Walt Disney's MultiPlane Camera (Filmed Feb. 13, 1957)

[@FIGNAS83]

Makes you appreciate the Classic animated films even more.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Usually, knowing how a magic trick is done tends to ruin the illusion. Here is the opposite.

[@guitarplayerfactorychannel]

It's so simple, it's magic what it can achieve!

[@stanbai5263]

Never ruins it for me. I love movie magic!

[@Labroidas]

You are right! It's the same as knowing that a painter uses brush and paint to make amazing pieces of art. It doesn't make it less wonderful, on the contrary, it makes it even more incredible.

[@mementomatrix]

great observation

[@Nebbysworld]

Wow 🥺

[@2121nath]

Idk why, but this video is comforting.

[@iamchriswick]

It's Walt Disney, simple as that

[@fastica]

@@iamchriswick “Old school” Walt Disney.

[@stanislavsynytsia6592]

no cussing, no lying

[@ElementofKindness]

Back before everything had to be a conflict.

[@iamchriswick]

Not talking about the conpany. That's is literally Mr Walt Disney.

[@jfan4reva]

I remember seeing this clip on "The Wonderful World of Disney" when I was a kid. I thought it was just the coolest thing! I just now realized that they had to have a camera with huge depth of field to take pictures of these layers that were about 3-6 feet from the camera lens, and have them come out with reasonable sharpness. Everyone who's worked with Photoshop is going "oh, layers, that's no big deal." But when it hadn't been invented before, and they had to work with physical layers (oil painting on big glass plates) it really was a big deal. No computers, no monitors, no graphics software, and the only mouse in the room was Mickey!

[@xGARIDx]

True, software such like Toonboom makes it hundred times easier

[@1chick1camera]

Yes!!! I was trying to remember where I had seen it. I loved watching how it all came together. This just doesn’t happen anymore. I know it’s a lot of hard work and hours being out in and we have the technology to make it easier but there’s something missing in all the newer animations…

[@badrakram]

This is a real hard work

[@juliusnepos6013]

Yeah

[@zarrowthehorse]

@@RraMakutsi can buy skill?

[@SCOOMA50187]

I’d be down to do the work

[@whitewolf4851]

@@RraMakutsi Walt started with less then nothing. Learn something will you.

[@eclecticjon1019]

@Miles If one day your coward of a God decides to show his face, I for one will punch him so hard he'll end up back in heaven.

[@inceptional]

Back at this time Disney was just utter genius that literally changed the paradigm for animation as we know, especially feature animations. The amount of stuff they invented and defined and broke new ground on was just astounding.

[@jeremiahsmith916]

Imagine if animation wasn’t marketed as “for kids” from the beginning. The immersive works of art we could have.

[@funkworthrollin4959]

Akira.

[@jeremiahsmith916]

@@funkworthrollin4959 good point, the anime industry actually managed to establish itself as a "not for kids" market, at least in Asia. My point was not that adult animated movies don't exist per se, but that aggressively advertising animation as "cute and funny films for children" shoved the genre into rigid frames which restrict artistic freedom of those who want to tell complex stories using this medium. In the West you typically have to dumb down your concept and force it into a form of "a cartoon show for kids" to get any good exposure. Artistic adult cartoons do exist in the West, but they're usually left forgotten forever after about 100 people see them at a couple of obscure small festivals. This is the problem I'm talking about - that the media of animation is being forcefully restricted to kids market, when it could be so much more.

[@LukeMohan]

I love the aesthetics of old cartoons and wish although it’s a lot of work I wish cartoons still looked like that.

[@MrDefault08]

@FROMIS_ EVENTS_ I suddenly remembered in horror... the time CARTOON NETWORK started showing live-action movies. Yikes x2.

[@BrianBadonde299]

I instantly started smiling when I saw the animation, so timeless.

[@dahboup]

Disney was the only film creator to be truly transparent about how the magic worked yet still kept the experience so magical. A very smart mind.

[@reynaldolunajr.6909]

Miss the old Disney magic.

[@arkoroy1380]

I really loved to see how Disney animated films were made in early days.I love these kind of films where backgrounds are hand painted because it has an artistic beauty I just loved this traditional animation for films.

[@briankaler6147]

Imagine if the geniuses of our age had the same method of explaining technology, simple, clear, and humble.

[@cinemint]

I sense our culture has been steadily losing the subtle art of effective communication

[@cmiller1515]

in reality i cant imagine modern disney/pixar's animation process is that interesting. alot of it is tedious work and mouse clicking at a desk, all while staring at ugly, unfinished models. then there's the node work and digital file organizing, which if you ask me isn't really jaw dropping. part of why is so explainable is because it's all physical slates and panels; it's alot harder going in depth on something abstract as texture work or hair physics. if you do want to check out a good modern version of this, vox news always goes in depth on pixar movies anytime their released and explains the subtle achievements they're still making in animation today.

[@Bitplex]

1:50 there's a glitched frame inserted from a previous cell. Watch closely and you'll see mickey appear momentarily in the background again for one single frame.

[@futurestoryteller]

Maybe it's an in-joke, it happens at the exact moment Disney says "come closer" (Mickey gets farther away)

[@Bitplex]

@@futurestoryteller creative theory!

[@Reiniac]

he's just v i b i n g

[@AIM54A]

It's a miss-splice of the film.

[@NerveEnd]

Might also be something that happened when this million year old clip has been digitized, mangled, ripped and splurted into KZbin.

[@edible0pig]

"What's wrong down there, Alan?" "I am dead inside and my soul is hollow, Dave..."

[@SerenityTeaArt]

Classic!

[@EnpuerKT]

if I had that job, I'd go home and beat my wife senseless every night

[@EnpuerKT]

@Norm Meunier I would still give my wife the back of my hand. Why? Because she over cooked the roast, boi Am I so angry.

[@Sparkfist83]

@@EnpuerKT Definitely not funny...

[@EnpuerKT]

@@Sparkfist83 stop Karen, don’t go complaining to KZbin’s manager

[@AcoustiClub]

People are amazing!

[@keephumble1]

Ofc we are amazing...imagine there are still people who belive the evolution theory as a fact 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️or that we came(due to atoms coming together🤣🤦‍♂️) on this earth just like that! No motive for our life or feelings! I would like to see monkeys doing that(movies and stuff) today or in million years🤣🤦‍♂️ God help us all keep our sanity! #nothing_is_a_coincidence!

[@mikethegamedev]

yesssss

[@amelynreyes8141]

"DOTA 2, RESPECT AND CHESS."

[@knightdaemon4836]

Were

[@SalvationinCHRISTalone888]

HEAVENLY FATHER/HIS SON, JESUS , WHO made us and gave us these talents is even MORE AMAZING. Just acknowledging THE TRUTH. 1/3/2021. Can you believe it ...2021. I pray THIS year is better than the last. 2020 will go down in infamy. Hau’oli Makahiki Hou ( Happy New Year ) from Hawaii, everybody. GOD bless you

[@yannick9208]

I never knew why i liked a certain movies more than the other whenever i was watching one of those ''old classic'' movies from before 1960. But now i know that they put more effort in some movies than other ones. This is basically the animated equivalent of using a dolly vs zoom as camera technique in movies or shows.

[@generalawareness101]

Digital ruined a lot of stuff and there is a reason a lot of stuff went back to hand painting and hard work THOUGH the multi-focal is done digitally or via CNC these days it really was great in its day. Now the best work seems to be a mix of digital and real so some parts became faster while other parts remain as laborious. Even some simple effects in the animated films from Tim Burton in the 1990's had real effects, and very hard work, done and most people love them today.

[@StrangePerson69]

@@generalawareness101 Are you saying digital isn’t “hard work”? As a digital artist I can’t say that’s correct.

[@terenarosa4790]

@@StrangePerson69 agreed, I suck at digital art. I'm much better with physical materials, but digital art is cheaper and there's no clean up afterwards. So I'm trying to learn.

[@stanbai5263]

@@StrangePerson69 I agree it's still hard work but today's technology has made things a lot easier. That isn't a bad thing of course. The problem today is because technology has gotten so advanced, it's relied on too much. The thing about an old classic Disney movie is that a tool like the one displayed here was done to improve the quality of the movie, to add to the overall experience. There's still an amazing soundtrack, voice work, writing, etc. Today the work in visuals is put in to keep from putting effort into anything else. Imagine if the only thing people liked about Bambi was the layers. Sure, that's a lot of work, but for what purpose?

[@futurestoryteller]

5:55 They're not just amazing animators, but Oscar caliber actors

[@nathansonic]

Get your shit together Alan.

[@ojtheaviator1795]

"i was moving it the wrong way dick im taking it back now." He said it with such little effort or emotion that it seemed almost like it took effort to do it like that!

[@daneast]

Complete with voiceovers lol

[@thecianinator]

That's how you can tell those are the actual animators lmao

[@mosesmage6773]

They also sound like the cartoons they make.

[@LEELOLKH]

The 2D animations back then are better than today

[@bubsiansanimations6360]

That makes it amazing

[@Mulukan57]

The animation back then much more fluid and squashy. The characters were beautiful too. But since cartoon only for tv, animators didn't got enough budget. So cartoons today look like rock

[@steamboatwill3.367]

Not better or worse than today or back then, stop saying this crap.

[@pablol1069]

@@steamboatwill3.367 Characters animation of the past were clearly superior, it's a lost craft.

[@steamboatwill3.367]

@@pablol1069 ) no, it's the same, look at Cuphead or any new animated shows, it's still there.

[@yared8771]

The beginning is like watching Tony Stark's father explaining the technology behind the arc reactor

[@sketchpad7116]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@guy_in_ashopping_cart-sfs967]

Im pretty sure marvel actually used videos of Walt Disney as inspiration for Tony Starks father in the movie, Correct me if i'm wrong but i swear i remember reading it somewhere a few years ago.

[@broodypie2216]

Stark was inspired by disneys presentation of tomorrowland

[@justins8802]

100%, Howard Stark has Howard Hughes’ engineering ingenuity and Walt Disney’s personality.

[@justins8802]

Tony, on the other hand, is all Hughes.

[@dominicdavistv]

Thank you, very inspirational to see how techniques taken for granted in After Effects were born out of the invention of earlier pioneers.

[@HeruVision-Thrive-Coaching]

Very interesting indeed. In the early 90's I attended training as an imagineers first starting at Ringling School for Art and Design in Sarasota Florida and then later working at Epcot. It was in this training I discovered this technique. Later I used the frame by frame to create animation to create the illusion of video online. I used Swish program before it was flash media to create movement and the layer production and key frames allowed for realistic illusions of actual video. I used action scripting to link up QuickTime and wav sounds. But it was Walt and his imagineers and this technique that pioneecred the way for later innovations. Thank you for posting this content.

[@tony_w839]

@Miles If all wrong is forgiven, why repent?

[@TheAaromaniac]

@@tony_w839 Sup! I think what Miles means is that God loved us so much that he decided to forgive us our sins, even though we could never deserve it or could get rid of our sins by our own. But we need to believe that Jesus died and that God raised Him from the dead and that he is Lord though, to receive His grace. However, when Jesus died on the cross, He did it once and for all, so this gift of grace would then be available for us all! Yes we will have to believe in Him, but basically He made this sacrifice even before we could make a decision, and thereby defeated sin and giving us the option of forgiveness even before we could ask for it! Amen! And that is how much God loved the world so He gave his only son for us! I don't think Miles' saying it to judge anyone or you, but I think he is saying it because that he hopes that people will receive His Grace and he believes that God truly loves all of us and not at least you! I myself am a christian, and I am so happy and I truly believe in the power of Jesus' name and I try to live my life for Him every day :) and I hope that you and more people will get to know him! :) So I pray for you, and everyone else here! Jesus I pray that your power will manifest before these people and Tony, and that they will find that your love and grace is so beyond the world for them and that it is all that they need, amen! Then again, maybe it's not necessarily related to Disney's awesome cartoon inventions, but I didn't start the topic! ;) I love the world of Walt Disney, and I surely love God! God's blessings guys, from Sweden

[@SK83RJOSH]

@@TheAaromaniac you may need to read up on the definition of facetious. As that was very obviously a comment in jest and didn't warrant such a lengthy reply. The fact of the matter is people don't like being reminded of death, nor being told what they need to do in life. I understand the sentiment, genuinely I do, but this is the kind of thing that turns people off and gives them a bad impression of Christians. It may be meant in good faith, but it comes across as sanctimonious and abrasive to most. Nothing you can do about that aside from accept it and move on unfortunately. Hej från Stockholm 👋

[@samwise3412]

This is a real hard work, respect

[@RraMakutsi]

No... the engneers did hard work... Disney and the animators did dick-all for anybody.

[@papayer]

@@RraMakutsi Yeah not like they created the paintings and drawings that would appear in the films or anything

[@eclecticjon1019]

No, real hard work is doing a 10 hour shift on a building site in the pissing rain. This in comparison is something you do for fun at the weekends.

[@papayer]

@@eclecticjon1019 You could simply ask for attention, you know.

[@eclecticjon1019]

@@papayer Do you copy and paste that reply to everyone who comments on the Internet?

[@kunjupulla]

Hats off to those who made my childhood memorable!

[@Poop-nu1so]

I always thought they stacked transparencies on top another, never knew it was oil paintings on glass with full adjustability.

[@Kalvinjj]

For the normal setup shown at the start it was indeed, I guess you could do transparencies with the multiplane too, but it was probably better looking to paint it to glass straight, dunno maybe it sticks well or cleans better, plus no need for 2 layers to trap dust (like, if it was transparency on top of glass).

[@thecianinator]

Man it's kind of weird to see Mickey Mouse as an actual cartoon character who looks like a mouse and not just a theme park mascot who looks like a corporate logo

[@midwaymonster30]

Walt was an amazing person.

[@MrPGC137]

This short film is also at the Walt Disney Family Museum at the Presidio in San Francisco, next to one of the three actual multiplane cameras from the studio. Visitors are able to see for themselves just how huge & complex this thing actually was. It's all the more impressive when one considers that it was constructed long before the era of computer-control technology, so all the calculations had to be done in advance, all the artwork had to be carefully moved by hand and meticulous logs & exposure-sheets had to be maintained during the filming process, just to keep track of it all. Just operating this thing required a team of about twelve (a normal animation-stand only needed one.)

[@snibbubzik3566]

I love this video. I love so much that he put this much time and effort into explaining how he made his craft. Absolute magic.

[@elvismorellidigitalvisuala6211]

Photoshop: I've invented Layers. Disney: Hold my MultiPlane Camera

[@Bennyonthetrackbeibi]

lol

[@RogersPhotographyOG]

Exactly!

[@futurestoryteller]

@@RogersPhotographyOG "Exactly" in what way? When did Photoshop claim to invent the concept of layering?

[@gayusschwulius8490]

This has nothing to do with layers. Layers were invented much earlier than even the multiplane camera. They just used transparent cellulose sheets for that, like in the first example. The multiplane camera invented animation layer separation, which would be useless for a still image software like Photoshop.

[@elvismorellidigitalvisuala6211]

@@gayusschwulius8490 it was only a joke :P

[@marcello7781]

All that hard work for a few frames. They deserve nothing but admiration and praise.

[@hulksmash3854]

Thanks Walt Disney for making our childhood a meaningful one... You'll are a Genius !!

[@nafiskhan8801]

What a hard work respect ..

[@zahirsookoor2673]

Walt Disney was ever so amazing and inspirational in pioneering and revolutionizing the process of animation!!! Through his great original work, we have used that to improve and reach the standard we have today

[@cyanimation1605]

He didn’t pioneer this. He stole this invention and the title for first animated feature from Lotte Reininger who predated Snow White by 13 years.

[@joebrewer4529]

Don't forget iwerks.

[@RraMakutsi]

Walt Disney was a racist asshat... he paid good engineers gobs of money to accomplish what you describe. What's your point?

[@joebrewer4529]

@@RraMakutsi how was he racist?

[@RraMakutsi]

@@joebrewer4529 Read a history book... hell, even a quick google search for "Walt Disney racist" (which would take less time to post than your comment) reveals much about the man.

[@Flatwoodsdad]

Uncle Walt and his Magic Kingdom. I used to love these little shorts when he played them. Kinda like seeing how a magic trick was done. Thanks for posting it.

[@cinemint]

Exactly like a magic trick. Excellent analogy.

[@ozjamin2844]

Disney was an absolute pioneer. And that solution was just brilliant in its simplicity. Thanks Disney for all the Saturday movie matinees I got to watch in Oz growing up in the 70’s and 80’s. 👍

[@NatalieHawkinsMusic]

This clip of Walt Disney, revealing the magic behind his incredible artistic achievements and technological advancements, got me thoroughly choked up. Thank you so much for posting this historical clip!

[@Sengence]

Made in 1957 and still teaching people til this very day!🤩

[@tushardhepe2881]

This Is The Foundation Of The Idea Of The Layers In Photoshop Software...!!! This Layering Idea Came And Emerged From Here...!!! Thanks Sir Walt Disney...!!!

[@InflatablePlane]

I highly recommend watching “The Reluctant Dragon”. It’s a Disney short filmed in 1940, that showcases this camera, the animation process, as well as much of Disney’s Burbank Studios in their prime. Also features a nice short cartoon towards the end of it

[@tomservo5007]

this short, hand drawn animation,has more soul than any computer animation sequence in the last 10 years

[@MsBeckyduncan]

I have so much respect for animators! Animation seems so tedious! They must be the most patient people in the world!

[@museonfilm8919]

That scene with the trees is still more amazing than any CGI today. Yes, of course CGI gives infinite possibilities, but don't ever argue that it takes this much work just to compile a single frame.

[@ali32bit42]

as a CG artist myself. boi is that statement inaccurate

[@gd5158]

I watched this video 10 times probably. So insane, so inspiring. As an animator(+-) it really makes you understand where the things you take for granted come from, before the digital world. Disney has its flaws as a gigantic company, but they practically invented animation as we know it today. And that's one of the greatest gifts human kind has received, in my opinion. Also, 1:50 , who noticed the glitch? :)

[@pj9368]

Don't talk about my moms yo

[@gd5158]

@@pj9368 aye sometime he rhyme quick sometime he rhyme slow

[@TheDylandProductions]

Disney co. under Walt Disney was a real imaginative studio. He risked it all (flirting bankruptcy) multiple times - "Snow White," their first animated feature, and "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," their first live-action feature are good examples. The primary motivation was entertainment, second was making animation a viable medium for not just motion pictures, but for entertainment for all ages. Third was money. Roy, and the following interim Chairmen didn't push the company as hard (which, was kinda smart) but saw a great decline in funds from lack of gripping & box office succeeding films. Michael Eisner ballooned the company into a mega-corporation, investing wisely into merchandise, television, cruises, theme parks, etc. The Disney renaissance saw a rejuvenation of creative output, because IMO money wasn't the only focus - even if it was a higher priority by this point. Eisner's tendency to needlessly raise theme park prices and milk franchises dry with over-saturated direct-to-video/dvd sequels weren't positive, although made the company more money. Bob Iger runs Disney co. like a bullying monopolistic black hole - buying up anything and everything he can, often with little regard for what he's taking in. At the time, the Pixar buy-out was seen as a positive. But, under the old agreement/contract, Pixar COULD have outsourced animation to ALL studios. Now they're exclusively Disney's pet. A lot of their CGI breakthroughs and innovations have been sheltered to just Disney films - and that's unfortunate. Various subsidiaries, like Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, and now 20th Century studios have had their creative output altered into a more homogenized beast; pushing out the same product again and again with little difference. What's worse is that these movies have begun to splinter the franchises' fans irreparably. Bob Iger's Disney has only one goal; money. He leaves the creativity and innovation to the smaller studios under their control; often completely unchecked and left to self-govern. It stinks, but it works from a corporate perspective. "Avengers: Endgame" is now the highest grossing film of all time, and I'm sure that makes the board of directors happy. But, from a creative standpoint, it's been absolute suicide. I can't see this lasting much longer. With film output getting increasingly mixed reviews over the past few years, I can't see the box office grosses continuing to stay so high. The "live action remakes" are Iger's direct-to-video sequels, and it's simply not sustainable. The Disney co. is walking a thin line rn. It'll only take another buy-out to bring down the hammer of Government intervention. The 20th Century Fox purchase was Iger testing the waters, akin to Hitler annexing small European nations. Eventually, poland will come, and TWDC will face problems. SO sad to see it turn into this. Even with its flaws, I used to LOVE the Disney company. Loved the films, the shows, the media etc. Not anymore. They've become bloated, and quality & entertainment have taken a backseat to money. That's not completely unsurprising, but still sad. I wish it could get back to how it was under Walt's direction. Apologies. Rant over.

[@td3993]

Yes, somehow they flubbed, and that spec you see at 1:50 is actually Mickey's face.

[@cupcakemcsparklebutt9051]

@@TheDylandProductions fuck

[@ricardoalarcon5144]

So much engineering put into making dolls move

[@jeremiahmarkusmedia6915]

Crazy how innovative this is

[@Ameya_pardeshi]

So much hard work and mind blowing creativity ... Great hats off

[@ElementofKindness]

Things you couldn't possibly have appreciated as a kid, when you first seen Bambi.

[@The_A_Cast]

Walt and his crew were such passionate geniuses to bring joy and smiles to everyone!

[@ashokbk487]

That era was great

[@JoshWoodYouTube]

man... Disney has such a calming voice. Makes you feel so happy and nostalgic.

[@hilarioph]

The MultiPlane Camera it’s so awesome and a masterpiece 👍

[@alcoholic2412]

Pretty ingenious for 1957. A lot of thought and effort went into this, real craftsmanship. No computers.

[@ProfessorKazuya]

Cartoons this day seems dont have much effort compare to this. THIS IS ART.

[@awesomeferret]

*most. Some exceed this, it's relatively niche and rare though.

[@QurenTheShield]

@@awesomeferret Which ones are the one that do exceed this?

[@awesomeferret]

@@QurenTheShield just about anything Hayao Miyazaki is involved with, there are others but I can't think of any off the top of my head at the moment.

[@QurenTheShield]

@@awesomeferret Thank you.

[@Orlo115]

Este comentario denota una visión de las cosas tan cerrada y cesgada por el tan común y equivocado pensamiento del "antes era mejor".

[@DeepishMoog]

We just witnessed the real art of animation. Almost never duplicated today, not to the extent Disney mastered. Sad really, because painstakingly hand drawn and painted animation is amazing. And I miss it. RIP Uncle Walt.

[@manojitdas5110]

perfection was the priority on that time

[@ddoublea9911]

When it went in motion that was so magical!

[@swingzbicasan4834]

This is truly a masterpiece

[@premjitchowdhury262]

Limited resources brings out amazing creativity to bring new possibilities.

[@pigeonsstackingoneachother9555]

It's so amazing looking back at how animation used to be. Now we have digital layers that is a million times faster to work with! Now all I need is to overcome that lazyness.....

[@dantealighieri5464]

innovation brought out by true art and passion. classics animated films still has that certain magic that even today's technology cant capture. though more labour is needed, the results are worth it and this was from the time when real artists were appreciated. nowadays, real artists are forgotten and forsaken, today is a society not worth preserving. i'm just waiting for the sun to swallow up this world, that would be the best art ever.

[@samsung123451]

The reason why recent cartoons are not that famous and liked, these guys gave their all to our childhood. Hard work pays off.

[@TheCoolDanGuy]

Walt Disney was so brave doing these a things. I admire and proud of him.

[@mkai8978]

Dear Disney, Thank you for your hardwork making my childhood awesome. I miss old Disney cartoon.

[@Raachen]

Amazing to see, how a technique, that's been outdated long time ago by the development of digital media and computer generated interfaces, is still able to fascinate the viewer. What a revolutionary idea!

[@samuelconnolly347]

Really interesting video! Thanks for sharing.

[@JaysonBicBoi]

At 1:51 there's a fuck up and for that 1 split frame second you can see 2 micky mouses. It's crazy how much harder it was to create cartoons back in the days but then again life was much harder also

[@joshuamichael4254]

Now I can understand why the main character in the scene is outlined while the background looks like a painting

[@nibinonline]

The amount of work goes in to these !!!

[@chopperdeath]

This is peak human inginuity, realy hit it's peak in the 1970's as far as straight analog genius.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Voyager II still going strong to interstellar space!

[@awesomeferret]

On what grounds would you say that? That's actually pretty hard to argue from a technical standpoint, there are plenty of modern 2D animated features that took way more work than anything Disney did 70 years ago. Even clichéd stuff like Spirited Away and Lion King. There are just too many examples of quality animation. Quality 2D animation may have been more common back then but saying that nothing has matched it is, from a technical perspective at least, laughably false.

[@leonardosomma4196]

Thank you gorgeous man for bringing us your art!

[@57thorns]

There are so many levels to this, pardon the pun. Keeping the planes separated in three dimensions means, as shown, that you can get realistic perspective changes using the same painted layers. It also gives us (as shown in the last clip) the ability to work with the camera focus. All of this can be done in computers today, but it is _not_ easy to make it look good. And sadly, oftentimes the current Disney corporation fails. Back then making animated movies was all about stop motion (in 2D, or in this case 2.5D) and the process was so expensive and time consuming that the extra effort to get it perfect was worth it.

[@antaresstar2]

That landscape in the final scene is so beautiful

[@singhsonu18]

Hollywood has always been 60years ahead of others 👍👍👍

[@sskdev5116]

geez, to think how much work it needed to make such an illusion of depth. Amazing!!!

[@StealthXY]

Oh man listen to the old transatlantic accent!

[@scotpens]

What "transatlantic accent"? Walt Disney was born in Chicago and spoke with a plain American accent.

[@kjamison5951]

You might have meant “midlantic” accent but WD didn’t have one. Cary Grant and James Mason were prime examples of that midlantic vocal delight.

[@DanSwanson2070]

@@kjamison5951 transatlantic and mid atlantic is the same

[@hypn0298]

He doesn’t have a mid-Atlantic accent, it’s just because the sound quality isn’t that good, due to the fact that this is from 1957.

[@jeff-gl1yx]

Trying to sound smart and informed. Only to prove yourself the opposite. Pathetic.

[@billblendick9780]

Walt was a great snd good man ! He gave us so much.

[@dieseldust27]

Animations look so smooth back then.

[@jdraven0890]

Read years ago about the multi-plane camera, but only now understood it. Thanks for posting.

[@garryperrin2408]

On Sunday eves Walt Disney on TV. Sometimes educational like this. 1950’s

[@shanerountree3623]

I love and miss these educational 'behind the scenes' shows that they would do, today most of what they show seems to be more of the 'reality' based shows.....

[@rischio7678]

Respect to Walt Disney and his crew. So much hardwork

[@Skater19219]

1:50 It seems that in 1957 bugs already exist

[@ashishgurung1417]

Wow how did u even notice that . U would make a great critic

[@Kai-qv2ig]

This is a magnificent work that they did. 👏👏👏👏👏

[@satishdan]

This is how layers in photo shop invented

[@devendranathsharma3291]

This is amazing.They were so creative.

[@racheldeed816]

This is so crazy! I can't believe this technology was invented in the 50's! I miss how old animation was done but I understand that it would be too expensive now

[@juhokestila7367]

That One Green Froggy It was actually invented in the 30s. The multiplane camera was first tested on the short film The Old Mill in 1937.

[@DoomnoCreative]

It's actually much easier to do now. Everything that this machine is doing can be done in software now. This multi-plane effect is still used to create parallax but now the backgrounds are layers in software rather than being pushed around in a machine, it's a virtual camera.. This exact look can still be achieved and much cheaper.

[@Mxyzptlksac]

Bambi was released in 1942 but production began in 1939.

[@classScribbler]

@@juhokestila7367 Thanks.. just checked out the short film after your comment. It's freely available on KZbin if anyone wants and a delight to watch.

[@roydrygo2]

disney cant afford it, doesnt have the money to do it. no?

[@leonardosomma4196]

This just shows you how much effort needs to go in to this sort of thing. Before Walt had a large company, he had to do EVERYTHING himself. He had to draw every 24 frames of every SECOND of his cartoons all by himself! It took him months! (I wander if he started with simple flipbooks

[@joejackson4202]

The first time the animators saw the results of the multi-plane camera must have brought tears to their eyes. It is remarkably beautiful work.

[@amrithaandplanty8246]

Animation is a magical form of art... amazing

[@TravisGilbert]

Who else didn't search for this 10 year old video but think it's super cool! ✋

[@michaelshultz2540]

What are you talking about. It's 64 years old. Almost as old as me. But if you look up a process called "rotoscope" you'll see that what Disney did was just reinventing the wheel. Giggle, pun intended. ..

[@joshgiesbrecht]

@@michaelshultz2540... He's referring to upload date.

[@slihrih1340]

Wow this is amazing. The dedication and patience of those people is out of this world!

[@GorilieVR]

Dang Disney making YT tutorials 50 years before YT 😂

[@breakingdragon22]

This was on TV on Sunday’s a filler during the wonderful world of Disney in the 70s and in the movie theaters before a Disney cartoon there are a lot more.

[@nickdeloreto659]

Thank you for all the hard work.

[@ravindrasinhjadeja3688]

And people have 4k camera phone this days making tiktok vedeo !

[@hiteshghavri9279]

Chutiya hain. Sale....Jo mehnat se nahi sikhte.....

[@bakalee2631]

And film it vertically.

[@indorailfans2532]

I hate tiktok

[@isacnewton9075]

And we call them fucking people

[@mohammedakmal9358]

ok boomer

[@marthessling8031]

It is stil magical! Even after all those years. The music on the end... sigh.. They don’t make that anymore these days, sadly...

[@yadukrishna3540]

"This is why I am willing to pay any amount of money on American made products. They are people of perfection."

[@ripaccount-n2x]

Chinese-Made Products are terrible.

[@jakebradford4272]

I agree

[@cinemint]

I wish that we still had that spirit in the products we produce

[@thePiyush0689]

Time when photography & videography was an art.

[@RydalS]

They walked so we can run.

[@luanmachado8248]

This is so beautiful, I want to see these films again.

[@mxegal]

Stop in there to see the glitch 1:51 Slow make it 0.25×

[@AlAensland]

You mean 1:50?

[@MR_FROG_for_president]

That’s not a glitch the animator must’ve gotten the wrong Mickey Mouse walking transparent and placed it there but it’s also either maybe a mix up maybe it’s not in order the Mickey Mouse’s

[@jamesjay1987]

I visit here from time to time and thinking the same thing: these drawings are living. What a strong ambiance they reached at back that days.