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Here's a fascinating video in which Walt Disney showcases how his multiplane camera worked: https://youtube.com/watch?v=YdHTlUGN1zw https://youtube.com/watch?v=

• Stratoscope 7y ago
  I recommend that video too! The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco has a multiplane camera you can see in person: https://www.google.com/search?q=walt+disney+family+museum+multiplane+camera&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=walt+disney+family+museum+mu... and from the filming of Pinocchio: https://www.waltdisney.org/blog/machine-imagination-walt-disneys-pinocchio-and-mulitplane-camera https://www.waltdisney.org/blog/machine-imagination-walt-dis... The scene opens on a foggy evening. The camera pushes through wisps of mist thick as smoke. A faint light is revealed, hanging over a doorway and dangling sign, “Red Lobster Inn.” In the background lie ships at dock, hulking masses nearly shapeless in the fog. The disquieting camera dolly is broken by a seamless dissolve to inside the building, as Honest John jubilantly sings “An Actor’s Life For Me.” The camera continues to push forward through a veritable maze of architecture, woodwork, and cigar smoke. Finally, the image rests on Honest John, joined by Gideon and the evil Coachman, tucked away in a corner booth of the establishment. All done frame by frame on the multiplane.