"So dizzy."

"How it's done!"

"OMG..."

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

Many viewers felt a little dizzy and then exclaimed.

Multi-plane photography is a brand new animation photography technology pioneered by Disney.

By rotating the picture frame by frame, it gives people the illusion of a moving field of view, giving the captured picture a viewing effect similar to "naked-eye 3D".

Of course, it is not easy to do this.

In order to complete this short shot of less than five or six seconds in the short film, Walt spent nearly a week in production.

However, judging from the results, it is obvious that the content of the short film shot through multi-plane photography technology is more vivid, giving people the illusion of being immersed in the scene.

It was through the attempt in the short film "Superman and Mickey" that Disney would use this technology more purely in "Snow White" in the future, including the nightmare of the princess getting lost in the forest and running wild, and the queen drinking poison. The transformation scenes are all visual effects created by this new technology.

"Woof woof, woof woof..."

"Oh, Pluto!"

Amidst the spinning scenes, the big screen fell into darkness.

Immediately after Pluto's voice sounded, Mickey opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was Pluto surrounding him. Following Mickey's gaze, the bustling urban scene of the metropolis immediately appeared in the eyes of the theater audience. . Pull the scene, and soon the movie's lens zooms out from Mickey's original field of view to an overhead view of the metropolis.

The design storyboarding for this part was completed by Colin.

Including the set design of Metropolis, they were all created by him during his previous trip to Los Angeles, in order to truly restore the Metropolis scene described in the comics.

"It's the Metropolis!"

"I see the Courier Journal building!"

"When will Superman appear?"

"Isn't this a Superman movie? Why is it still showing a plot about a mouse?"

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

Disney during this period was far from being as well-known as the Dreamland of later generations, and even Disneyland had not yet appeared.

For many viewers who went to the cinema because of Superman, the plot of Mickey at the beginning was completely confusing. They had no idea who the whistling mouse on the big screen was, and why a mouse could talk. His pet dog cannot speak.

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

Mickey: "Where is this, Pluto?"

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

At this moment, a convertible sports car suddenly appeared, and a lanky-looking mouse drove the sports car past Mickey. He pressed the horn and looked at the panicked horn, then jeered and drove away.

"Mortimer."

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

Mortimer was the name Walt originally thought of when he was creating Mickey. Although he later chose the current name of Mickey at the suggestion of his wife. However, he still couldn't forget Mortimer, so when he created "Superman and Mickey" When making the short film, I would rather spend more time designing this annoying mouse character to appear as Mortimer.

This may be the creator's selfishness.

Colin didn't have anything to say about this. Anyway, it was Walt himself who had done the hard work.

"What a bastard!"

Back to the short film, Mickey looked at Mortimer's back and complained casually.

Pluto: "Woof woof, woof woof!"

He turned around and was about to say something when he suddenly heard Pluto's urgent cry.

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

Hearing the sound, Mickey turned around and saw Pluto yelling at a building. Mickey looked up and saw thick smoke billowing from the building.

Mickey: "Oh my God, there's a fire. Call the police!"

Seeing the burning building, Mickey's face suddenly showed a panicked expression, and he wanted to call for help in a panic.

Just when Mickey and Pluto were panicking due to the appearance of the fire, the screen of the short film finally began to move and came to a phone booth.

"I know, Louise, I will..."

In the red phone booth, a man wearing glasses was talking on the phone. Suddenly he stopped as if he noticed something.

"Sorry, Louise, something happened here."

With that said, the man hung up the phone.

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

Seeing this scene, the man immediately stopped hesitating and immediately opened the phone booth and pulled 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 long-awaited exclamations.

Under their gazes, Superman walked out of the phone booth and jumped into the air, making his classic fist gesture and flying into the air.

The decision to transform the phone booth into a phone booth was made after discussions between Colin and Walt.

Walt always felt that some special plot should be designed for Superman's debut, and after consideration, Colin finally chose the classic scene of the phone booth as the location for Superman's first appearance in the movie.

In fact, this scene of Superman's transformation also influenced the development of Superman comics, animations and even movies in the following decades, and tributes were paid to it in various ways.

Public telephone booths have not been developed for a long time. They were originally designed by Alexander Bell, Watson, the assistant to the inventor of the telephone. The earliest purpose was to better isolate sound, because early telephones did not receive calls.

It's not ideal. Of course, some people say it's because the landlord can't stand the two yelling when they communicate.

With the development in recent years, although some phone booths have appeared in London, it will take some time for the classic red phone booths to become truly popular...

Especially affected by the Great Recession, the communications industry also did not go well.

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

The communication company's external name is because of the idea it got from the movie, and it was directly named "Superman Phone Booth".

Many viewers who have watched the movie even go to parties to experience the feeling of Superman in the short film just to see what the phone booth looks like.

It is said that at most times, there are more than a hundred people queuing outside the phone booth.

There have even been reports of phone booths being stolen in certain areas.

In short, this scene in the short film not only left a deep impression on the movie theater and audiences like Colin, but also had a certain impact on the future development of phone booths in New York.

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

With the appearance of Superman, some viewers who originally complained shut their mouths and concentrated on watching the content on the big screen, fearing that they would accidentally miss the scene about Superman.

“Is that a bird? (That’s a bird?)

Is that a pne? (That is a plane?)

Thats Superman! (That’s—Superman!)”×N

Seeing Superman flying in the sky, the citizens of Metropolis immediately exclaimed.

In line with this line in the movie, many viewers in the cinema also recited it in unison.

This slogan, spread by newsboys, has become somewhat of a household name in New York City.

Many New York City citizens know this saying.

Amid the slogans shouted by the audience, Superman on the big screen came to the building where the fire broke out, looked down at Mickey who was panicking underneath, and Superman rushed into the fire scene without any hesitation.

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

Looking up and looking at the figure floating in the air, Mickey was a little surprised, but soon he thought of the poster that Pluto had bitten to him before: "It's Superman!"

As Mickey screamed, Superman rescued all the victims in the building like lightning.

Victim: "Thank you, Superman!"

After being carried by Superman and coming out of the fire scene, the little girl who died immediately expressed her gratitude.

Superman: "That's what I'm supposed to do, kid."

Nodding and saying something to the little girl in his arms, Superman put her down gently, then flew into the air again and looked at the building's intensifying flames, taking a deep breath.

Phew~

As Superman exhaled, the originally fierce flames miraculously extinguished, and even a bit of cold air enveloped the surface of the building.

Mickey: "It's so cold!"

Standing next to the building, feeling the slightest chill coming from in front of him, Mickey couldn't help but shiver and said.

After successfully saving the people in the fire and extinguishing the fire, Superman slowly fell. He accepted the thanks from the victims and turned his attention to Mickey, who seemed out of place with the surrounding metropolitan residents.

Superman: "You are?"…
To be continued...