Sure, there isn’t nearly as much detail as there would be today, but the animation holds up surprisingly well for being the very first animated feature.Īll that said, the movie as a whole really hasn’t aged well. Looking closely, you’ll also notice that each of the dwarves have their own walking animation that kind of represents their distinct personalities. Sure, there are a lot of repeated frames with characters walking and the background moving across like you’re scanning across a huge painting, but it works. It was enough for them to build an entire studio in Burbank, at a location Disney still uses today.Įven now when you watch Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the animation is generally smooth and it looks natural. It’s sandwiched between The Exorcist and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. If you count all of its re-releases since, then adjusted for inflation it’s currently sitting at the 10th highest domestically grossing movie of all time at $963,560,000. It briefly held the record for the highest grossing sound film. Yet it was enormously successful, making more than $8 at the box office during its initial release. For a film in 1937 to have a budget of nearly $1.5 million is no small undertaking, especially when it’s the first of its kind. Additionally, it established the Disney Princess that’s worked so well for the Disney corporation over the years. Part of the method they used was taking in actors to physically act out everything, and basing their cell animations on that. They needed to figure out ways to do so without their costs skyrocketing. They needed to figure out ways to make their animation look at least a little bit realistic to visually keep people’s attention. There were animated shorts, yes, but a full-length animated feature was a huge undertaking. It was the first animated feature film period. It wasn’t just Walt Disney’s first animated feature. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a very important film from a historic standpoint. As of now, the plan is to try to watch and discuss at least one classic Disney movie a week, whether I’m writing or editing a book that month or not.Īfter all, while this is primarily a comic blog, I would like to talk about something other than comics every now and then to keep things fresh. There are also a number of these movies I’ve never seen, and plenty more I haven’t seen since I was 10 or 11 at most. As it is there will be stretches where I’ll look at a bunch of mediocre movies in a row. I’m also not touching their straight to video sequels because the vast majority of them are terrible. Pixar doesn’t count, nor do any of Disney’s other sub-studios. Recently I came up with the idea of going through every Disney animated feature, in order of release. Of course as an adult, it’s a lot easier for me to judge movies for their quality. As someone who loves fiction in general and can enjoy pretty much any kind of movie so long as it’s good, I also like some of their newer animated movies. As someone with a strong sense of nostalgia at times, I can still enjoy a lot of these movies. There’s no way to count how many times I watched Peter Pan or The Great Mouse Detective. I remember all the big, plastic box VHS tapes for classics like Pinocchio, Snow White and The Rescuers. Like a lot of kids, I grew up on Disney movies.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |