| How to Hook Up Your Home Theater | |
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| Directed by | Kevin Deters Stevie Wermers |
| Story by | Kevin Deters Wilbert Plijnaar Stevie Wermers Dan Abraham |
| Produced by | Tamara Boutcher |
| Starring | Bill Farmer |
| Narrated by | Corey Burton |
| Edited by | Jeff Draheim |
| Music by | Michael Giacchino |
| Animation by | Andreas Deja Mark Henn Eric Goldberg Dale Baer |
| Color process | Digital Technicolor |
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| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures[a] |
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Running time | 6 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
How to Hook Up Your Home Theater is a 2007 American animated comedy short film produced byWalt Disney Animation Studios, directed by Kevin Deters, and co-directed by Stevie Wermers-Skelton. It was the first theatricalGoofy solo cartoon short sinceGoofy's Freeway Troubles (1965) 42 years earlier,[1] and the first official short of theGoofy series sinceHow to Sleep (1953).
In the style of Goofy's "Everyman" cartoons of the 1950s, this short follows Goofy as he buys and then sets up hishome cinema system to watchfootball.
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 ofCAPS, 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,[2] worked onWacom'scintiq tablets along withToon Boom Harmony for the animation, while other animators such asMark Henn andAndreas Deja continued to work in the traditional method with pencil on paper. About 50% of the short was done using the new paperless technique.[3]
The short was released withDisney'sNational Treasure: Book of Secrets on December 21, 2007. It was also paired withThe Game Plan for the film's release in theUnited Kingdom. The short was shown early at the "Animate with the Greats" class taking place at Facet's Theatre. SeveralWalt Disney Animation Studios animation artists taught the class, including Kevin Deters andStevie Wermers. It is also available for purchase on theiTunes Store. It was included in theAnimation Show of Shows in 2007.
How to Hook Up Your Home Theater was released on the DVDHave a Laugh, Volume 1 on October 26, 2010. It was subsequently released on theWalt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection Blu-ray and DVD set on August 18, 2015.[4]