Leslie Iwerks.

Movie version: according to the plot in the 2015 movie Walt more Mickey, Walt Disney made a friendship with a mouse in the garage when he was down, and later created Mickey based on that mouse. This statement is widely spread, but the film has undergone a lot of artistic processing, which is not credible.

Other records:

① According to Wikipedia's Mickey Mouse data, a book called the an was published by the University of California Press in 2008 imatedMan:ALifeofWaltDisney According to page 56 of the book, Walter was inspired by his dreams in the creation of Mickey Mouse. And the other is w altDisney:Conversations In the book conversations with comic arts series, it is recorded that the inspiration comes from a mouse who often moves around the table while working in the laugh-o-gram studio.

② According to Walt Disney himself, Mickey's image comes from a tribute to Chaplin.

We have reason to infer that the real source of Mickey Mouse should be the result of the close cooperation between Walter and Wupei: Wupei describes his specific actions and forms, while Walter sets up the characters to make them three-dimensional.

Debut

After the new characters are designed, Walter and Wupei discuss how to promote the new characters to the public. At that time, Charles Lindbergh, an American pilot, piloted the "spirit of Louis" monoplane, successfully completed the first human feat of flying across the Atlantic Ocean, and became the greatest adventurer in the heart of a generation of Americans. Until March 1928, the reports of related subjects were still hot. 'we have to catch this social hot spot. Let Mickey Mouse fly the plane. I think the audience will like it.'. They agreed that Walter would write the script and Wupei would be responsible for the production. Based on Lindbergh's story, Walter conceived a simple and interesting story. This is the first Mickey Mouse short film, plane crazy.

After the script is finished, production begins in strict secrecy. On the one hand, Walter sent supervisors to monitor the work of the staff, so that they could not spare time to pay attention to other things; on the other hand, the production was in full swing. Wu Pei shut himself in the room and drew the original painting at the speed of 700 frames a day. Lillian and another woman were hiding in the garage, painting Wu Pei's original painting on celluloid. Walt was in charge of the shooting. After work, the staff worked nervously all night, and put everything together before dawn, as if nothing had happened.

On May 10, 1928, "crazy plane" was shown in the movie theater of Sunset Avenue in Hollywood. Although it didn't cause a sensation, the audience's response was good, which made Walter more confident. Walter used the last money to make two more Mickey Mouse films. In the second film the Gallopin'Gaucho, Mickey Mouse is a brave rider; in the third film Steamboat Willie, Mickey Mouse becomes a capable crew member. In the production process of the third film, Walter adopted his brother Roy's suggestion and used the sound film technology. All the sound effects were recorded directly on the film in an optical way (instead of recording separately as in the first two films), and the sound was completely synchronized with the picture. Steamer Willie is considered to be the first sound animation with accurate record in the world. On November 18 of the same year, the film, as a front film of the film gang war, was released in the colonial theater of New York, causing a sensation. The audience even asked the staff to show the film again. Years later, the media commented that the film "sounded the death knell of silent movies".

There are many lovely cartoon stars in Disney's Cartoon Kingdom, among which the oldest and most popular character is undoubtedly Mickey Mouse. Born in January

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