Thursday, April 23, 2026

Cinderella's Patience

"Oh well, I guess my dress will just have to wait." Cinderella was about to begin creating her own dress for the ball, when her stepmother calls for her with more duties.

Actress Helene Stanley gives a nice performance here to help the animator in his work.

This is really the thing about Disney live action reference:

1 - The action and acting was always carefully planed and staged. And the actors were amazing performers, who understood what kind of footage the animators were looking for. They understood the characters' emotions deeply.

2 - The animators worked with the reference, they pushed the timing as well as the composition.The animation never seems "floaty", which would happen, if the photostats were simply traced. 


Below a few sketches by Marc Davis showing the dress the mice and birds made for Cinderella.