What Is Walt Disney's Life And Accomplishments

After starting with Film Ad, Disney became very interested in the art of animation and taught himself a lot about it through books. Disney wanted to experiment with his new knowledge, but Film Ad was not the place to do it. He borrowed one of Film Ad’s old cameras to set up in his garage and went to work. He called the result Newman Laugh-O-grams, which were shown in the local theater. Disney saved up money and eventually bought his own camera and a small building to shoot his films in. He even started bringing other young men in to teach them animation. Eventually they started work on Little Red Riding Hood, Disney’s first animated short film. After the six months of working on it, Disney quit his job for Film Ad and persuaded Iwerks to quit