Interesting links and disc discussion!

 https://web.archive.org/web/20000512021158/http://www.disneylandparis.com/2/main.asp?pageid=AEDA


"que le monde est petit" présenté par France Télécom

La plus heureuse croisière du monde ! Rejoignez les centaines d'enfants du monde entier chantant pour une joyeuse éloge de l'amitié.


Nouveau! Laissez vous enchanter par les enfants du monde entier

(mov - 2.61MB)


“the world is small” presented by France Telecom

The happiest cruise in the world! Join hundreds of children from all over the world as they sing the praises of friendship.


New! Let yourself be enchanted by children from all over the world

(mov - 2.61MB)


This video is unfortunately lost media however it would likely contain a POV of the original ride!


https://mickeymousepark.com/disneyland-article.aspx?Page=5&Ident=2358


An interview with Chris Bailey regarding the post show can be found here. He was the project director and this was his very first directed project, which is extremely special.


https://youtu.be/ui7psuM8WQY?si=8xvtlRAlDrBcxC1L 


Things to note from the Technology for Storytelling video:



There likely exists more than one video disc, we are told that the disc in the video is Disc 1

REV could be an abbreviation for Revision, perhaps this is the second revision of the animation?

The date of the disc is March 9th 1992. This could be the date it was created, or the date it was finalised. 

According to google: A videodisc master is a finished disc that is ready to be manufactured. There are services that can create a master disc from data, or help with enhancing or amending a project. 

A videodisc is a random-access disc that can be read by a laser or stylus, and contains analog audio and video signals. Videodiscs are typically older than DVDs, and were played on a disc machine attached to a TV receiver. There are two types of videodiscs, magnetic and nonmagnetic. 

I am curious about why this was made to be manufactured, perhaps as a replacement for any broken cycles or as a backup? I doubt they’d merchandise their animation CDs, hehe!


This videodisc gives us some information regarding the amount of windows in the attraction, and the dates of the animations. 



Makoto and Diego resided in Window 7. Evidently, the sequences were named for their country. Interestingly, the date of this sequence is January 28th 1992, perhaps meaning that some animations were finalised sooner than others, and thus put onto this disc?



This window contained Abigail and Adrian, Window 3. The date is March 12th 1992, strangely, the date after the first date on the disc.



Interestingly enough, this window, belonging to Miguel, has the same date as Makoto’s. I did a count up of the animation cycles…


1- Moses

2- Alex

3- Miguel

4- Makoto

5- Leonardo

6- Conrad

7- Arthur

8- Lorenzo

9- Hahn

10- Lucky

11- Julia

12- Victoria

13- Abigail

14- Choir

15- Lost one (3 kids and screen)

16- ???


There are 2 theories. 1. The 16th window was the physical window holding the conductor doll, which wouldn’t make much sense to include on the video outside of documentation purposes. 2. There is lost animation we have yet to find. And that is an EXCITING prospect! Having already recovered animation myself, I can safely say that there is AT LEAST one sequence we don’t have access to, since it was blurry and has not been restored. Alongside Daphne’s character design and that blurry ‘ciao’ sequence, it wouldn’t surprise me to find we had another lost piece of animation out there, since I already had to recover one loop. 


Thus, I am enlisting everyone’s help! Please, if you know anything, don't hesitate to email me at WorldChorusArchivist@gmail.com, or DM me on Instagram at GoldenHeartArt_ (though please preface any message by saying you came from the blog!). Thank you all for your help and support, and please share this blog with anyone who would enjoy hearing and rediscovering this relic of the past! <3

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Buildings of World Chorus!

Image
Overview These are images of the buildings inside World Chorus. The walls of the attraction were decorated in yellow, purple, pink and orange, and had handrails to guide people and also avoid them getting too close to the buildings and characters inside, likely to keep illusions and ensure there was no damage. The room was framed to hide the lighting through the use of several orange clouds, which also gave the appearance of a spiral, and the entire room gave the idea of enlarging, as the animation became progressively more and more advanced as the buildings increased in scale and size. GRRRRRR >:/// Darn you protection, but luckily there’s like nothing useful on here haha The Flag The attraction’s flag boasted the famous slogan, alongside the sponsorship detail, to show guests this was a continuation of the ride they had just been on, in a walkthrough experience! The Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower held the only animatronic in the entire room- a small conductor doll with pale skin, b...
Read more

A critique of a 20-year-old paper by Laudan Nooshin (Circumnavigation with a Difference? Music, Representation and the Disney Experience: It’s A Small, Small World)

Image
Hey guys! This is a slightly different type of post to usual, but a while ago I stumbled on an academic paper called ‘Circumnavigation with a Difference? Music, Representation and the Disney Experience: It’s A Small, Small World’, and as an it’s a small world enthusiast, I wanted to look into the paper and what it might be talking about. However, I think Nooshin fundamentally misses the purpose for which the ride is created. Whilst I can’t claim to be an authority on Orientalism or very well versed in music theory, I want to create a counter-argument for Nooshin’s claim based on the message that the Disneyland Paris version of it’s a small world and the park as a whole aims to share, and reveal the idea that the ride’s simplicity of nature is what makes it so beautiful, alongside how the park humanises the ‘other’ and encourages us to explore perspectives beyond our own. This is neither an essay (mostly) nor an attack, merely just someone sharing their thoughts. And a fun fact, this pa...
Read more

Small World Small Talk!

Image
  Small World Small Talk was an interactive feature added to World Chorus in 2001-2006 According to some source code that I translated from French (it may not be perfect but it was incredibly hard to find and translate, I can’t even remember the website now): 'Small World Small Talk The attraction born from a partnership between Disney and France Telecom The Small World Small Talk attraction is the result of a collaboration between Disney's artistic teams and several research entities of France Telecom, including the Creative Studio, the Small World Small Talk attraction was inaugurated on 2 April 2004, in the France Telecom post show of the It's a Small World attraction at Disneyland Paris park. A partnership to boost the It's a Small World attraction  On 18 December 2001, Disney and France Telecom signed a partnership agreement giving France Telecom sponsorship rights for the It's a Small World attraction.  Work was in progress between the project team to rebrand ...
Read more