Show Notes on Dream a Little Deeper: Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty is the Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 16th feature-length film. Animators began to diverge from the formulaic style they developed throughout the 1950s and strived to make it stand out from previous works. However, this created rifts and tensions within the animation department, and with Walt’s attention more on the Disneyland park, the movie took a while to make. When it finally released in 1959, it did not make back its extraordinarily large budget and was considered a flop, but it gained popularity in later years.
Primary Source
Sleeping Beauty, dir by Les Clark, Clyde Geronimi, and Eric Larson, 1959.
Books
The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney by Michael Barrier (2007)
Demystifying Disney: A History of DIsney Feature Animation by Chris Pallant (2011)
Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation and its Golden Age by Michael Barrier (1999)
Mouse Under Glass: Secrets of Disney Animation & Theme Parks by David Koenig (1997)
Articles
Anderson, Hannah & Matt Daniels, “Film Dialogue by 2,000 Screenplays, Broken Down by Gender and Age”, The Pudding, 2016.
Documentaries
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Sleeping Beauty, written by Jeff Kurtti (1997)
Walt Disney, directed by Sarah Colt (2015)
Videos
The History of Walt Disney Animation Studios + (Part 4) - Animation Lookback by ElectricDragon505
The Lost Chords: Sleeping Beauty - “Evil, Evil” - Disney Music Emporium
Sleeping Beauty Official Trailer - Walt Disney Animation Studios
Websites
Eyvind Earle Paintings
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - The History of Utilitarianism
Wikipedia - Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)
Wikipedia - Heteronormativity
Wikipedia - Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)
Visual Aids
Captive Unicorn Tapestry (example)
Interviews
SC King
SC is a Tulsa-based filmmaker and has lived in T-Town most of his life. He loves creating and creativity, which is why he loves Disney so much. His current passion project is 300 Days to Mars, which follows pace courier Gabriel Highlight, his sassy A.I. Gibbons and a host of other cosmic weirdos as they explore the universe.
You can find SC on Facebook @SCKingOfficial and you can watch 300 Days to Mars: Zero Gravity on YouTube.
Diana Williams-Pohl
Diana is a theatrical technician in Tulsa Oklahoma. Currently trying to build their freelancing business, they spend most of their time technical directing for Blackjack Rewrite Company and working on and off with the Tulsa Ballet. They have a strange passion for books and stories, which is what drew them to theatre in the first place, but spends a lot of their downtime reading and writing her own stories and scripts.
You can follow Diana’s journey on Instagram (@dianeeyhu) and support Blackjack Rewrite Company on Facebook and Instagram.
Morgan Edwards
Morgan is a newscast producer in Tulsa Oklahoma, and worked in Disneyland as a photographer for three years. She is passionate about movies in general, especially disney movies. If she’s not watching Disney movies, she’s watching indie movies, like Donnie Darko.
You can find Morgan @modayne on Instagram
Dr. Justin Rawlins
Justin Rawlins is Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Film Studies at The University of Tulsa, where he also oversees the TUTV Media Lab. His research focuses on screen histories and identities, screen acting, and arctic media. His book-in-progress, Method Men, explores how Method acting came to be popularly understood and uncovers what we're actually talking about when we talk about "the Method."
You can find Dr Justin Rawlins @J_O_Rawlins on Twitter
Lyndsay Durbin
Lyndsay lives in St. Louis, Missouri and works as a software developer for a bank. She loves watching movies and television shows, reading books, playing video games and soccer.
