Retired Attraction - Archival Footage?

[dweezil78]

Something I've been wondering -- for all of our favorite old attractions that are no longer with us, were the folks at Disney smart enough to do high quality, well-lit film shoots of these before they were torn down for archival purposes?

I have to imagine they did, especially when you see how great some of the inside footage is on some of those old souvenir videos. It's far better than any guests can produce b/c Disney obviously has the luxury of shooting as they please and using all the lighting they want -- unless they only took those specific shots and nothing else. If that's the case, it'd be completely mind boggling to me that they'd put so much money and effort into creating these attractions and just rip 'em down without having a great visual overview of what they were, again both for archival and consumer sales purposes later on.

Anyone know if this stuff exists, just waiting to be assembled and mass produced some day???

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

Martin has you covered.


While not professional quality video wise, the information and style of the vids are. :wave:

 

[dweezil78]

Oh -- I completely worship Martin's videos. His work is simply amazing and unmatched and I can go full days watching them! But I'm talking strictly about picture quality here. As I said, even the best guest video can't come close to the (few) shots you'll see on official Disney materials, especially on the older stuff.

Like, where is the rest of the footage that produced shots like these??? (taken from A Day at EPCOT Center)

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

Oh -- I completely worship Martin's videos. His work is simply amazing and unmatched and I can go full days watching them! But I'm talking strictly about picture quality here. As I said, even the best guest video can't come close to the (few) shots you'll see on official Disney materials, especially on the older stuff.

Like, where is the rest of the footage that produced shots like these??? (taken from A Day at EPCOT Center)

Hmm....I know what you mean.


There's a few on Mousebits...Just about hour of those clips that the media could use in their reports. Run a search over there. :wave:

 

[dweezil78]

Yeah, I've just about d/l'd every single file from Mousebits, haha! I just am curious to know if Disney went the whole nine yards and filmed the entire attraction when they did those shots, or if they were simply one offs.

Either way, I just find it hard to believe that Disney wouldn't at least do one solid ride-thru video before tearing these things down to have them on record somewhere -- know what I mean? If you spent millions and millions of dollars (not to mention the years of planning from Imagineers) to create something, wouldn't you want to have some solid video evidence of what it was? I recently got married and with the money we spent on the wedding, you can bet your ______ we made sure to have a great video of that thing!!! :lol:

 

[marni1971]

Thank you

I`ve been told that the company does not have complete visual records of every attraction as an archive. What is available was mostly solely shot for marketing.

I`ve also been told (again, by those who know) that the type of video I and a few others produce are regarded highly within areas of the company since they show what the company itself can not.

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

Thank you

I`ve been told that the company does not have complete visual records of every attraction as an archive. What is available was mostly solely shot for marketing.

I`ve also been told (again, by those who know) that the type of video I and a few others produce are regarded highly within areas of the company since they show what the company itself can not.

I don't want to get personal, and you don't have to answer, but have they ever approached you with a question?

And thank YOU. You've provided countless hours of entertainment, and nostalgia for us.

 

[mcjaco]

I recently got married and with the money we spent on the wedding, you can bet your ______ we made sure to have a great video of that thing!!! :lol:

Well, that and you can ever remember what the heck happened that day. It goes by too fast! :lol:

I`ve been told that the company does not have complete visual records of every attraction as an archive. What is available was mostly solely shot for marketing.

Same here. Shame.

I`ve also been told (again, by those who know) that the type of video I and a few others produce are regarded highly within areas of the company since they show what the company itself can not.

Martin, have you ever thought of actual narration? I ask because I tend to tune out when I have to read. Or I miss the captions while I'm looking at the videos and pictures?

I wanted to do narration for a model railroad layout video I did for a friend, but I: 1) couldn't find anyone to do it, 2) searching for someone that has a good narration voice is tough and 3) then I'd have to write a script. And I'm certainly not good at either. Editting, yes. Scripts, no. And no listens to me anyway, so narration would be pointless! :lol:

 

[Gig 'Em Mickey]

Wow, I just found your site. How did I know about this before? Can you buy these videos on DVD?

 

[mitchk]

Thank you

I`ve been told that the company does not have complete visual records of every attraction as an archive. What is available was mostly solely shot for marketing.

I`ve also been told (again, by those who know) that the type of video I and a few others produce are regarded highly within areas of the company since they show what the company itself can not.

I see why, your videos answered a lot of questions for me, like ... what was the old layout of WOM before it became TT?, or What was the changes made in the 3 different versions of JII? Great videos. Thanks :wave:

 

[dweezil78]

Thank you

I`ve been told that the company does not have complete visual records of every attraction as an archive. What is available was mostly solely shot for marketing.

I`ve also been told (again, by those who know) that the type of video I and a few others produce are regarded highly within areas of the company since they show what the company itself can not.

That's absolutely shocking (and painful) to hear, especially given that Disney also happens to be in the business of making MOVIES! You'd think that they'd use their pro crews to document this stuff before erasing it from history. I always assumed one day they'd publish it for us to enjoy as those great looking clips from the souvenir videos had given me hope for this, but it sounds like that sadly won't happen. Martin -- if they had any brains they'd hire you as a full time employee in charge of this stuff ASAP!