The Old Mill

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The Old Mill is a 1937 Walt Disney animated short film celebrated for its pioneering use of the multiplane camera and realistic depiction of nature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American animated film
Disney animated short
animated short film
academyAwardsEdition 10th Academy Awards NERFINISHED
animationStudio Walt Disney Animation Studios NERFINISHED
animationTechnique hand-drawn animation
multiplane camera
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons) NERFINISHED
awardYear 1938
basedOn an original story
cinematographyBy multiplane camera unit at Walt Disney Studios
colorProcess Technicolor
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts a thunderstorm
nighttime rural environment
director Wilfred Jackson NERFINISHED
distributor RKO Radio Pictures
features various animals living in and around an old mill
genre animated drama
animated short
hasCategory 1930s animated short films
Academy Award-winning animated short films
American films
Disney animated short films NERFINISHED
Silly Symphonies short films NERFINISHED
Technicolor films
hasNoDialogue true
influenced later Disney feature films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
musicBy Leigh Harline NERFINISHED
notableFor advanced use of lighting and depth in animation
pioneering use of the multiplane camera
realistic depiction of nature
originalLanguage English
partOfSeries Silly Symphonies NERFINISHED
producer Walt Disney NERFINISHED
productionCompany Walt Disney Productions NERFINISHED
productionCompanyLocation Burbank, California NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1937-11-05
releaseYear 1937
runtimeMinutes 9
setting an old mill in the countryside
soundType synchronized sound
title The Old Mill NERFINISHED
usesTechnique complex camera movements through layered backgrounds
realistic animation of weather effects

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Wilfred Jackson notableWork The Old Mill
Ben Sharpsteen notableWork The Old Mill