Over the weekend I finally made it up to the Disney Family Museum to see the Snow White exhibit called “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Creation Of A Classic”. It was the final weekend, so if you haven’t seen it yet, this blog post is the best you’re gonna do. 🙂
It was a really nicely designed exhibit, especially for a film that doesn’t have a lot of original cels left. A lot of the pieces were studio reproductions and such. But that’s normal for a film this old, before the days of cel restoration and care.
There was tons of concept and pencil sketch though, which is my favorite. As someone who creates art myself, I’m usually way more interested in the process than the finished product.
So, bunch o’pictures today. Most of them don’t need much explanation, but I’ll add if needed. Also, something I learned recently… The term “dwarfs”, rather than “dwarves” is correct in this case. The term “dwarves” didn’t come into use until quite a few years after Snow White was released. Who knew?
Click on the picture to get a larger view.
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- Concept art for Snow White. They went back and forth making her more “young girl” vs more adult. This leans toward the adult side.
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- A model sheet of Snow White.
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- A production painting of the Magic Mirror.
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- Animation drawing of Dopey and Happy under the coat in the dancing scene.
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- Concept art of the Wicked Queen.
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- Full animation setup of the Seven Dwarfs.
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- Storyboard sketches of the Seven Dwarfs washing Grumpy.
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- Animation cel of the Wicked Queen.
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- Animation drawing of the Wicked Queen in mid-transformation.
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- A color model sheet of the Wicked Queen in her witch getup with apple.
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- Concept sketch of the Wicked Queen standing over Snow White’s body. It reminds me of Aaron Paul in Breaking Bad yelling “Yeah Bitch!”
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- A storyboard sketch of Dopey playing drums and being annoyed by a fly during the dancing scene.
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- A storyboard sketch of Dopey playing drums and being annoyed by a fly.
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- A storyboard sketch of Dopey playing drums and being annoyed by a fly. Sorry for the glare on this one.
As a side note, I also stopped by the stop-motion animation exhibit called “Between Frames”, but didn’t think to take pictures. 🙂 This one lasts through the end of April, so you still have time to get over there to see it. It’s small, so don’t plan a whole trip around it. 30 minutes if you read everything.
They had some cool stuff, including models and armatures, ranging from King Kong and Gumby to Robot Chicken and Nightmare Before Christmas. It’s not super in depth (nothing about the Ranking Bass holiday specials for instance), but entertaining nonetheless.
And if you stop by closing weekend, April 25-27, they’re doing some special classes and talks. Seth Green and the Robot Chicken crew will be there doing some stuff. Unfortunately, I’ll be out of town on tour. So you’ll have to tell me about later. 🙂
I hope you enjoyed these pictures from the Snow White exhibit! If so, do me a favor and share this post with your Disney loving friends!