By Aki Saito A final project For writing with Computers Thursday 5, Fall 2001

Mickey Mouse’s face & frame

Mickey Mouse is adorable, and he is popular with children and adults now. However has he been cute like what he is now since the time of debut? He changed physically till he became present figure. His ears, eyes and frame are different in each day. I will tell you about his face and frame in his debut day, the 30s, the 40s and today

 Mickey Mouse made his debut at the “Steamboat Willie” on November eighteenth 1928. At that time he had the two black elliptical eyes. His limbs were slender, and his tail was longer than now. Moreover he was monochrome in those days. Mickey at “Plane Crazy” in same year is his original form. He had the large eye sockets and oblong snout.

 In 30s, Mickey Mouse changed variously. First, his eyes became Pie-Cut. It has cutting deep into the eyes to express the bright of them. However the eyes of the type changed at “The Pointer” in 1939. This is present style of him. Next his body became such a slender shape as a pear. These two changes are to make his expression rich.

 The early 1940s was the beginning of Mickey Mouse’s decline. He was given perspective ears with shadow by animators. Moreover he had the eyebrows. That is to say, he has been given a three-dimensional. Also the eye sockets have been introduced again, and the tail has been not as long as the time of debut shortened. “His tail actually disappeared during World WarⅡ.”

 Mickey Mouse repeated physical variation thus. Present Mickey has wider temples; “there are more room between his eyes and his ears.” His eyes of ellipses also have narrow, and the distance between his ear and one has been wide. Moreover his nose has become large. You will find the difference if you compare today’s Mickey with what he was before. Especially his face at the time of debut is vividly different by comparison with him at the present.

 Bibliography

1.http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Set/1334/physic.html

2.http://diseney.go.com/disneyatoz/waltdisney/maincollection/masterworks/mickeyyandf1