Snow White is not special at all

"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was produced by Disney, directed by David Hand and released in 1937. It is the first color animation feature film in history. Disney has set a monument for itself and the film. Its appearance must be attributed to the outstanding genius and great efforts of the entire behind-the-scenes team. However, when talking about it, we have to talk about Walter first Walt Disney.

Walt Disney has played a vital role in the history of animation. He has pushed animation to peak after peak. To a certain extent, every successful person is a gambler, they are willing to bet all the chips in order to achieve great success, and they will never shrink from the moment of choice. Disney’s bet on the animation of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is to first make the film reach the length of the feature film, and all previous Disney movies including Mickey Mouse are animated short films. In addition, in the original cartoons produced by Disney, he never tried to use color animation, and when the entire draft of Snow White had been completed and placed in front of Disney, he increased his bet and decided to change the film to color. This decision is almost equivalent to overturning all completed work.

In this animation, the excellent production is obvious to all. This work is more three-dimensional and richer than the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, turning the fairy tale of words into a dream in front of the screen. Its excellence goes deep into every detail, almost impeccable, it makes every creature appearing in the picture come alive. Even the appearance of a small character makes it meaningful, not just a foil. For example, the little tortoise that I can't forget that crawls slowly and always spins on the spot but persists.

There is no CG special effects, no face capture technology, all relying on hand-painting, the expressions and movements of each character are vivid, all from the delicate brushwork of the painters. Compared with the "formal reality" of the current "magic animation film", the "freehand realism" of hand-drawn animation in this period is not known to be higher. The word "classic" cannot be used too much in this cartoon. Its character, facial expressions, and funny situations have been copied repeatedly in subsequent movies.

All this made the cost of making this animated film very huge, and Disney did its best for this film, even mortgaged his own house. Perhaps it should be the luck that comes from the hard work. This stubborn gambler won the bet, and "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was a big success as soon as it was released. This film earned Walt Disney the 11th Oscar for Lifetime Achievement Award, and the trophy awarded to him is also the only big gold man and seven small gold men in history. In addition, the film was nominated for the 10th Oscar for Best Soundtrack.

In the 1930s, the action plot and music overlap in movies tended to be perfect. The soundtrack based on action performance began to have a new way of melody development, and music began to speak for the characters. Music that works well with the picture not only promotes the development of the plot, but also perfects the character's personality. The character dance music in the ballet, the juggling soundtrack in the circus, the aria in the opera...These elements are once again integrated in the plot expression rhythm of the film. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a typical cartoon of this period that embodies the perfect combination of music and video. Several musicians who have laid down the style and technique of the cartoon's soundtrack have created romanticism for this fairy tale. , Peachy love and rainbow bubble music.




"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is the first movie to have a soundtrack album. Before that, the soundtrack was difficult to hear outside of the movie. The soundtrack of this film was completed by Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith. All three of them are masters of the soundtrack, and they also contributed to many of them. Famous cartoons have made a lot of soundtracks, and they are masters of storytelling with melody in the Disney Kingdom.

In this movie, Frank Churchill took on most of the soundtrack. Almost all of our impressive music is its works, including "Heigh-Ho", "Whistle While You Work", and "Some Day My Prince Will Come". He is a well-known film composer in the United States. When he was 15 years old, he began to do piano accompaniment for early silent films. In 1930, at the age of 29, he joined Disney and started an animation soundtrack career. Most of his soundtracks are written for Disney cartoons, and there are many works that we are familiar with, including "Dumbo", "Bambi", "Three Little Pigs", "Little Panther", etc. Wait. After scoring for "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", he achieved great success and he also became the music supervisor of Disney Pictures.

However, it was not long. In 1942, 41-year-old Frank Churchill committed suicide with a pistol. There are divergent opinions about the reason for his suicide. A widely spread theory is that Disney was very dissatisfied with the soundtrack of Frank Churchill in "Bambi", which caused him to be very depressed and drunk, which eventually led to suicide.

This movie can be said to be an animated song and dance film, and the music accounts for a large proportion, which requires every voice actor to be very good at singing. The voice actor of Snow White, Adriana Caselotti, has a very good voice. She was born in an American family of Italian descent. Her mother is an opera singer and her father is a vocal teacher. She signed a contract with Disney, but after she starred in Snow White, Disney refused to let her take on other jobs. The explanation given by Disney was "This voice can't appear everywhere. This is Snow White's voice, and it cannot destroy Snow White's illusion." After that, almost all activities she attended were related to Snow White. She has been connected with Snow White almost all her life.

In addition, there is a much more vicious queen, a magic mirror who knows everything, and a handsome prince. Ah, poor prince, your voice is nice, but no one remembers you. The most famous work of all these people's lives is this "Snow White and the Dwarfs", I wonder if this is considered to be the completion of this movie.

This story should have appeared in the childhood of many people. I found that when we grew up and mentioned this story again, I realized that Snow White was not the protagonist at all. There are always only seven dwarfs in the doll combination without Snow White. Snow White is neither special nor cute. Who would want a Snow White? The important thing is not to be elegant like a princess, but not to eat apples given to you by strangers. No one wants a princess's dress but many people want the queen's magic mirror. Yes, Snow White is not special at all, everything she experienced and all the artists who recreated this fairy tale are special.

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