5 Differences between animation and live action

Launched in 1937, “Snow White and Seven Dwarfs” became Disney’s first animated feature film, and the first animation movie to be transmitted in color in the world when adapting the tale of Grimm Brothers“Snow White”, released in 1812, where the story of a young princess chased by her stepmother is told due to her beauty.

The title has become a studio classic, being watched by generations and becoming a milestone for winning an honorary Oscar for innovation, and for becoming the pioneer in a new and large field within the entertainment business, as well as a better soundtrack.

Already this Thursday, 20, arrives in theaters the live action “Branca de Snow”, which updates the animated story bringing some news to the plot. With that in mind, Recreio brought together 5 differences between animation and live-action; Check it out:

[Cuidado! Spoilers de “Branca de Neve” abaixo]

1. What happened to Snow White’s parents

While in the animation it is counted only that Snow White was covered by dirty and torn robes and ordered by his stepmother, the bad queen, to perform housework in the castle, in the new movie is explained what happened to the princess’s parents.

In the case of Snow White’s mother, she got sick and not resisting. The father, after his mother’s death, fell in love with the beauty of the bad queen, who sent him to a mission in another kingdom just for him to be killed and she became the only one in power.

2. Snow White is not the ‘helpless girl’

A custom of older works is to bring women like the beautiful and defenseless ones who needed to be saved by brave men, a retraction that some believe to be replicated in the animation, as Snow White is always scared and is constantly seen under the protection of male figures.

However, live-action strives for this perception not to exist. This is because, as much as in the movie she has her life spared by the hunter, when he tries to perform the plan of the bad Queen, Snow White is frightened as in the animation, but does not cover the face waiting for the worst. She sees him bravely with a surprise and disappointment, questioning why he’s doing that.

Already when it needs a shelter, it does not become a cleaning lady and unpaid cook for seven miners living in a chalet in the forest. In fact, they give her a place to stay overnight without receiving anything in return, even if she makes a difference for them to live in harmony during their stadia by teaching them the importance of listening and imposing limits.

As for the dynamics with the prince, well, this is still there, but in a better context. In an interview with Variety, Gal Gadotthe interpreter of the bad queen said: “She [Branca de Neve] It will not be saved by the prince and it is proactive, and it is the one who establishes the terms, what makes it so relevant to where we are today. ”

3. The loving interest of Snow White

It turns out that there is no prince. Snow White’s loving interest is Jonathan, a commoner who commits small thefts to survive the tyrannical reign of the bad queen, in which the subjects live in misery so that she can thrive alone in the castle.

Unlike the animation in which the princess pair is a prince who arrives on a white horse and interacts with her only once before saving her from the curse, in live action they develop a connection after different meetings, and, guided by the common desire of a fair reign, they become allies and then become a couple in love.

Still, he saves the princess more than once. The first one entering a front of a arrow by Queen’s soldiers to kill her when they were partners moved by the same cause, and the second, when they are already in a relationship, the evil queen disguises a witch and delivers a poisoned apple to the princess, placing her between life and death with the clause of being saved by a kiss of true love, which is granted by Jonathan.

4. The purpose of Snow White

As advanced by the protagonist’s interpreter, Rachel Zegler(Love, Sublime Love), in an interview with Variety in 2023, Snow White does not have the same desire of the animation character, which makes his desires resonate in the waters of the well at the beginning of the movie stating that he wants to find happiness with the one she has always dreamed.

“The reality is that the cartoon was done 85 years ago and therefore is extremely old -fashioned when it comes to ideas of women in power roles and for what a woman serves in the world,” said the actress.

Thus, the new purpose of Snow White was explained byGal Gadot: “She [Branca de Neve] It will not dream of true love. [Estará mais focada em ser] The leader that her late father said she could be if she was fearless, just, brave and true. “

5. Seven dwarfs or seven magic creatures?

In “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” Snow White becomes friends with seven miners living in a chalet in the forest called nap, dengo, Happy, Atchim, Master, Angry and Dunga, who exist in Live-action, but as revealed by Disney, they are “magic creatures” that gained shape for the use of CGI.

It is explained in the movie that they are former residents of the forest, which are a few hundred years old and apparently have special skills in precious stones.

The change in the new adaptation was explained by Disney in a statement, published by The Wrap, which says: “To avoid reinforcing the stereotypes of the original animation movie, we are adopting a different approach with these seven characters and consulting members of the dwarfism community. We are looking forward to sharing more as the film goes into production after a long period of development.”