Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies Appreciation Post
When Walt Disney founded his animation studio, the animation industry was just starting out. So he devised a plan for his workers to make animated shorts to help improve their animation skills and develop a variety of styles. They were titled 'Silly Symphonies' and told various stories like the Cookie Carnival. These shorts enabled the animators to discover new ways to animate. The shorts were retired after Disney created their first animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarves in 1937. This film heavily relates to the Silly Symphonies through its flow and style. Although this style began to change as the studio made more and more animated films. Although the Silly Symphonies aren't revered as much as Disney's animated films, it shows the start to a greatly influential animated studio.
Besides this, the Cookie Carnival short is my favorite. The story is of all the sweet delights getting together for a carnival. One young cookie girl is deeply sad over her appearance and is unable to go. Through a variety of circumstances she becomes the queen of the cookie carnival and a king must be found. It's quite a cute little short and shows the potential for detail that was so well known in earlier Disney films. All in all, I really love these shorts.
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