How to Hook Up Your Home Theater
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Duration Language English | 7.6/10 IMDb Genre Animation, Short, Comedy Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director Kevin Deters
Stevie Wermers Release date December 21, 2007 (2007-12-21) Writer Kevin Deters (story), Wilbert Plijnaar (story), Stevie Wermers (story), Dan Abraham (story), Josie Trinidad (additional story), Burny Mattinson (additional story) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
How to hook up your home theater but without any goofies
How to Hook Up Your Home Theater is a 2007 theatrical cartoon from Walt Disney Animation Studios, directed by Kevin Deters and co-directed by Stevie Wermers-Skelton. This is the first theatrical Goofy solo cartoon short made in 42 years, since Goofy's Freeway Troubles. In the style of Goofy's "Everyman" cartoons of the 1950s, this short follows Goofy as he buys and then sets up his home cinema system, to watch football.
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Production
The short was partially produced using a new "paperless" production pipeline for Disney, the first major change in production technique for hand-drawn animation at Disney since the introduction of CAPS, and was also an attempt to see if the new digital animation tools could be used to produce a short with the same graphic look as that of a late 1940s, early 1950s cartoon. Instead of animating with pencil on paper, some of the animators, such as Dale Baer, worked on Wacom's cintiq tablets along with Toon Boom Harmony for the animation, while other animators such as Mark Henn and Andreas Deja continued to work in the traditional method with pencil on paper. About 50% of the short was done using the new paperless technique.
Release
The short was released with Disney's National Treasure: Book of Secrets on December 21, 2007. It was also paired with The Game Plan for the film's release in the United Kingdom. The short was shown early at the "Animate with the Greats" class taking place at Facet's Theatre. Several Walt Disney Animation Studios animation artists taught the class, including Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers. It is also available for purchase on the iTunes Store. It was included in the Animation Show of Shows in 2007.
Home media
How to Hook Up Your Home Theater was released on the Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection Blu-ray on August 18, 2015.
References
How to Hook Up Your Home Theater WikipediaHow to Hook Up Your Home Theater IMDb How to Hook Up Your Home Theater themoviedb.org