Multiplane Camera

By: Zaniyah Holland,

and Justin Heidbreder

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Who invented it and information about him?
● In 1933 Ub Iwerks created the Multiplane Camera
● He was a animator and director for Walt Disney
Studios.
● Ub Iwerks could make 700 drawings
● for “Mickey Mouse” in 1928.

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 What was the problem?

They wanted to limit the amount of background drawing and make it

easier to make a cartoon.

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 How it works and why?

The multiplane Camera takes

drawings and and over lapes
them to make it look like it is
one drawing. With this they
could just draw one background
and reuse it..

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Diagram of the Multiplane Camera drawing setup

That is the background layer

Middle Ground layer

Foreground layer

Final product

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The different
backgrounds

Camera

A crank to
make it like
the character
is moving

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Time line

1933 Ub Iwerks created 1940 Bill Garity add a sound 1980 it was declared obsolete

the Multiplane Camera system was put in

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 The Patent

● May 21,1940 Walter E. Disney in Los Angeles

received the patent for the multiplane camera.
● The Patent number is US2201689A
● They applied for a patent in 1936.
● So it expired in 1960.

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 citations
Information
Multiplane camera use and history
multiplane camera use info
Ub Iwerks Bio
patent
patent
Pictures
https://patentyogi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/RD-MultiplaneCamera_1000.jpg
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/c1/a9/d9/c1a9d9648223bbd1079e055b5a056180.jpg
http://www.springleap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ub-iwerks.png
https://i1.wp.com/www.wdwradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/multiplane-
300x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/60/9d/b3/609db316fd714e838b58dbafb9f19fd7.jpg
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