Does anyone know how Disney make sure that each characters signatures are the same?...some friends of ours have been to Paris & we compared their autograph books to ours from Florida & they were exactly the same...how do they do that?:veryconfu
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Character signatures
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CAPTAIN HOOK
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Same company - same training techniques :shrug:
Hmmmm I sort of thought that..but you would think it would be quite difficult to make sure EVERYONE signed exactly the same wouldn't you??....must take tons of patience & practice!! :ROFLOL:
The friends of the characters are taught to sign the exact same way. It is actually not that hard to make 2 or more people have the exact same hand writing or signature. Back in the days of hand drawn house plans my first week was spent learning the company font. After that you could not distinguish my lettering from the other two draftsmen there.
Very true...but it still intrigues me....:wave:
emporiumgirl06
New Member
Like they said before, "friends" of Characters, have to go through a special training in of signatures, before they are allowed to continue their Character training. I had several friends who were friends of Characters, while on my college program. Also some runners at the hotels are allowed to take this special class in order to make special packages for the guests, using the characters autograph. It was part of the consistency that Walt envisioned. The autographs would never change.
MKCP 1985
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Well, a character needs a friend to help it exist in the real world outside of an animation cel.
Yensid40
Member
A liaison of sorts... :king:
Mickey92
Member
Still confused :s Whos mickeys friend?
Rob562
Well-Known Member
Seeing as how this is the "How'd They Do That" forum, I guess it's OK...
A "friend of the character" is the phrase used to refer to Cast Members who portray the characters. It's meant to "preserve the magic".
-Rob
trendicoff
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Typically at guest relations (at least at MK) they have one expert on hand who can "find" all the characters in order to help small guests who couldn't find their favorite to get an autograph. I'm always impressed by these CMs (and I love Tinkerbelle's signature).
Generally a female, who is in the 5'0" range.
CaptainShortty
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We did this to one of my CP "friends" all the time! Loved watching him sit down and write them all. Then I made him teach me.
TubaGeek
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Silver Figment
Active Member
It is sort of neat how they make it so a characters autograph is always the same but it makes sense if you think about it. If every time a kid sees Mickey it's supposed to be "the one and only" Mickey Mouse then his autograph should be consistent; it's not like Mickey's signature would change.
David Jones
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May be they'll got training from same place.