The film I chose for my short paper is Silly Symphonies – the skeleton dance.
The reason why I chose this film is that I’m very drawn to the combination between both the animation and the music. I’ve loved this animation since I was very young. This is one of the very first animations of Disney, and also one of the first animations where they wrote the music alongside the animation. I think it would be an exciting topic for me to write about.
The elements I will be writing about –
- Ub Iwerks and his early work with Disney.
- Silly symphony series and its impact.
- On making this film and the story that stands behind it.
- The recognition of the film.
- The effect of synchronized sound on the industry of animated films.
- Later works of animation and all forms of art (movies, music, paintings, dances) that were influenced by this animation.
