Monthly Archive: June 2023
DESIGNING THE HEROINE
Walt realized that for winning the hearts and minds of his audience to sympathize with his heroine a fairly realistic human design and movement was absolutely necessary – not to mention for the credibility of the Prince, the Evil Queen...
STANDARD PRINCESS FILM OPENING
The film’s opening titles in stark white and teal are cross-faded against a single background of patterned gold. A full orchestra and chorus accompany these with a bombastic version of Frank Churchill’s (1901-1942) melody for the film’s first song, “One...
SHAPING THE STORY
The story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a Bavarian fairytale collected by the brothers Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Karl (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Carl (1786–1859), in their 1812 publication Children’s and Household Tales, now familiarly known as simply Grimm’s...
