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Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera
a year ago
Hello, I'd like to know what the first concept art and scripts developed by the first Disney studio team to work on the film were, as I've heard that the script and drawings could have been completely different from what they became.

Another interesting fact is that the story should have had a different rhythm and contained many more gags, but Walt Disney decided against it for some unknown reason.

Can anyone here tell me more about the early production of this film?
Mac
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a year ago
I highly recommend this blog which continues to post many orignal documents for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs including many early concepts, drafts, outlines, character devlopment, story conferences and more. If you go to the oldest posts first, you'll find very early story outlines from 1934.

https://www.skydanley.com/blog/ 

Be sure to send a message to the owner of the site he's a nice guy and his blog is a hidden gem.


I think the favourite thing I learned from the site is a gag idea for the end of the film: After Snow White has been awakened and had her happy ending with the prince, Sleepy uses her glass coffin to sleep in! He closes the lid so that the fly, which has pestered him throughout the film, can no longer get to him!!
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S. C. MacPeter
a year ago
Yes, buy the Kaufman book. It's the best resource on the making of the film. Sometimes these requests for knowledge are best kept to scholarly books and blogs, like the resources above
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Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera
11 months ago

My best bet is to get this book:

https://www.amazon.com/Fairest-One-All-Making-Disneys/dp/1616284382/ref=sr_1_1?crid=20I03VIMJ9OHQ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.CM-wDaDHfHGInZ71M-3WJSj5oMtzcENMuqJDeeKWvcpBzctKRMAhI6yCMdHpGReqYeNijyz0-jlQzfHVOcpkd521pH8WTqOoGryokZYLsI6dqo2hDee73o8rEmHKrj8-2aOWanku_W2is9gQ31_GFZWviJ38Obv46RdV0WyGKjxJmniqMq1HyVn8g9-bCoJX1UZhPSNUyglkSkeoFdN6Rff1cgkXm7Rc-cuJ09a7HhA.6AcjIrEJvRtFKBzKKqyx7Amc3e0MZvvCPntMUrp9-mk&dib_tag=se&keywords=making+of+snow+white&qid=1717820762&s=books&sprefix=making+of+snow+whit%2Cstripbooks%2C119&sr=1-1 

Originally Posted by: nickramer 



Yes, buy the Kaufman book. It's the best resource on the making of the film. Sometimes these requests for knowledge are best kept to scholarly books and blogs, like the resources above



The main thing I forgot to mention is that I am not really fluent in English and I use a translator to make myself understood, but unfortunately it doesn't seem that this book is available in Spanish. It's my fault, because I should have made that clear from the beginning.

However, the blog Mac has shared seems to me to be an excellent source to learn more about the movie.
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ArcLordOne
11 months ago

Hello, I'd like to know what the first concept art and scripts developed by the first Disney studio team to work on the film were, as I've heard that the script and drawings could have been completely different from what they became.

Another interesting fact is that the story should have had a different rhythm and contained many more gags, but Walt Disney decided against it for some unknown reason.

Can anyone here tell me more about the early production of this film?

Originally Posted by: Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera 


Welcome to the forum, Carlos!
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https://thegoldenageofanimation.blogspot.com/ 
Bobby Bickert
11 months ago

Have not read that one but Kaufman (with the late Merritt)'s Walt in Wonderland is a masterpiece, so I'm sure this is a great book. Always great insight into what makes this stuff great, especially the inspirations behind them.

Originally Posted by: ArcLordOne 



J. B. Kaufman and David Gerstein have co-written a book about Mickey Mouse, though it isn't cheap:

http://www.hamiltonbook.com/walt-disneys-mickey-mouse-the-ultimate-history-hardbound 

Another recent addition to the website of Edward R. Hamilton, Bookseller, also not cheap:

http://www.hamiltonbook.com/the-walt-disney-film-archives-the-animated-movies-1921-1968-hardbound 


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Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera
11 months ago

My best bet is to get this book:

https://www.amazon.com/Fairest-One-All-Making-Disneys/dp/1616284382/ref=sr_1_1?crid=20I03VIMJ9OHQ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.CM-wDaDHfHGInZ71M-3WJSj5oMtzcENMuqJDeeKWvcpBzctKRMAhI6yCMdHpGReqYeNijyz0-jlQzfHVOcpkd521pH8WTqOoGryokZYLsI6dqo2hDee73o8rEmHKrj8-2aOWanku_W2is9gQ31_GFZWviJ38Obv46RdV0WyGKjxJmniqMq1HyVn8g9-bCoJX1UZhPSNUyglkSkeoFdN6Rff1cgkXm7Rc-cuJ09a7HhA.6AcjIrEJvRtFKBzKKqyx7Amc3e0MZvvCPntMUrp9-mk&dib_tag=se&keywords=making+of+snow+white&qid=1717820762&s=books&sprefix=making+of+snow+whit%2Cstripbooks%2C119&sr=1-1 

Originally Posted by: ArcLordOne 


Have not read that one but Kaufman (with the late Merritt)'s Walt in Wonderland is a masterpiece, so I'm sure this is a great book. Always great insight into what makes this stuff great, especially the inspirations behind them.

Originally Posted by: nickramer 


Hello, I'd like to know what the first concept art and scripts developed by the first Disney studio team to work on the film were, as I've heard that the script and drawings could have been completely different from what they became.

Another interesting fact is that the story should have had a different rhythm and contained many more gags, but Walt Disney decided against it for some unknown reason.

Can anyone here tell me more about the early production of this film?

Originally Posted by: ArcLordOne 


Welcome to the forum, Carlos!

Originally Posted by: Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera 



Thanks, but don't you think it's a bit late to welcome me?

It's already been 21 days since I created this topic...
Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera
11 months ago

Have not read that one but Kaufman (with the late Merritt)'s Walt in Wonderland is a masterpiece, so I'm sure this is a great book. Always great insight into what makes this stuff great, especially the inspirations behind them.

Originally Posted by: Bobby Bickert 



J. B. Kaufman and David Gerstein have co-written a book about Mickey Mouse, though it isn't cheap:

http://www.hamiltonbook.com/walt-disneys-mickey-mouse-the-ultimate-history-hardbound 

Another recent addition to the website of Edward R. Hamilton, Bookseller, also not cheap:

http://www.hamiltonbook.com/the-walt-disney-film-archives-the-animated-movies-1921-1968-hardbound 


Originally Posted by: ArcLordOne 



Unfortunately, these books don't seem to be available in languages other than English, but thanks for the info though.
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