American comics: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

"So dizzy."

"How it's done!"

"OMG..."

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

Many viewers felt a little dizzy and then exclaimed.

Multi-plane photography is a 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 Metropolis immediately appeared in the eyes of the theater audience. . Pulling the picture, the film's lens soon zoomed out from Mickey's original field of view to a bird's-eye 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 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 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 that appeared in the short film, Colin in the cinema had a knowing smile on his face.

Mortimer was Walt's original name when he created Mickey, although he later chose the current name of Mickey at the suggestion of his wife. However, I still couldn't forget Mortimer, so when I was creating the short film "Superman and Mickey", 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 movie, 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, it's on 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 because 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 gaze, Superman came out of the phone booth and jumped up, posing his classic fist-clenching posture and flew into the air.

The design of the phone booth transformation was also decided after Colin and Walter discussed it.

Walter always felt that some special plots should be designed for Superman's appearance, 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 affected the development of Superman comics, animations and even movies in the next few decades, and they all paid tribute to it in various ways.

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

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.

Especially affected by the Great Depression, the communications industry was also not doing well.

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

The name given by the communications company to the public was the "Superman Telephone Booth" because of the creativity gained from the movie.

Many viewers who have watched the movie even went to the party to experience the feeling of Superman in the short film in order to see the appearance of the telephone booth.

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

There was even news of telephone 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 impact on the development of telephone booths in New York in the future.

Of course, the changes in the telephone booths are a matter for the future, and the short film is still being shown in the cinema.

As Superman appeared, some of the audience who had complained shut up and focused on the content on the big screen, fearing that they would miss the scene about Superman by accident.

"Is that a bird?

Is that a plane?

That's Superman! (That's Superman!)" ×N

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

And in conjunction with this line in the movie, many audiences in the cinema also recited it in unison.

This slogan spread by the newsboy has become a household name in New York City to some extent.

Many citizens of New York City know this sentence.

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

Mickey: "What is that, Pluto?!"

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

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

Victim: "Thank you, Superman!"

The little girl who was held in Superman's arms and came out of the fire scene immediately expressed her gratitude.

Superman: "This is what I should do, child."

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

Huh~

With Superman's exhalation, the originally fierce flames magically extinguished, and even a little bit of cold air enveloped the surface of the building.

Mickey: "It's so cold!"

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

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

Superman: "Who are you?"

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

Pluto: "Woof woof."

Mickey: "So you are Superman?"

Superman: "Yes, I am Superman!"

Mickey: "Have you been doing this?"

Superman: "As long as people need me, I will keep doing it, with Truth, Justid the Ameri 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 who always holds his head high on the big screen, it seems that no difficulty can knock him down, and courage suddenly emerges in the hearts of the audience watching the movie.

The total length of the short film "Superman and Mickey" is only fifteen minutes, but even so, it is already long among the animations produced by Disney. After all, the short films produced by Disney before have always been limited to about six or seven minutes. Even the previous "Flowers and Trees" was only seven minutes, less than eight minutes.

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

However, the audience in the cinema was still immersed in the content of the previous short film and did not react for a long time.

For more than ten seconds, when the screen darkened and the lights in the cinema came on again, 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 in the past year!"

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

"Anyway, I'm satisfied to see Superman in the movie."

"I want to buy a ticket and watch Superman's appearance again!"

"Me too!"

"Who can give me five cents, I can sell him my jacket..."

"Only six cents, and I can get a pair of leather shoes that I've worn for less than two months!"

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

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

"Huh..."

Walking out of the cinema, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, turned his head and looked at the names behind him who were still queuing to buy movie tickets, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.

[Faith (21630/100000)]

When his eyes fell on the content displayed in the text, the smile at the corner of his mouth became a little deeper.

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

Of course, it is not only [Faith] that is gained, while thinking about Colin, he turned his eyes.

[Ability - Super Breathing (Bronze)]

[Ability description: Superman's lungs can withstand any pressure or lack, and can easily hold his breath for several hours to fight in the sea. At the same time, with the continuous use of the ability, Superman has been able to use his lungs to highly compress the inhaled air and then exhale it, turning it into freezing breathing. ]

After the screening of the short film, Colin not only upgraded [Super Breathing] to the [Bronze] level, but also unlocked the ability of [Freezing Breathing].

However, unlike the previous abilities, [Freezing Breathing] seems to be classified as [Super Breathing] and has become a branch ability under this ability.

Huh~

Thinking, Colin lowered his head and gently exhaled to his palm.

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

After moving his fingers and restoring his stiff palm, Colin was quite satisfied with the unlocked [Freezing Breath].

After all, in the positive world, his ability has always been suppressed, but even so, he can create a layer of white frost through simple breathing. It is foreseeable that once he uses this ability in the negative world, the freezing effect will definitely be several times stronger than what is currently there.

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