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''Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom'' is an educational ''Adventures in Music'' animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions, and originally released to theaters by Buena Vista Distribution on November 10, 1953. A sequel to the first ''Adventures in Music'' cartoon, the 3-D short ''Melody'', ''Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom'' is a stylized presentation of the evolution of the four orchestra sections over the ages with: a horn ("toot"), a flute ("whistle"), a guitar ("plunk"), and a drum ("boom"). The first Disney cartoon to be filmed and released in widescreen CinemaScope,〔 *Beck, Jerry (ed.) (1994). ''The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals''. Atlanta: Turner Publishing. Pg. 130〕 ''Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom'' won the 1954 Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons). In 1994, it was voted #29 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field. Like many of Disney's early CinemaScope films, a "flat" version shot in 4:3 ratio was made for theaters that were not equipped for CinemaScope. This required rearranging the artwork for some shots to accommodate the smaller screen. Shots of multiple repeated characters (like the bird chorus at the end, for instance) were cut in half, using two repetitions instead of four. The most notable change comes at the transition from the end of the "Boom" section to the parade that starts the finale. In the CinemaScope version, the background and characters fade out, leaving the drum in the last scene alone; the drum then jumps from the side of the screen to the centre, and the parade fades in. In the flat version, the camera zooms in on the drum, dissolving into the parade and zooms back out. Other changes occur in the flat version. * Some of the characters like the kitchen bird band members near the beginning and the string quartet members get closer together. * Bach with his clarinet has a book of sheet music with "BACH" written on it instead of the busts around him. * Plunk morphs into the Egyptian playing the harp instead of fading out to him. * In the CinemaScope version, the grand piano also in the plunk segment stretches but in the flat version, it stays a certain size. Black stereotypes have been cut from this short for the DVD release. == Synopsis == The credits roll over a stylised music shop. The names of cast and crew and title of the feature are superimposed over the various instruments and instrument cases. The scene then cuts to Professor Owl, who rushes to a schoolhouse full of bird children as a drumroll is played on a snare. A brief musical section introduces us to "the subject for today": the study of musical instruments. Professor Owl explains to the class (and the viewer) that all music originates from four core sounds: toot (brass), whistle (woodwind), plunk (strings) and boom (percussion). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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