The Jungle Book (1967) - Production

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Production 
  • Creation of the media product and is responsibility of the production company
  • Pre-production - production - post-production
  • Before this stage finance must be arranged
    • British funding -bfi, lotteries,production companies. businesses 
    • USA/Hollywood - conglomerates provide financial backing
The Jungle Book (1967)

Scripting
  • Based on Rudyard Kipling's novel
  • First version was 'too dark'
  • Disney changed the production team
  • Told Clemmons (the new scriptwriter) not to read the novel in order to create a clearer, lighthearted story line 
  • Easier to follow for a younger audience
  • Ending of the movie wasn't initially planned
Animation process
  • Characters based/drawn on the voice actors
  • Used xerography 
  • One animator would animate whole sequences as characters would interact
  • Based movement of animals and old movies
  • Walt Disney became more involved
  • Characters had the personalities off the voice actors
Sound/ music
  • Songs were developed early on
  • Fun, light, entertaining songs
Visual effects
  • Multi-plane to create depth
  • Hand painted background
What was the most vital part of the production process in the success of Disney's Jungle Book (1967)?

The Scripting process was very vital to its success. Walt Disney believed the first version of the script, created by Bill Peet, was too dark for family audiences and made the significant decision to become more involved and changed his production team. This led to the creation of a more lighthearted, fun script and plot, that followed the novel by Kipling only lightly. The story line was now more clearer and believed to be easier for the younger, targeted audience to follow and enjoy. 

Budget/ earnings
  • ‎$4 million
  • Made $5,000,000 on its opening weekend
  • Made $210,000,000 worldwide
How do Disney still make money off of this movie?
  • Merchandise
  • Re-release
  • Original soundtrack
  • Digital downloads
  • 'Vaulting' their movies
    • Stop them from being available

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