"The Little Mermaid" is adapted from the famous fairy tale "Daughter of the Sea" published by Andersen in 1836. The film released in 1989 is Disney's 28th classic animated feature film.
In the 1980s, Broadway-style musicals gradually faded with the mainstream replacement of the movie market, and Disney animation featuring music songs as a movie also faced a big bottleneck. For the production of "The Little Mermaid," Disney hired musical creator Alan. Menken and Howard Ashman really found the problem, that is, the integration of the song music and the plot, so the plot and music are closely integrated in the production process of "The Little Mermaid", instead of working separately from each other and finally getting together.
In terms of plot, Disney changed the original tragic ending into a happy reunion, and added many lively characters to portray the little mermaid Ariel as Disney’s first heroine with a modern personality; the staff even joked that if Walt Disney Alive, a girl like Ariel is never allowed to run away, and Red Crab Sebastian, Disney originally designed to be a serious and upright court minister, but after Alan Menken and Howard Ashman joined the homework, it Become a funny and talented musician. This is a successful performance of the close work of music and plot, creating a satisfying effect.
The special effects production of the film is also very particular. The special effects artists include Mark Dindal, who later became the director.
