If the future began October 1, 1982, according to the slogan used for the opening of EPCOT (at that time it was written in capital because of the Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow meaning), the first new country added to the World Showcase part of the park arrived almost 2 years later on September 7,…
Recently, in this article, The Disney Blog wrote about an official Tokyo Disneyland video that shows the park as a miniature. The effect is rather surprising. It’s really worth looking! Tokyo Disneyland (Japan) How was it done? Digital SFX? No, it was filmed combining two old camera tricks. The first one is based on tilt-shift lenses. Such special lenses…
The end of a movie is very important as it is the last impression viewers will have. Hollywood knows that and that’s why the big action sequence, or the climax, is most of the time one of the latest scenes of a blockbuster. Nothing new here: in poetry, the latest stanza is classically the most…
As a young boy growing up in 1970’s France, Olivier S., NDD 263, had trouble understanding the power & attraction of Walt Disney World. It’s the story of how a young boy that lived overseas found his passion before the internet. What makes you an NDP? Have a story to share? Have your own Disney Fan Site or Podcast you…
In a previous post, I wrote about 3 basic rules to improve your Disney park home vacation movie. One of them was to do a good filming. And, of course, a good video device will be useful! But why video device ? Why not, simply put, a camcorder? Because the technology has evolved and the…
Images from Walt Disney World, 30 years ago! The YouTube video below was filmed in Super 8 at Walt Disney World in 1984. As we are in 2014, that makes this old home movie (one of the first I’ve done) a 30 year “WDW Treasure”. Quality is bad because of the process of transferring motion picture film into video done way…
With today technology, it’s easy to film your Disney vacation to watch on TV and share with friends. It is part of the Disney Lifestyle! But, too many times, vacation movies are either too long, badly filmed or poorly (or even not) edited. I confess that having a professional corporate video background doesn’t make me…
