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There havenвЂ™t been many CG-animated films with snow and falling snow is especially difficult. Depicting winter was a new challenge for the franchise. Then, Huai took it the next step and brought it to 3D.Дў4. Art Director Fred Warter and Lead Lighting Compositor Nicki Huai looked at insects, birds, abalone shells, jewels, and images of oil and water as inspiration for the iridescent lighting quality they wanted for the wings. John LasseterвЂ™s mantra of вЂњalways look to nature for your inspirationвЂќ played an important role in the development and evolution of the wing design. It was important in the lighting of the wings that the veins were highlighted in such a way so that when Tinker Bell and Periwinkle are together itвЂ™s obvious their wings are identical.Дў3. In the filmвЂ™s mythology, each fairy has individual wings that are unique to them like a fingerprint, but Tinker Bell and Periwinkle are sisters so their wings are identical.Дў2. The wings were an interesting challenge because they had to represent visually the emotional connection between the two sisters, Tinker Bell and Periwinkle.Дў1. The velveteen textured leaves of the LambвЂ™s Ear flower were the inspiration for PeriwinkleвЂ™s costume.Дў0. The character designer is involved from the very beginning until the film hits the screen in theaters.ДЎ9. Sometimes it goes back to the character designer for changes. Then it went to the painting stage, the modeling stage, and finally the color model stage. Ritsuko Notani, the filmвЂ™s character designer, came up with her initial designs based on an iterative back and forth process between her and the director. Before the crew came onboard, the director worked on the film for a good year while coming up with the story.ДЎ8. The director, art director, character designer, and character painter are a very close knit team. Tink is only 5-1/2 inches tall and everything about her and her friends has to fit within that world.ДЎ7.

Nearly all of the fairy characters start and are built from the Tinker Bell model to ensure that they all look like theyвЂ™re from the same world. PeriwinkleвЂ™s hair design was created by Ken Paves who is one of the worldвЂ™s foremost hairstylists and was inspired by an icicle known as a вЂњfrost flower.вЂќДЎ6.

#Disneys secret of the wings series#

Character designer Ritsuko Notani designed all the characters for the Fairy series including the original Tinker Bell, Rosetta, Fawn, Iridessa and the new Periwinkle.ДЎ5. From the performances of the actors to the animation itself to the final color, itвЂ™s always an opportunity to question вЂњCan it be better?вЂќДЎ4.

#Disneys secret of the wings movie#

Unlike live action, where you go out and shoot a movie and then you bring it back to editorial and thatвЂ™s your movie, with animation, youвЂ™re working on it for years and youвЂ™re working to plus it at every step of the way. Two of the most difficult scenes to animate were when Tinker Bell and Periwinkle first meet and getting the flight of the White Snowy Owls to look real and majestic.ДЎ3. Until then, for those of you that canвЂ™t wait, IвЂ™ve come up with a list of 25 things you need to know about Secret of the Wings, which debuts on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital on October 23, 2012:ДЎ2.

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My full interviews with them will be posted soon.

Once the film is finished and comes back, if thereвЂ™s any animation that doesnвЂ™t quite work вЂ“ for example, the lip flaps donвЂ™t match or thereвЂ™s something thatвЂ™s changed or the filmmakers want to change the performance - theyвЂ™ll do ADR to replace dialogue and use other techniques like that to produce the best film possible.ДЄfter laying down tracks in the recording studio and having fun watching McGrath drop my voice into the production of Secret of the Wings as Periwinkle, the newest character in the highly successful Disney Fairies series, I got to talk to the filmmakers behind the fourth installment of the franchise: screenwriter/director Peggy Holmes & producer Michael Wigert, associate producer Lorri Broda & character designer Ritsuko Notani, and art director Fred Warter & lead lighting compositor Nickie Huai. They do hundreds and hundreds of thousands of takes in a movie. With animation, the voice is one of the only things thatвЂ™s not computer driven and it carries through all the stages of production from storyboards to pre-viz and layout. It also allows the directors to come in and out very easily. McGrath further explained that they do all their recordings in-house which is a treat for the talent because they get to come to Disney, see the artwork and be a part of the creative process.