Changes

Jump to: navigation, search

O' Canada

515 bytes added, 22:37, 23 August 2016
/* Attraction History */
O' Canada is an attraction located within the [[Canada]] pavilion in World Showcase.
==Attraction History==
When working on a film for the Canada pavilion, Disney Imagineers decided that they wanted to use Circle Vision 360 to capture the various Canadian landscapes <ref name= "Jack"> http://land.allears.net/blogs/jackspence/2012/04/canada_pavilion_part_two_1.html </ref>. The Circle Vision 360 format was chosen, because the scope of the scenes (especially the Canadian wilderness) was so broad<ref name= "Jack"/>. After researching the country, Imagineers went to Canada It took director Bill Bosce and filmed for almost his filming crew of seven an aggregate of over two yearsto research, capturing scenes in all twelve photograph and edit O'Canada <ref name= "handbook"> Canada Pavilion New Hire Handbook.: Walt Disney Productions, 1982. Print. </ref>. When Bosce was given the assignment to create a film for the Canada pavilion, he decided to take the perspective of one who had never been to Canadabefore <ref name= "handbook"/>. In order to get an idea of what to film, Bosce contacted the Canadian Government's provinces Ministry of Tourism who refereed him to various provincial agencies<ref name= "handbook"/>. Shooting began in May of 1980, and territoriescontinued on an off for the next two years<ref name= "Jackhandbook"/>. When talking about discussing the filming schedule, director Bosche said: William Bosche said:
{{Quotation| "There were lots of bits and pieces. We had to schedule our shooting when events were happening and, of course, we were dependent upon weather"<ref> https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19830508&id=AQowAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iPsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4492,3624351&hl=en </ref>| William Bosche}}
After filming was complete, Disney had shot over 250,000 feet of film, which was then edited down to an 18 minute movie<ref name= "Jack"/>. Finally, the film opened as O’ Canada with the rest of the Canada pavilion on October 1, 1982.