tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364805792882783170.post2190933746315261714..comments2023-11-03T09:20:52.837-04:00Comments on Disney Film Project: Bright LightsRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126059549015204825noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364805792882783170.post-75163747757418647062009-05-04T17:20:00.000-04:002009-05-04T17:20:00.000-04:00Ramapith, I'm planning on checking out your post t...Ramapith, I'm planning on checking out your post tonight. Busy, busy time for me right now at real life, but hoping to sneak a few play minutes this evening to check that out.<br /><br />There's definitely some frames missing from the cut on the DVD, so I am anxious to see your version.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126059549015204825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364805792882783170.post-19500719127598080452009-05-01T17:38:00.000-04:002009-05-01T17:38:00.000-04:00The original title card, oddly enough, is seen mom...The original title card, oddly enough, is seen momentarily in one of Leonard's features on the DVD. It had serious nitrate damage but I was able to patch a working version together from pieces of several different frames. So yes, that's the original you're seeing on mine.<br /><br />BRIGHT LIGHTS has my favorite design for Oswald, too. When partway through the season, Ub and Hugh Harman each helmed a directorial unit, the rounder BRIGHT LIGHTS model was the one developed by Ub. Later, the whole group would reconvene and Ub's model would become standard.ramapithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751343744514656549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364805792882783170.post-22148835707348711182009-05-01T13:34:00.000-04:002009-05-01T13:34:00.000-04:00I watched the DVD version last night and Ramapith'...I watched the DVD version last night and Ramapith's version just now. Good job, Ramapith. I noticed you even changed the title card. The version on the DVD is a recreation so did you have a scan of the original version or what?<br /><br />I wonder if there's still a little bit of this cartoon missing. When Oswald's back stage you see him looking excitedly on at who I assumed was the Shimmy Queen on stage, however when he's chased on there moments later, it's the balancing act on there. It's also a little odd how Oswald runs off stage screen left and enters the next scene from screen right, breaking the 360° rule!<br /><br />Of course it's still a very enjoyable cartoon and as Ryan pointed out, we now have the rounder, even more appealing design for Oswald (my favourite). The scene of the lions jumping right at the audience so their whole mouths fill the screen with black is really cool. I think this might be the first time this effect was used in a Disney cartoon.<br /><br />And, yes, it's a shame so many Oswald shorts are missing. Based on the quality of the surviving ones and from the synopsis printed in "Walt in Wonderland" we're missing out on some really good and unusual cartoons! Not to mention Disney's first Christmas themed cartoon – 'Empty Socks'. I'm hopeful that more will turn up eventually.<br /><br />–MacAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364805792882783170.post-68023355185380999852009-05-01T01:34:00.000-04:002009-05-01T01:34:00.000-04:00Oops, too late with my re-edited version. But I al...Oops, too late with my re-edited version. But I almost made it—here's my blog posting <A HREF="http://ramapithblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/oswalds-bright-lights-big-city.html" REL="nofollow">now!</A>ramapithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751343744514656549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364805792882783170.post-12655721924743959062009-04-30T19:09:00.000-04:002009-04-30T19:09:00.000-04:00I think you're out of luck as far as the 13 shorts...I think you're out of luck as far as the 13 shorts missing from the DVD are concerned - Disney searched all over the world to find prints of as many Oswalds as possible for the Treasures release, as evidenced by the cards affixed to the end of the films thanking people such as Mark Kausler, some guy in Spain, and the Norwegian Film institute. So unless any more of the films are discovered and released in the near future, you'll probably have to make do with the 13 shorts that they were able to find.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com