The Old Mill is one of Disney's most beautiful, realistic, and atmospheric Silly Symphony cartoon shorts. It is the first Disney cartoon to make use of the multiplane camera, giving it realism and depth.
It's the story of an abandoned mill, which is now a home for wildlife such as field mice, sparrows, and bats. We see the animals inside the old mill settling in for what promises to be a peaceful evening. But everything is thrown in chaos when a violent storm threatens to destroy the mill.
It's the story of an abandoned mill, which is now a home for wildlife such as field mice, sparrows, and bats. We see the animals inside the old mill settling in for what promises to be a peaceful evening. But everything is thrown in chaos when a violent storm threatens to destroy the mill.
Disney Silly Symphonies - The Old Mill (1937)
Silly Symphonies DVD Collection
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This is a collection of some of Disney's best Silly Symphony cartoons on DVD... including The Old Mill.
What Makes The Old Mill Special?
The Old Mill has all the elements that would be used in films like Snow White and Bambi: Illusion of depth, realistic yet anthropomorphic animals, and lighting effects for creating moods. It's a visual masterpiece, and it won the 1937 Academy Award for Animated Short Film as well as a technical award.Apart from being a wonderful short, The Old Mill is the first Disney film to make use of the multiplane camera. The camera gives animation a better feeling of depth by splitting up the animation into different layers that can be moved independently of each other.
If you want to see how a multiplane camera works, Walt Disney himself explains it in the video below.
The Multiplane Camera
The MultiPlane Camera
Walt Disney speaks about 'the tricks of our trade' in this short video that introduces us to the MultiPlane Camera. It adds depth to backgrounds in cartoons.
The Old Mill Quick Facts
- Released November 5, 1937.
- First Disney film to use a multiplane camera.
- Winner of the 1937 Academy Award for Animated Short Film
- Ranked by IMDb as the 17th greatest short film ever (June 2008).
- Voted by animation experts in 1994 as #14 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time.
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The Old Mill (1937)
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