As the first black U.S. president Barack Obama took office last year, Disney Pictures also “go with the tide”, launched its first film in the history of a dark-skinned princess cartoon character. Local this week, three nights, the annual Hollywood animated movie “The Princess and the Frog” was held in New York and Los Angeles premiere. Film dubbing team assembles the well-known Broadway actress Annikanuo Nilus and the “talk show Queen” Oprah Winfrey, and many other black stars. In addition, the film a 3D animation produced immediate counter-trend, to prove that the same two-dimensional film to win the market and reputation.
The first “black princess” won the sought -
In this set up 80 years of Disney’s “palace” and has emerged Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and many other white princess, even if the “Pocahontas” and “Mulan” in the actress have become Indiana Princess and the Chinese girl, but the dark-skinned princess has failed to show up the traditional Disney animated princess.
Until 2007, Disney has finally decided to build a “black princess” as the heroine of “The Princess and the Frog” At that time film side is very little hope that the move to attract black audiences into the cinema, and when Obama was the end of the first African-American president elected to the U.S. after the film released this year, seems increasingly choose special significance.
It is learned that, “The Princess and the Frog” Although the adaptation of the famous fairy tale “The Frog Prince”, but the plot is very different with the original. Background story was placed in the last century 20 hometown of New Orleans jazz era of the United States, where jazz originated in Africa, the rise of the place, “Princess” has become a dark complexion African-American girl.
In addition, the multi-film Xiansheng for the performing arts circle of black stars, such as Tijana princess voice that has won the Tony Award for Broadway theater actress Annikanuo nereus, well-known U.S. screen Oprah op La Winfrey was the Princess’s mother, bright throat, the other voice cast also includes Terrence Howard, Jennifer Lewis and other black stars. Jennifer Lewis, as played in the film “fairy godmother,” said: “Only the content under the skin is the important thing.”
Although “The Princess and the Frog” to go before next month on the 11th release in North America across the board, but the “Black Princess” has been pulling the pre-sale tickets and derivatives market boom, Disney also put a number of related products into the shop the most prominent shelves. In addition, “The Princess and the Frog” exquisite costumes debut on the 24th of this month Disney’s special exhibition.
Breathes new life into two-dimensional animation
In addition to “Black Princess,” the biggest selling point, “The Princess and the Frog” or the Disney since 2004’s “Home on the Range,” after the first two-dimensional hand-drawn animation. In the 3D popular in the moment, this “return to two-dimensional” is to have triggered a heated discussion outside the industry. After all, since Disney released in 1995, the history of the first entirely computer-animated feature film produced “Toy Story” and a record 362 million U.S. dollars in global box-office success, the computer animation technology began to be widely used.
However, facts have proved that not all computer-generated animation are cash cows, such as “Chicken Little,” “Lightning Dog” and other Disney animated film at the box office income is not satisfactory.
In our experience, has received attributable to Disney’s Pixar founder John Lasseter will be admitted recently, two-dimensional animation still has its strengths and the market, “I strongly believe that some wonderful things, two-dimensional Animation can do, but the CG technology has not be achieved. ”
Lasseter added: “3D animated appearance gave its many artists insist on hand-painted to opt for retirement, while eating we set out to create” The Princess and the Frog “, they have come back. In my career has never been, and so a Support Elite team before, they proof of this art form is so wonderful … … ”
Turning to the future of two-dimensional animation, Lasseter said: “We next focus on creating a” Winnie the Pooh “is also a hand-painted movie.” The film is expected in spring 2011, with the audience. ○ Yao Jia-Sen compilation
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The Princess and the Frog Prince with the change
Tijana is a hard working waitress, in order to realize their desire to buy a restaurant, she has tried to save. The origin of the Navier noble prince was the shaman’s black magic into a frog. Occasionally at a party, he met Tijana, in order to change back to human beings, is a mistaken Tijana Princess Navier request was a kiss. Unexpectedly, the last not only that he could not fulfill our wishes, even Tijana has become a frog. Whether they will once again change back to human beings, what happens between the two emotional development? The film audience arranged an interesting and happy ending.
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