Ya kasance wani lokaci mai zurfi a cikin rana cika da surreal lokacin. A zagaye na kusurwa a cikin dakin da ke dauke da walt Disney Imagineering tarihin tarihin tarihin fasaha, akwai: sanannun shahararrun shekaru 1950 na Disneyland wanda mai tsarawa Herb Ryman ya kammala a karshen mako tare da Walt Disney yana tsaye a kan kafada.
Wannan ba haifuwa ba ne; shi ne ainihin yanki. An kwantar da hankali a kan pallet (yana zuwa daga ko kuma zuwa hanyar nunawa), zane na Ryman ya zauna a cikin wasu wasu nau'o'in kayan aikin 80,000 na Disney Imagineers, a matsayin ƙungiyar gurushi mai kayatarwa da ta tsara zane-zane na kamfanin. da za a sani, daga bisani aka halicce su ta cikin shekaru.
"All motsi ya fara da linzamin kwamfuta," Walt Disney da zarar shahararrun ya ce. Tare da nuna godiya ga Mickey, Disneyland da kuma tunanin "filin shakatawa" duk sun fara ne da wannan zane.
To, ta yaya ne na zama zancen tarihin tarihin Ryman kuma yana motsa manyan dakunan majalisa na Imagineering a Glendale, California? Daga cikin masana masana'antar da ke karanta littattafina ita ce Jon Georges, darekta na Blue Sky Development a Walt Disney Imagineering. Ya gayyace ni in yi magana da wani rukuni na Imagineers a matsayin wani ɓangare na sashen Wasannin Watsa Labaru na Kungiyar.
(Lokacin da matata ta fahimci cewa zan yi gabatarwa ga 'yan wasan kwaikwayon, sai ta ce, "Don haka bari in samu wannan madaidaici, za ku yi magana da su game da masana'antar filin shakatawa"? kwayoyi kadan, amma masu tunanin sun kasance masu sauraro mai ban sha'awa, kuma muna da musayar musayar shakatawa da kuma nishaɗi masu nishaɗi.) Bayan na gabatar da ni, an bi ni zuwa babban ziyartar filin wasa.
Duk da yake na fara yin wasa a bayan al'amuran, ba a ba ni damar shiga ba. Akwai abubuwa da yawa da suka shafi ayyukan husuma da kuma tunanin da suka ɓoye a cikin labarun bitar. Wannan labarin ba a nufin ya zama cikakken bayyani na Imagineering; Maimakon haka, wannan bita ne na wasu abubuwan da nake lura a wannan rana - jigon jigon geek, idan kuna so.
Zakuyi tunanin samun Goofy
Abin mamaki ne a gano cewa masu goyon baya waɗanda suka tsara ƙauyuka masu zaman kansu da kuma manyan halayen gida suna gudanar da ayyukansu a cikin gine-ginen gine-gine da kuma gine-gine. Babu wata ãyã, tawali'u ko in ba haka ba, don nuna hedkwatar Imagineering. Gudun kan titin Flower Street a Glendale, ba zai yiwu ba ne a gano filin wasa ba tare da sanin adireshin titi ba. A ciki, duk da haka, akwai alamun halayen Halin tunanin da ake yi a ko'ina.
A cikin tsakar gida a waje da kwamishinan, alal misali, gondolas daga filin jirgin sama na Disneyland Skyway ya zama layin zane-zane. Ginin muhalli da injiniya, wanda gine-ginen gidaje, injiniyoyi, da masu zane-zane na ciki, sun kasance cibiyar cibiyar baka da ke buɗewa ga jama'a. Maganin kitsch ya wuce, ciki har da dakin taro tare da tebur mai mahimmanci wanda aka tsara daga ɗakunan shimfiɗa na layi da kuma tsalle mai kama da launi.
Ɗaya daga cikin hallway a cikin babban ginin da aka sani da John Hench Graffiti Gallery. Wani dan wasan kwaikwayo da mai zane mai ƙauna, Hench ya yi aiki a kamfanin Disney na tsawon shekaru 60 kuma ya kasance babban mataimakin shugaban kasa na Imagineering. An yi zane da zane-zane tare da zane-zane, zane-zane, zane-zane, da kuma sauran nuni da suka ba da labari game da Hench, wanda ya rasu a shekara ta 2004.
(Don ƙarin bayani a kan John Hench da Imagineering, ka yi la'akari da karatun littafinsa mai ban mamaki, "Zayyana Disney: Zane da Abubuwan Nuna.")
Zai yiwu mai kayatarwa (da kuma geekiest?) Kwarewa da na yi a Imagineering ya zo kusa da ta hanyar tawon shakatawa. Jagoran ya jagoranci ni cikin ɗakin ɗamarar hoto kuma ya bar ni da kaina don dan lokaci don in biye gidan Doy din kuma in dubi filayen filayen 'yan fashi daga Pirates na Caribbean ,' yan kallo na Hollywood daga The Great Movie Ride a Disney na Hollywood Studios, da kuma kuri'a mai yawa na asali na Disney. A wani kusurwar dakin, asali na Snow White da kuma Dandan Bakwai guda bakwai wanda duniyar da ke cikin Disneyland ta kasance a cikin jihar. Ya kasance duka biyu don kasancewa tare da duk abubuwan da ba shi da shiru da kuma tad murnar ganin tarihin shakatawa sosai.
Cataloging Yesterland
Tarihi yana da mahimmanci a Imagineering. Tarihin tarihin tarihin wani ɓangare ne na wani reshe mai kula da kiyaye wuraren shakatawa. Har ila yau, akwai ɗakin karatu na zane-zane tare da karin hotuna 2 da aka kirkiro da kuma zane-zane da kuma bincike wanda ya bunkasa su. Alal misali, Diane Scoglio, wanda ke kula da ɗakin karatun zane-zane, ya ce akwai hotuna da dama na Afrika da ke ci gaba da tafiye-tafiyen da Joe Rohde da sauran masu tunanin suka dauka yayin da suke tsara Disney na Animal Kingdom.
Ɗaukar bayanai masu rarraba da ke nunawa sun hada da wani bayani na kowane fanni Disney tare da abubuwa kamar samfurori na launi, zane-zane, da abubuwa masu ban sha'awa kamar fuka-fukan tsuntsaye Tsiki Bird da gashin tsuntsaye daga Yeti wanda ke zaune a cikin Expedition Everest . Har ma akwai kayan da ake sawa ta haruffa - wanda ya san? - adana a nan.
Georges ya nuna wasu sutura masu launin launi mai haske kuma ya ce sun kasance cikin daya daga cikin duhu da suka hada da hasken wuta. "Mun hada da samfurori na abin da Paint yayi kama da hasken halitta da yadda yake bayyana a karkashin hasken wuta," in ji shi. "Zane-zane na baƙar fata yana zama zane-zane." Georges ya ce dakunan karatu, musamman littattafai na nuna hotuna, taimakawa Imagineering da wuraren wasan Disney suna kula da abubuwan jan hankali. An san shi a matsayin "ma'auni na nuna hoto," ko SQS a Disney-speak. Ina tsammanin lokacin da lokaci ya yi don sayen kayan aikin Richard Nixon a cikin Majalisa Shugabannin, yana taimakawa wajen yin rikodin irin girman da alama da ya yi.
Daga Blue Sky zuwa Gray Patio
Tabbas, ba'a amfani dakin ɗakin karatu ba don mayar da hankali ga al'amuran da suka gabata. Ka yi tunanin ziyartar su don gano sababbin abubuwa da kuma gudanar da bincike don abubuwan jan hankali a yayin da suke ci gaba. Georges ya yi amfani da wani zauren hallway da ya sa ni ta hanyar bunkasa ayyukan Imagineering. Ganuwar suna cike da hotuna, zane-zane, da rubutu da ke nuna matakai, ciki har da: blue blue (sashen da Georges yake kulawa), wanda yake samar da tsaba da ke samo asali; haɓaka ra'ayi da kuma yiwuwar, inda ra'ayoyin suke ɗauka a cikin nau'i na biyu da uku tare da samfurin kwamfuta; zane da kuma samarwa, a lokacin da aka amince da babban birnin, ana gudanar da gwaje-gwajen wasan, kuma ana inganta tsarin; gina da shigarwa, inda dukkanin hotunan hotunan aiki suna aiki tare don gina ainihin jan hankali; gwaji da daidaitawa, don ɗaukar jan hankali; babban budewa; da kuma ƙungiyar fafutuka, lokacin da mambobin ƙungiyar suka kammala aikin (kuma ba shakka za a kashe su a cikin tsofaffin motocin Skyway) ba.
Ban sami cikakken bayani game da wuraren shakatawa ko abubuwan jan hankali da ke cikin tsabar Disney ba, amma na sami jin cewa abubuwa masu girma suna samuwa. Akwai sahihiyar tsinkayar fata da kuma kerawa wanda ke fitowa daga gine-gine na Glendale. "Disneyland ba za a kammala ba ... idan dai akwai tunanin da aka bari a duniya," wani Walt-ism ne mai suna. Abin godiya, akwai alamun tunani don tafiya a tsakanin 'yan kallo na yau.
Ta hanyar, kai ma za ka iya ziyarci Walt Disney Imagineering. Kasancewa ta Disney, wani kamfanin yawon shakatawa mai shiryarwa, ya haɗa da tasha a Hollywood da Disney Resort .