Disney's Use of Lines and Color

We've read the critics articles this week and they were very interesting. I never realized how much goes into the planning and execution of the Disney films. One group presenting this week asked us to discuss the use of lines and angles in the animated films. Cinderella has soft, rounded lines to represent her goodness and gentleness and the stepmom and step sisters have harsher lines and points and angles. I looked at some film clips of Disney's Cinderella and this is true. I mainly noticed this in their bodies rather than their clothes. The stepmom has pointed eyebrows, a pointy chin, and long pointy fingernails. This gives her an evil appearance. You would know that she is an unpleasant character, even if you could not hear the dialog. The step sisters have pointy noses and eyebrows. But the article also commented on Disney's use of color. It said that Cinerella's soft browns and warm colors go with her animals and the stepmother's and stepsisters' cold grays and blues go with their cat, Lucifer. While viewing the clips, I noticed something else about the use of color. The stepsisters dresses are done in a hideous shade of green and a gaudy purple. Cinderella gets to wear pink and then sparkly white for her ball gown. The stepsisters also have to wear big ugly feathers on their heads and Cinderella has an attractive demure headband. Their hair color is quite interesting too. The stepsisters have brown hair and red hair. Cinderella has golden blonde hair. I wonder why blonde hair was associated with goodness and beauty and why Disney also thought this? For my generation, I think Madonna might have blown this image of sweetness! (Of course, I think Madonna is really a brunette.)