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Although Disney had always planned on creating a travelogue movie film for the [[France ]] pavilionthat would give guests an overview of the country, Impressions de France went through many changes before making it's its debut. Original models for the France pavilion, showed show the Impressions Palais de France theater Cinema (which houses the film) as being round<ref> http://progresscityusa. This has led to speculation that like Canada and Chinacom/2010/04/15/elseworlds-epcot-centers-french-circlevision/ </ref>. Initially, the WDI President Marty Sklar tasked young filmmakers Bob Rogers and Richard Harper with coming up with a concept for the France film may have called for a 20 minute Circle -Vision 360 filmfor the pavilion <ref name= "funworld"> Miller, Keith. “Record-Setting 'Impressions de France' Turns 35 Along with Epcot.” Funworld, Oct. 2017, pp. 22–23. </ref>, and after a couple of months, the duo was tasked with creating the film. Unlike 360 films that had been created for the [[Canada]] and [[China]] however, Harper and Rogers decided that they wanted to present the film in 200 degrees <ref name="funworld"/>. This would allow guests to sit down while they watched the attraction, while still having the screen cover their peripheral vision.

Instead of being a Circle Vision 360 film, it was decided that Before filming on Impressions de France would be shown started, director Rick Harper decided to match individual passages of French music, from the late Romantic and early Impressionistic eras, with the proposed filming locations <ref name= "score"> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084124/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv </ref>. While shooting the film, Harper and writer/co-producer Bob Rogers sometimes used a stop watch, or played-back the music on a 200 degree screen. This allowed guests cassette recorder, to sit down while watching ensure that the filmshots would line up with the music. After filming the scenes, although the screen still covered their peripheral visionshots were matched with the musical pieces that Harper had selected <ref name= "score"/>. Initially Because of the this pre-planning, Disney film crews shot 140 different locations the "temp" soundtrack created for the filmwas far more detailed than is the norm. In total, although this number Harper had about 80% of the score planned out. After hearing the temp score, composer Buddy Baker was enthused by what Harper was cut down trying to 46 for the filmdo <ref name= "score"/>. Baker ended up using all of Harper's final cutselections, but re-orchestrating them to improve the transitions and create bridges to fill the 20% of the film that Harper had not selected tracks for. At filming After the score was complete, Buddy Baker recorded the soundtrack with the National Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at finally recorded the soundtrack at Abbey Road Studio in London<ref name= "score"/>.  Impressions de France made it's debut opened with the rest of the [[EpcotFrance]] pavilion on October 1, 1982<ref> https://d23.com/a-to-z/impressions-de-france-film/ </ref>. The attraction, along with the rest of the France pavilion, was originally sponsored by French automobile manufacturer Renault <ref>http://www.wdwradio.com/2015/01/disney-twenty-something-impressions-de-france/</ref>. The first significant change to Impressions de France came when Renault's sponsorship of the attraction ended. At this time, the companies logo was removed from the film. Subsequently, in 2011, the film was remastered and it has not seen any changes sincethe theater was given digital projectors <ref> http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/impressions-de-france/news/22apr2011-epcot's-'impressions-de-france'-movie-goes-digital.htm </ref>.

Impressions de France shows guests showcases 46 locations in France, set to a score of classical music arranged by Buddy Baker. Claude Gobet gives guests sparse narration during the film. The scenes (in order) that appear in Impressions de France are: {| style="border-width: 0px"|-|

==Ann Harper's Behind The Scenes Photos==Imagineer Rick Harper has been gracious enough to share these never before seen photos from the making of Impressions de France. All photos were taken by Ann Harper<html><style> .gal img { width: 475px; height: 375px;}</style><div class=gal></html>{| style="text-align:center; border-color: #A7D7F9; background-color:clear; padding:4px 4px 4px 4px;"|-| [[File:Harper1.jpg]]| [[File:Harper2.jpg]]| [[File:Harper3.jpg]]|-| | ||-| [[File:Harper4.jpg]]| [[File:Harper5.jpg]]| [[File:Harper6.jpg]]|-| | ||}<html></div></html> ==Film Credits<ref> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084124/ </ref>==

'''Producer'''- Rick Harper and Bob Rogers

'''Score'''- Rick Harper & Buddy Baker

'''WritersWriter'''-Rick Harper and Bob Rogers

==Score<ref> http://www.themeparkinsider.com/reviews/epcot/impressions_de_france/ </ref>==The Score score for Impressions de France was selected and arranged by director Rick Harper and Buddy Baker.Below is a list of the musical selections chosen, with the original composer in parentheses.  '''Cliffs of Etretat in Normandy'''- "Solo for Flute" (Debussey) '''Marais Poitvin, a swamp near La Rochelle'''- "Aquarium" from "Carnival of the Animals" (Saint-Saens) '''Château Chenonceau''' - "Concerto for Harp and Orchestra" (Boieldieu) '''Castle Beynac in Dordogne Valley'''- "Nocture 1" (Debussey) '''Bicyclists at La Roque'''- "Gaite Parisienne" (Offenbach) '''Hot air balloons near Chateau Chaumont'''- "Daybreak" from "Dauphine et Chole Suite 1" (Ravel) '''French Alps''' - "Claire de Lune" (Debussey) '''Skiers in Chamonix'''- "Trois Gymnopedies"(Erik Satie) '''Mont St. Michel'''- "Aquarium" from "Carnival of the Animals" (Saint-Saens) '''Wedding reception at a Brittany farmyard''' - traditional folk music (unidentified)  '''Railway tracks in hills of Champeauroux'''- "Finale" from "Carnival of the Animals" (Saint Saens) '''Notre Dame de Paris'''- "Gaite Parisienne" (Offenbach)  '''Garde Republicaine rides through archway at the Louvre'''- "Fanfare" from "La Peri" (Dukas) '''Eiffel Tower'''- 4th movement from Organ Symphony no. 3 (Saint Saens)

* The screens in the Impressions de France theater are 21 feet high an 27 1/2 feet wide<ref name=Jack> http://land.allears.net/blogs/jackspence/2011/09/france_pavilion_part_two.html</ref>.

* The theater that Palais du Cinema, which houses Impressions de France , is based on a theater in Founteinbleau<ref name= Jack/>.

* Impressions de France marked the first time that a film had been completed with an entirely digital soundtrack<ref> http://www.martinsvids.net/?p=121 </ref>.

==References==* Initially, Disney film crews shot 140 different locations for the film, before this number was cut down to 46 for the film's final version <Ref> http://progresscityusaland.comallears.net/2012blogs/02jackspence/072011/82if09/france_pavilion_part_two.html </ref>.

http://land* Don Iwerks created a balanced gimbal rig for the filming of Impressions de France that allowed the camera to be easily adjusted.allears.net/blogs/jackspence/2011/09This pacified Disney's fears about the large circle-vision camera being moved during filming <ref name= "funworld"/france_pavilion_part_two>.html

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