A new 4K restoration of Cinderella finally gets the Disney Princess' dress and hair back to their original hues. Here's what went into remastering the movie. For Cinderella, Blair is credited with Color and Styling.
In her work for the film, she established a romantic, whimsical sensibility using a soft, dreamy color palette, and gentle, sweeping shapes. This ambiance was carried over into the final film by the hands of animators, layout artists, and background artists. The ubiquity of Disney's animated film has made blue the default color associated with Cinderella.
Most remakes and adaptations of the story in recent decades have continued featuring the blue dress, rather than reverting to the original silver. Over the years, Cinderella's blue ball gown has taken on deeper cultural symbolism as well. Cinderella Castle, built in 1971, was originally painted in grays, blues, and golds, mimicking a European-style palace-fortress with romanticized medieval elements, according to Disney.
In 1950, Walt Disney Productions released the famous Cinderella. This Disney classic ultimately ended up saving the Disney company from closing its doors. One of the most recognizable scenes from the animation is when Cinderella is turned into a princess with a blue dress.
But wait, is the globally recognizable blue dress ACTUALLY blue? Cinderella's. Cinderella is well known for her glass slippers, but were they always glass? A popular tale is that her slippers were originally made of fur, and the notion that her slippers were glass came from a mistranslation of an early French manuscript. Cinderella is one of the most retold European fairytales of all time.
Tracing back to the 17th century, the title character has gone through many changes in her appearance, from appearing during a medieval period, to Walt Disney's signature Cinderella, to the various live action remakes. about the evolution of Cinderella's appearance. Cinderella made her theatrical debut 21 years before the first Guests would see her castle at Walt Disney World, and her namesake film was well-received as both a critical and box office success.
In terms of the film's appearance, Cinderella was known for its line work, backgrounds, and use of color and shadows, with much of the concept art for the film created by Disney Legend Mary Blair. This "new" color palette was announced for Cinderella Castle to be restored to its classic grey, cream, blue, and gold color scheme. Concept Art.
People working on Disney's recent restoration of Cinderella were able to right a wrong that has been many years in the making, the gradual alteration and deterioration of the colours Disney concept artist Mary Blair intended for us to see on screen. Kevin Schaeffer, director of mastering at Walt Disney Studios, says of the problem, "people will refer back to the last time that was done.