In the 1920's, Fischinger experimented with a mixture of sound and visuals. Then in 1927, the first sound film The Jazz Singer came out. Followed by, in the 1930's, with the soundies...
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| 1927, The Jazz Singer film |
Music was played by popular artists inbetween cartoons being shown on television. Warner Brothers and Disney produced short cartoons with music such as The Looney Tunes and Disney's Fantasia which visually interprets classical music.
Walt Disney's Fantasia
The animation was released in 1940 containing music from Leopold Stokowski. The film was originally designed to proivde a 'comeback' for Mickey mouse who had declined in popularity. To produce the sound, Disney used Fantasound. Although it initially didn't make a profit, it has been re-released numerous times and in 2012 grossed $76.4 million!
The idea of Fantasia is to visual show music and interpret music to make classical music more accsesible.
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