Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 159 Classic Transformation
"dizzy."

"How did it do it!"

"OMG..."

On the big screen, the picture began to rotate with the angle of Mickey and Pluto.

Many viewers felt a little dizzy, and then exclaimed.

Multi-plane photography, which is a new animation photography technique pioneered by Disney.

By rotating the picture frame by frame, it gives people an illusion of visual field movement, so that the captured picture has a viewing effect similar to "naked-eye 3D".

Of course, it is not easy to achieve this.

In order to complete the short shot of less than five or six seconds in the short film, Walter spent nearly a week to make it.

However, judging from the results, it is obvious that the content of the short film shot by multi-plane photography technology is more vivid, giving people an illusion as if they are in the scene.

And it is through the attempt in the "Superman and Mickey" short film that Disney will use this technology more purely in "Snow White" in the future, including the nightmare of the princess lost in the forest and the queen drinking poison. The transformation scenes in the game are all visual effects created by this new technology.

"Wang Wang, Wang Wang..."

"Oh, Brutal!"

Amid the twirling images, the big screen was plunged into darkness.

Immediately after Bluto's voice sounded, Mickey opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was Bluto surrounding him, and following Mickey's gaze, the bustling urban scene of the metropolis was presented to the theater audience. .Pull the screen, and soon the camera lens of the movie is zoomed out from the original Mickey's field of vision to become a bird's-eye view of the metropolis.

The design of this part of the mirror is done by Ke Lin.

Including the scene design of the metropolis, he created it during his previous trip to Los Angeles, in order to truly restore the metropolis scene in the comics.

"It's Metropolis!"

"I see the Daily Courier building!"

"When is Superman coming out?"

"Isn't this a Superman movie? Why is the story of a mouse still playing?"

Of course, in addition to being excited to see the scene of the Metropolis, many viewers also complained.

Disney in this period is far from being as well-known as Dreamland in later generations, and even Disneyland has not yet appeared.

For many viewers who entered the movie theater because of Superman, Mickey’s plot at the beginning was completely confused. They didn’t even know who the whistling mouse on the big screen was, and why a mouse could talk. His pet dog can't talk.

With such doubts, they continued to watch the short film played on the screen.

Mitch: "Where is this place, Pluto?"

Standing on the streets of the metropolis, Mickey dodged the passing cars, with a dazed expression on his face.

At this moment, a convertible sports car suddenly appeared, and a slender mouse drove the sports car past Mickey, pressed the horn, looked at the panic-stricken Mickey, laughed and walked away.

"Mortimer."

Looking at this scene in the short film, Colin in the cinema showed a knowing smile on his face.

Mortimer was the name Walt originally thought of when creating Mickey, although he later chose the current name of Mickey at the suggestion of his wife.However, he still has some obsession with Mortimer, so when creating the "Superman and Mickey" short film, he would rather spend more time designing this annoying mouse character to appear as Mortimer.

This may be the creator's little selfishness.

In this regard, Colin has nothing to say. Anyway, it is Walt himself who has worked hard.

"What a jerk!"

Back to the short film, Mickey complained casually as he watched Mortimer walk away.

Brutal: "Wow, woof, woof!"

Just as he turned around to say something, he suddenly heard Brutal's urgent cry.

Mitch: "What's going on, Pluto?"

Hearing the sound, Mickey turned his head and saw Brutal yelling at a building. Mickey looked up and found thick smoke billowing from the building.

Mickey: "My God, it's on fire, call the police!"

Seeing the burning building, Mickey suddenly showed a panic expression on his face, and wanted to call for help in a panic.

Just when Mickey and Bluto were panicking because of the fire, the picture of the short film finally started to move and came to a telephone booth.

"I see, Louise, I will..."

In the red phone booth, a man wearing glasses was talking on the phone. Suddenly, he seemed to have noticed something and stopped.

"Sorry, Louise, something happened to me."

With that said, the man hung up the phone.

Turning his eyes quickly through his field of vision, he could see the fire scene in the distance, and he could also hear Mickey and Bluto's cries for help.

Seeing this scene, the man stopped hesitating immediately, and immediately opened the phone booth and ripped off his clothes, revealing the conspicuous 'S' logo on his chest.

"It's Superman?!"

"Superman appears!"

Seeing this scene in the short film, the audience in the cinema suddenly let out a long-awaited exclamation.

Under their gazes, Superman who came out of the phone booth jumped up, put on his classic fisting pose, and flew into the air.

Regarding the design of the phone booth transformation, it was also a decision made after discussions between Colin and Walt.

Walt has always felt that some special plots should be designed for the appearance of Superman, and after consideration, Colin finally chose the classic scene of the telephone booth as the location where Superman first appeared in the movie.

In fact, this scene of Superman's transformation also influenced the development of Superman comics, animation, and even movies in the next few decades, and various methods have been used to pay tribute to this.

The development of public telephone booths is not long. It was originally designed by Alexander Bell, the assistant of the inventor of the telephone, Watson. The earliest purpose was to better isolate the sound, because the early telephone reception did not Not ideal, of course, there is also a saying that it is because the landlord can't stand the yelling between the two during the communication.

With the development in recent years, although some telephone booths have appeared in London, it will take some time for the classic red telephone booths to be truly popularized later.

Especially under the impact of the Great Depression, the communications industry also did not go well.

Interestingly, after the release of "Superman and Mickey", some red telephone booths that look very similar to those in the short film suddenly appeared on the streets of New York.

The external name of the communication company is because of the idea obtained from the movie, and directly named it 'Superman Telephone Booth'.

Many viewers who have watched the movie even queue up to experience the feeling of Superman in the short film in order to see what the phone booth looks like.

It is said that at most times, there are more than [-] people lined up outside the phone booth.

There was even news of phone booths being stolen in a certain area.

In short, this scene in the short film not only left a deep impression on the audience like Colin in the cinema, but also had a certain degree of influence on the development of telephone booths in New York.

Of course, the changes to the phone booths will come later, and short films are still being shown in cinemas right now.

With the appearance of Superman, some viewers who originally complained also shut their mouths and watched the content on the big screen intently, fearing that they would miss the scene about Superman if they were not careful.

"Is that a bird? (Is that a bird?)
Is that a plane? (Is that an airplane?)
That's Superman! (That's - Superman!)"×N
Seeing the figure of Superman flying in the sky, the citizens of the metropolis immediately exclaimed.

And in line with this line in the movie, many audience members in the movie theater also recited it in unison.

The catchphrase, circulated by newsboys, has become something of a household name in New York City.

Many people in New York City know this saying.

In the slogan chanted by the audience, Superman on the big screen came to the building where the fire broke out, looked down at the panicked Mickey, and Superman rushed into the fire scene without any hesitation.

Mitch: "What's that, Pluto?!"

Looking up at the figure floating in mid-air, Mickey was a little surprised, but soon he remembered the poster that Brutal had bitten on him before: "It's Superman!"

In Mickey's exclamation, Superman rescued all the victims in the entire building like lightning.

Victim: "Thank you, Superman!"

She came out of the scene of the fire in the arms of Superman, and the little girl who died immediately thanked her.

Superman: "That's what I should do, kid."

Nodding and saying something to the little girl in his arms, Superman put her down gently, and then flew into the air again, watching the intensifying flames of the building, and took a deep breath.

Call ~
With Superman's exhalation, the fierce flames were miraculously extinguished, and even a little bit of cold shrouded the surface of the building.

Mickey: "It's cold!"

Standing by the building, feeling the slightest chill coming from in front of him, Mickey couldn't help shivering and said.

After successfully saving the people in the fire and extinguishing the fire, Superman slowly fell down. He accepted the gratitude of the victims and set his sights on Mickey, who seemed out of place with the residents of the surrounding metropolis.

Superman: "You are?"

Mickey: "I'm Mickey and this is Pluto."

Brutal: "Wow."

Mitch: "So you're Superman?"

Superman: "Yes, I am Superman!"

Mitch: "Have you been doing things like this?"

Superman: "As long as people need me, I will continue to do it, using Truth, Justice and the American Way! (Truth, justice and using the American way!)"

Truth, justice and the American way? !

This is also a classic slogan of Superman, and it has influenced a generation of Americans in the future.

Looking at Superman on the big screen who always held his head high, as if no difficulty could defeat him, the audience who watched the movie suddenly burst into courage.

The total length of the "Superman and Mickey" short film is only 15 minutes. Even so, it is already considered long in the animations produced by Disney. After all, the short films produced by Disney have always been limited to about 7 minutes. "Flowers and Trees" is only 7 minutes, less than 8 minutes.

On the big screen, after Superman shouted the classic slogan Colin prepared for him, the ending music began to play.

However, the audience in the movie theater is still immersed in the content of the previous short film and has not reacted for a long time.

In a full dozen seconds, when the screen went dark and the lights in the cinema came back on, they came back to their senses as if they had just woken up from a dream.

"Wonderful, this is the best movie I've seen this year!"

"It's only ten minutes, can this be called a movie?"

"No matter what, if I can see Superman in the movie, I will be satisfied."

"I want to buy a ticket and watch the scene of Superman appearing again!"

"me too!"

"Anyone who can give me five cents, I can sell him the jacket..."

"As long as six cents, you can exchange for a pair of leather shoes that have been worn for less than two months!"

In the cinema, many viewers began to sell their belongings in order to watch the content of the movie again.

Rising from his seat, Colin walked out of the cinema through the excited audience.

"call……"

Walking out of the movie theater, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, turned his head and glanced at the name behind him who was still buying movie tickets in a big way, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily curled up.

【Faith (21630/100000)】

When his eyes fell on the content displayed in the text, the smile on the corner of his mouth deepened a bit.

There is no doubt that with the release of the "Superman and Mickey" short film, [Faith] began to show a skyrocketing trend.

Of course, what he gained was not only [Faith], he turned his eyes while thinking about Colin.

[Ability - Super Breath (Bronze)]

[Ability description: Superman's lungs can withstand any pressure or lack thereof, and he can easily hold his breath for several hours to fight in the sea. At the same time, with the continuous use of his ability, Superman has been able to use his lungs to highly compress the inhaled air and spit it out. Change to Freeze Breath. 】

After the screening of the short film, Ke Lin not only upgraded [Super Breath] to the level of [Bronze], but also unlocked the ability of [Frozen Breath].

It's just that it's different from the previous ability, [Frozen Breath] seems to be classified into [Super Breath], and has become a kind of branch ability under this ability.

Call ~
Thinking about it, Colin lowered his head and exhaled lightly into his palm.

Under his gaze, a thin layer of hoarfrost appeared in the palm of his hand.

He moved his fingers and recovered his stiff palm. He was quite satisfied with the unlocked [Frozen Breath] Colin.

After all, in the positive world, his ability has always been suppressed, even so, he can produce a layer of hoarfrost through simple breathing.It has also been predicted that once he uses this ability in the anti-world, the resulting freezing effect will definitely be several times stronger than before.

(End of this chapter)