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Who are the animators behind the iconic scenes of ‘Cinderella’?

Discover who were some of the main animators responsible for creating the film about Cinderella, Walt Disney’s favorite princess

Debuting in 1950, Cinderella is everyone’s favorite character. Walt Disney. The information about the renowned filmmaker’s preference was revealed by the princess’s official voice actress, Ilene Woodsin a chat revealed by the website D23, where the actress says she received the information from the director himself.

“I once walked into his office and he said to me, ‘You’re my favorite heroine, you know?’ I said, ‘You mean Cinderella?’ ‘Yes,’ he said, ‘there’s something about that story that I associate with,'” Woods revealed.

For the plot to become one of the most loved by Disneyit required a lot of group work, known internally as “Nine Old Man”, in addition to a high investment — including recording the production in live-action before transforming it into animation so that the animators could use the actors as visual inspiration and reference for animate the characters.

Despite counting on the participation of numerous extremely talented professionals, The Walt Disney Family Museum blog highlighted five names who were responsible for the film’s impeccable animations.

Ward Kimball He was responsible for animating one of the highlights of the production: Lucifer the cat and the mice. According to the blog, the feline’s anatomy was inspired by the family’s own cat. Kimballafter a visit from Walt Disney your house. Meanwhile, the rats, who were also supervised by Fred Moorewere considered by Ward an “advancement”, since his drawings were more realistic than Mickey Mouse, for example.

Scene from the animation ‘Cinderella’ (1950) / Credit: Reproduction/Disney

The entertainer Wolfgang “Woolie” Reitherman he also worked with mice, specifically in the scene where Jaq and Tatá carry a key up the stairs while trying to free Cinderella, putting a classic feature of his work in the sequence: suspense and action.

Scene from the animation 'Cinderella' (1950)
Scene from the animation ‘Cinderella’ (1950) / Credit: Reproduction/Disney

The great villain of the story, Lady Tremaine, was the responsibility of Frank Thomas — one of his most challenging works, according to him. In an interview with the historian Michael Barrierhe said, “You realized that for the image to have any strength, for it to have any meaning, it needed to have a stepmother who was a certain character and did a certain job.”

Scene from the animation 'Cinderella' (1950)
Scene from the animation ‘Cinderella’ (1950) / Credit: Reproduction/Disney

Finally, the main protagonist of the plot, Cinderella, was supervised by Eric Larson It is Marc Davis. The opening scene, for example, in which the princess wakes up in her bed, was designed by Larson. Meanwhile, the favorite scene of Walt Disney of all its animations, the moment of the dress transformation, was done by Davis.

Scene from the animation 'Cinderella' (1950)
Scene from the animation ‘Cinderella’ (1950) / Credit: Reproduction/Disney

To the blog of The Walt Disney Family Museum, Mark says that this scene, in particular, presents many concepts that Walt liked to address in his titles.

“It really shows a lot about Walt Disney himself: magic, wishes coming true and that kind of thing. Cinderella had a real strength of character throughout the film. They wouldn’t hit her no matter what,” she commented.

Source: Recreio

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