Editing Fantasia (1940 film) (section)

====Live action====
The live action scenes were the first to be filmed inside [[Walt Disney Studios (Burbank)#The Annette Funicello Stage, Stage 1|Stage 1]], a 11,000 sq ft production sound stage built at Disney's Burbank studios in 1940. It was subsequently dedicated to the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=174816|title=The ''Fantasia'' Stage – Stage One – The Walt Disney Studios|publisher=The Historical Marker Database|access-date=July 18, 2023}}</ref> The on-screen musicians were not the Philadelphia Orchestra but in fact local players, with Disney sound effects artist [[Jimmy MacDonald (sound effects artist)|Jimmy MacDonald]] on timpani and composer [[Paul Smith (composer)|Paul Smith]] on violin.{{sfn|Eagan|2010|p=323}} Taylor's introductions were filmed in August 1940, with Howe returning as cinematographer. Howe adds visual energy with brief flashes of colour projected onto some instruments as the musicians tune up, and changes the hues of the side lighting for each introduction for variety.{{sfn|Pegolotti|2003|p=246}} The jam session during the intermission includes a theme from ''The Pastoral Symphony'' and "Bach Goes to Town", a jazz tune popularised by [[Benny Goodman]]. David Butler points out the significance of the brief interlude, demonstrating to the audience that "these musicians aren't serious all the time" and that jazz is seen as an "antidote to serious music."{{sfn|Butler|2002|p=53}}

In 1940, [[Ub Iwerks]] was re-hired at the Disney studios as a technical supervisor for special visual effects. Among his first assignments was the handshake scene with Mickey Mouse and Stokowski. The scene was produced by filming Stokowski shaking hands in thin air, after which the animators placed drawing paper on top of the photographic print and matched Mickey's actions with his. The animation was photographed with the Stokowski film inside the camera to create a single negative that combined both sequences.<ref name=UB40>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/PopularMechanics1942/Popular_Mechanics_01_1942/page/n87/mode/2up|title=Movie Cartoons Come to Life|first=Ub|last=Iwerks|magazine=Popular Mechanics|pages=35–37|date=January 1942|access-date=July 18, 2023}}</ref>