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Dear Animation Family:

j wanted to write to you about 4 very disturbing incident at
our Northside animation building.

We were outraged to learn that a motorcycle was stolen from -
our parking garage on Thursday, April 29. Although we had
believed the security precautions in place were adequate to
protect our personal property, We were disappointed to learn
otherwise.

Let me assure you that our Feature Animation Operations
Department is working closely with Disney security to review
all security measures in place and working with the Burbank
police to help find the stolen motorcycle. Ops and Marge
Randolph are also meeting with the owners of motorcycles to
jointly discuss what steps are being taken for future
protection.

I am deeply troubled by this incident. We have come to trust
our work environment and I want to make sure we can
continue that trust. I am turning to all of you for guidance and
support as We work together to ensure we can feel safe in our

Feature Animation home.

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is pleased to

announce the addition of

“Rhapsody In Blue”

to our line-up.

This George

Gershwin composition
is a departure from the
other traditionally
classical music
segments that
comprise
Fantasıa 2000,
yet it fits
perfectly into
the Fantasia milieu.

Director Eric Goldberg brings his inimitable wit and charm to
this segment about a day in the life of New York City and some of its
inhabitants, with a unique and innovative color palette provided by
Art Director, Sue Goldberg. Eric and Sue also collaborated on the
"Carnival of the Animals" segment about flamingos, yo-yo's and daring
to stand apart from the flock.

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_ “Carnival of the Animals” — 7
Director: Erie Goldberg

: At Director: Susan Goldberg |

_ - — "Pompa and Circumstance” -
Director: Francis Glebas
At Director: Dan or

“The frebird Suite”
Peen Paul & Gaëtan Brizzi

MAY 10,1999

ith five sequences approved and a

major screening ahead, Kingdom is
emphatically back in production.

We had a great update with Dick Cook
and Joe Roth at the end of April. We
held crew screenings at the end of April
to make sure that everyone is up to date
on the latest story developments. Our
next major goal is a screening that’s set
for the end of May. It’s a fast
turnaround and both the Story and
Editorial teams are firing on all

o cylinders.

cow eces

In other production news, all departments are either on or ahead of
schedule with Clean Up Layout scheduled to finish this week. Many thanks
to all of our crew members for all of the hard work over the past several

weeks.

On the “John Henry” music front, all of the songs have been recorded and
approved and they sound terrific. Work on the score and sound effects will
soon be underway as well. As the song states, the “John Henry” crew is

certainly "movin’ on down the line!"

TWILIGHT

BARK:-MAY

Productio,
upor

The latest Pacha
drawings and animation
by Bruce Smith were
approved at the update
with Tom in late April --
which means that three-
quarters of our main
character designs have
been approved. Joe Moshier’s new
Character Style Guide has been
distributed to the artists as well.

Work with the Paris studio is already in
full swing. We have landed our Paris
production management team. Our
APMs there include: Animation -
Fredericka Pepping; Clean Up - Etienne
Longa; Layout - Michael De La Cruz;
BG and EFX - Alex Skinazi. We were
very happy to have Coralie Cudot-
Lissillour, our production manager in
Paris, come visit us in mid-April. Olivier
Adam, our Paris Head of Layout, will
be here for the next few weeks along
with Vincent Massy, one of our Paris
layout journeymen.

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In mid-April, Randy and Mark travelled
to New York to meet with Sting. He'll
be finishing up his new album in a
couple weeks, and we hope to hear his
first music demo for the new Kingdom by
the end of the month.

Randy has also been busy meeting with
other Disney divisions to introduce them
to our movie. So far, he has met with
Publishing and Interactive, and the
response has been resoundingly
enthusiastic.

1331? KOS? It looks like we’re pretty
close to finding a new title. Over the
past few weeks, Mark and the gang
have been brainstorming on title ideas.
Hopefully, we'll be announcing a new
one in the next few weeks.

We had our first production scene
approved in Color Models this week. All
of our departments are working hard to
get a jumpstart on the inventory coming
their way. It’s a great team, and we look
forward to the challenges coming up!
Looking ahead, we'll be starting
Animation quotas in early June and
finishing that month with our first
completed Color Rush scenes.

In other happy news, Doeri Welch, our
APM of Animation, and her husband,
Michael, welcomed their daughter, Eliza
into the world on April 15th. She’s

MOVIN’ ON DOWN THE LINE.

Production on “John Henry” continues to thunder ahead and we are pleased
to announce that Animation is now complete! Congratulations to our
incredible animation crew members on a job well done!

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The Latest News about Disney’s
Defender of the Jungle

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Repreinted from Variety, April 30, 1999

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By JON BURLINGAME

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coming animated “Tarzan”
is that. the ape man doesn't
@ break into song as he’s

swinging through the trees.

The movie will open June 18,
and just as it did with “The Lion
King,” Disney has turned to pop
tunesmiths for the songs. Then pp |
it was Elton John and Tim Rice, $+
who won Oscars for the “Ring” ae this time 1%
Phil Collins. Whats unusual, however, is that
Collins also performs four of his five songs in the
movie, sometimes as narrator, sometimes gf
Tarzan’s inner voice. A

“When I became aware of (that), 1 was a i ie :
bit alarmed, because } thought it would stop
everyone in their tracks,” says the ex-Genesis
drummer and vocalist. “It’s like Sting trying to.
act. You've got to overcome that barrier of people
saying, ‘OK, this is Sting acting now. F wasn’t sure
about it.”

Says executive music producer € Shriy Montan,
“We had a main character, Tarzan, whom none of
us wanted to sing; it didn’t feel: appropriate. Ax

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Unlike “Lim King” and
“Mulan,” _ Whose _ dramatic

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TWILIGHT BARK-MAY 10,1999

A Hip Tarzan

by James Sterngold

"Tarzan" is one of the most-filmed subjects
in Hollywood history, with Disney
estimating there have been 47 adaptations
of the Edgar Rice Burroughs stories,
second only to the number of adaptations
of "Dracula." But it is a safe bet this
famed ape man has never before been a
skateboarder.

The Walt Disney Company’s big animated
feature film this summer will be "Tarzan,"
and as in its previous efforts, the
company is both trying to bring to life a
classic story known to many and to make
it new, so it will be the foundation for
everything from merchandise sales to
theme park rides.

The resulting movie is long on outright
adventure, with the hero, Tarzan, adept
at shooting through the jungle because he
slides along trees as if on a skateboard.

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The Latest News about Disney’s Defender of the Jungle

Exerpts from the New York Times, April 30, 1999.

The directors, Kevin Lima and Chris
Buck, both veterans of several Disney
animated movies, used a new technique,
called Deep Canvas, to enhance the sense
of motion, and excitement and to give
depth to the jungle background. But their
goal, also in keeping with the unwritten
rules of this genre, was to make the movie
something of a psychodrama, a record of
a youth’s wrestling with his identity in a
world in which he does not quite fit.
Indeed, one of the bigger changes from
many previous Disney films is that the
personal struggle at its heart is more
adolescent.

The plot follows the boy who is raised by
gorillas and struggles to be one of them,
until he catches his first glimpse of
humans. Tarzan, with Tony Goldwyn’s
voice, ultimately feels he has to choose
between the jungle, a world he knows but
in which he remains something of an
outsider, and civilization, a world he does
not know but to which he feels drawn,
even though he remains an outsider.

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"It’s really the classic struggle most kids
feel of wanting to be in control of their
worlds,” Mr. Buck said. "He’s going
through an early college-age kind of
struggle."

And there is Jane, with the voice of
Minnie Driver. But the attraction is
innocent, the directors said, not sexual.
As in other Disney animated movies,
there is music, provided by Phil Collins,
but it is used differently. "This is the first
Disney movie for a long time where the
characters don’t sing themselves,” Mr.
Lima said. "The songs are the voices of
their emotions."

Glenn Close provides the voice of the
gorilla who raises Tarzan; Rosie
O’Donnell is his gorilla sidekick, and
Lance Henriksen of "Millennium" is the
voice of the gorilla patriarch. They are
the friends who counsel Tarzan, helping
him make his difficult decision, and
making him probably the first
skateboarder best known for his emotions
and thinking.

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Bark!

Figure Sculpting with Ron Pekar!

sponsored by artist development

Who: This class will be available to all
production artists.*
(Please check with your APM prior to
enrolling for this class.)

When: Wednesday evenings
May 19 through July 7
5:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Where: Southside Multipurpose Room
(L600)

All supplies will be provided
No food will be served.

To RSVP, please call 8489 x4121.
There will be 20 spaces available in this class.

*Those interested in this class who have not taken a sculpting class in the last

12 months will have priority registration for this class. If you have taken a

sculpture class in the last 12 months, please leave your name and number and
we will accommodate you as best we can.

TWILIGHT BARK-MAY 10,1999

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Office 98

Now that you have had a few weeks to experience the new Word, Excel and oe Upgrade
PowerPoint programs, you probably have a few questions regarding some ofthe > = Classes
cool, neat new features in Office 98. So, just in time to answer your burning onan
questions about the recent upgrades of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and to aid ; =>
you in becoming the super user you have always dreamed of becoming, The o
DUCK Center (the business applications training center run by the Disney
University), will begin scheduling 1 1/2 hour long upgrade classes for each of the
different packages. If you are interested in learning more about the new features
in the new programs, The DUCK Center is ready to help.

APAAPA a aaa eter eR RAAT EO

Please call Sharon at The DUCK Center, 8230 x5101, and let her know
which program(s) you would like to sign up for. You will receive an official
registration form that you will need to complete and have signed by your
immediate supervisor. After the paperwork has been completed, you will be
scheduled for the next available upgrade class(es) of your choice.

If you feel you need even more in depth training, The DUCK Center will also offer full day (8.45 a.m. -
4.00 p.m.) beginning and intermediate level courses in each of the Office 98 applications. These classes will
be scheduled based on interest and need. Happy computing!

The Mac Club New Contact for Temporary Staffing

: presents : As of last Monday, May 3rd, Gina Aarniokoski
_ Apple's Final Cut P passed the “temp torch ” to Christy Bundy (don’t
plus Charles McCona worry - Gina is still here to take care of your full-
Se eS time recruiting needs!). For all of your temporary

staffing needs, you may now contact Christy Bundy
in Recruitment at 8247-2528. Please refer to the
guidelines below when

of ProMax demos

requesting a temp:

TEMP HIRING GUIDELINES

... @ Temporaries may fill in for an employee for the
ca ‘$ duration of the time the employee is on an approved
== leave of absence from that job

(eg. jury duty, medical leave, illness, vacation).

— Refre ts, raffles and e Temporaries may fill in for an open position that

is actively being recruited for by the company.

e If you need a temporary for a special project, you
must get approval from your Finance Department.
Special projects should not exceed 30 days.

BARK-MAY 10,1999

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Each year approximately 14,000 high school sophomores
from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia,
Canada, the Bahamas and Mexico are selected by their
schools to attend an expense-paid, three-day HOBY
Leadership Seminar.

The Leadership Seminars are designed to prepare our
country's high school sophomores to become effective,
ethical leaders in their home, school, workplace and
community.

1999 Hugh ( 0 Brien
Youth Leadership Seminar (HOBY)

Counselors are needed to assist at the seminars listed
below. Counselors will serve as substitute parents,
disciplinarians, friends, companions, leaders, comforters
and organizers. Each counselor will be assigned to a group
of ten to twelve students during the three day

seminar.

Los Angeles County Seminar:
Training Date: May 23, 1999 at Loyola
Marymount University ("LMU")
Seminar Date: June 4 through June 6 (LMU)

Central California Seminar:
Training Date: May 22, 1999 in Canoga Park
Seminar Date: June 11 through June 12
(Pepperdine University)

If you are interested in any of the seminars listed and you want to be a part of this very rewarding experience, please
contact Lee Straus at 8228 x5048.

TWILIGHT BARK:MAY 10,

The Moving Pictures Series

Artist Development
presents

1999

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Baby

John Ripa, (formerly Supervising Animator
on Tarzan and now Supervising Animator
on Treasure Planet) and his wife Lauren
had a baby Tarzan of their own!

Jason Nicholas Ripa, born on March 30,
1999, weighed in at 7 Ibs. and 4 oz. and
measured a whole 19 and a half inches.

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gonanza!

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Eilean Aguirre of IAPAA TnS gave
birth to little Sophia a bit earlier than
expected at 6:30 in the morning on
Wednesday, May 5.

The Cinco de Mayo bundle of joy weighs 6
los 14 oz and is 20" long. Eileen says she
has lots of dark hair and looks like her
second son Aaron. She and the baby are
doing very well.

Congratulations:

Here are the
latest additions to our
Disney families

Liz Holmes, a key assistant in the Atlantis
EFX department had a beautiful baby girl!

Shelby Grace Holmes was born on
Thursday, April 29 at approx. 2:00 p.m.

Congratulations.

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FEATURE AN TYST ON
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

CALIFORNIA

DIGITAL PRODUCTION (contact Pamela Focht)
e Model Dev Tech Lead (all productions)

OVERHEAD/PRODUCTION

MANAGEMENT

(contact Gina Aarniokoski)

e Secretary to the Director of Recruitment

e Twilight Bark Editor

e Production Dept. Secretary, Treasure Planet
e Department Clerk, Operations

FLORIDA

Overhead/Production (contact Ann Blastic)
e Render I/O, Technologies

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QUOTABLES ...

(Quotes taken from Studio 411 Web Site)

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To seer for a position with the Feature pp Daiena.
and Florida Studios, please submit a current resume and a
cover letter stating the position(s) in which you are interested
with a completed JOBS Application to the Human Resources
contacts listed below. Questions regarding transfer policies
and procedures can be directed to your JOBS Program
Administrator.

Where to Find a JOBS Application Form:
e Southside - First Floor near the ATM

e Northside - First Floor near the ATM

e Buena Vista Plaza - Christy Bundy, #519B

e Florida - Jo Wentworth, #2320

Send Resume,Cover Letter and JOBS Application To:
Via Inter-Office Mail:
e For California positions: Christy Bundy, mail code 7454
e For Florida positions: Jo Wentworth @
Florida Feature Animation Building

Please submit your resume (without the use of special fonts,
bold or italics) on plain white paper. Please note on your
cover letter or fax cover sheet, “RE: Bark/Rabbit
Listing.” When filling out the JOBS application, please
write “Twilight Bark” in the Job Number field.

Questions Regarding the JOBS Program:

e California: Christy Bundy at tie line 8247 x2528
(christy.bundy@disney.com)

e Florida: Jo Wentworth at tie line 8264 x3178
(jo.wentworth@disney.com)

Other Company-Wide Career Opportunities:

View other positions available within Disney Business Units
and Affiliated Companies at:
http:/www.disney.com/DisneyCareers/index.html or Career
Mosaic on the World Wide Web.

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is an internal weekly newsletter for the entire
California Feature Animation division of The Walt
Disney Company. The name comes from
101 Dalmatians and references the film’s “Twilight
Bark” used to spread a message throughout the city.

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share, please address them to The Twilight Bark
Editor, at mail code 7410.

Twilight Bark
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Southside Theater

- BUSINESS Tarzan
TECHNOLOGY -
SHOWCASE Lunchtime Event has (

Bob Kato

Bob Kato’s performance gesture drawing class
will take place TODAY in the Southside
Multipurpose Room. RSVP information can be
found in the above calendar.

— Ths, May 27

coming soon at the Studio Lot

TWILIGHT BARK-MAY 3,1999

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