audio-animatronics

[Disneyanna0521]

Hello,
I am researching information on Audio-Animatronics. Do you know who is the inventor of Audio-Animatronics? Like the actual person that came up w/ it? Do you know where i could find this information

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[ukcoasterfreak]

Sorry, I don't know him, but I would like to shake his hand!!! LOL :lol:

 

[FigmentDream]

The book Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making the Magic Real has a section on the invention and progress of AA. I know the first one was called the "Dancing Man" and it was created by Walt Disney Imagineering(WDI). I belive Walt may have had a major role in it's invention, but I think you will find it will be created to a group of peopl not just one person.

 

[blink148]

dancing man

accordng to the book walt disney imagineering, walt disney asked animation art director ken anderson to develop a miniature dancing man, making ken the first imagineer. the "dancing man" mimmicked a film of buddy ebson dancing, and used mechanical cams hidden underneath the "stage" to move the figure

 

[Disneyanna0521]

thanks so much!

 

[jmarc63]

Re: dancing man

Originally posted by blink148
accordng to the book walt disney imagineering, walt disney asked animation art director ken anderson to develop a miniature dancing man, making ken the first imagineer. the "dancing man" mimmicked a film of buddy ebson dancing, and used mechanical cams hidden underneath the "stage" to move the figure

Well you statement on the dancing man is misleading.

The film with Buddy Ebsen was commisioned to help the imagineers create realistic movements for the dancing man. Just like when walt would bring in live animals for the animators to sketch for realisim like they did for Bambi. The film had Ebsen on a platform dancing against two walls placed on 90 deges to each other. each wall had a grid on them for reference and used two cameras to capture Ebsen from the front and the side. this same concept is used for taking minitures of the concepts and turning them into lifesized attractions