Watching Waking Sleeping Beauty really opened my eyes to how much effort goes into making an animated movie, especially in the late 80's and early 90's before all of the advanced computer generated technology we have today was available.
The hours were endless and the workers were relentless. The artists worked their hands to the bone every day to seemingly just stay in the business. I was very surprised by was how competitive of an environment it was in the animation studios. All of the writers really had to fight and try to push their ideas for movies through or else they would just be replaced. It was a constant battle to stay relevant. Also there seemed to be a power struggle, which is never surprising in such a large corporation, but the happy connotation that always is Disney is always accompanied with often makes it easy to forget that it still is a business.
I also was never awake of just how close Disney was to really giving up on animated movies. From a business standpoint the production of animated movies in the late 80's was dragging Disney under but Roy disney would not abandon what gave Disney its name and I really respect the appreciation of tradition that exists within Disney.
Finally, as a child I never realized or appreciated that I was essentially growing up in the golden age of Disney Animation and seeing this documentary made me realize I was pretty lucky to be growing up and watching this unfold in front of my eyes. It was a revolutionary period for animation and it's cool to see that people of my generation grew with all of these technological advancements.
-Brad Fagan
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