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The Persistence of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Disney Style Guides

by Kodi Maier • December 19, 2017 • 0 Comments

In 1932 Walt Disney tapped Herman “Kay” Kamen to be his first licensing representative in the character division of Walt Disney Productions. In Kamen’s days – and for a few decades after – Disney did not market their products specifically…

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The Persistence of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

The Late Release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in Japan and Its Impact on Post-War Animation

by Samuel Kaczorowski • December 11, 2017 • 6 Comments

If it is difficult to imagine today the impact that Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937, by David Hand) had in the United States at the end of the 1930s, it is even more difficult to consider the effects it had…

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Advertising and Promotion, The Persistence of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Dwarfland: The Premier of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

by Pamela O'Brien • December 4, 2017 • 3 Comments

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, or “Disney’s folly” as critics called it, was the Walt Disney Company’s first animated feature-film, but with a budget of over $1.5 million it was in no way a sure success. Walt, however, was…

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Conference report

The Persistence of Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

by Eve Benhamou • November 27, 2017 • 1 Comment

Friday 29th September, Canterbury Christ Church University   This year’s Canterbury Anifest, which celebrated its 10th anniversary, opened with a symposium coinciding with another major animated anniversary: the release of Disney’s first feature-length animated film Snow White and the Seven…

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Alternative/Forgotten Histories, Gender and Animation, Women in Animation

The Gendered Past of Animation: Exploring the Historiography of Women in Animation

by Bella Honess Roe • November 20, 2017 • 1 Comment

According to a 2015 Los Angeles Times article, the majority of animation production students in the US are female, yet they comprise less than a fifth of the workforce in creative roles in the American animation industry. This situation is…

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Gender and Animation, Women in Animation

Lighting the Darkness: An Exploration of Caroline Leaf’s Entre Deux Soers (Two Sisters, 1990)

by Kate Corbin • November 13, 2017 • 1 Comment

In a clip hosted on Cartoon Brew’s website Caroline Leaf relates her process and the gestation of the mesmerising, darkly etched film Entre Deux Soers (Two Sisters, 1990) stating that her film took ten years to come to fruition. This revelation…

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Gender and Animation, Women in Animation

The Leeds Animation Workshop

by Else Thomson • November 6, 2017 • 4 Comments

Leeds Animation Workshop (LAW) started in 1977 as a campaigning group of female friends. This group was the first British, all female animation collective, and to date it has produced and distributed approximately 40 short films, making use of animation…

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Gender and Animation, Women in Animation

Asparagus: Beyond Aesthetics and Female Expression

by Gracia Ramirez • October 30, 2017 • 1 Comment

Asparagus (1979, by Suzan Pitt) follows a face-less blonde woman who unleashes her fantasy and creativity into bizarre visions and events, conjuring and transforming objects with vibrating colors and forms that often acquire sexual connotations. While Asparagus is now considered…

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Gender and Animation, Women in Animation

The Women of Studio Ghibli

by Ruth Richards • October 23, 2017 • 3 Comments

Last year, Studio Ghibli’s producer, Yoshiaki Nishimura, caused something of a stir when he stated that whether or not Ghibli would hire a female director would depend on the type of film it would be produced. He stated: “Women tend…

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Experimental Animation, Gender and Animation, Women in Animation

Exploring the Work of Sandra Lahire

by Vicky Smith • October 16, 2017 • 0 Comments

While Sandra Lahire (1950-2001) is best known for her live action films, prior to 1986 she was working primarily with animation. These early works have received little attention, possibly because of their experimental approach and difficult subject matter. Throughout her…

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