The Little Mermaid

 A few weeks ago I was carrying out some research on different decades in film and I came across something called the Disney Renaissance - since I had never heard about it before, I decided to look it up.

The Disney renaissance was a period between the 1980s and 2000 when Walt Disney Studios went back to producing animated movie musicals which remains, to this day, the type of movie that the studio is most known for.  During this period Disney produced works such as Mulan, Hercules and The Little Mermaid.

As I was reading this, a million ideas started going through my head for my final concept. Since it was my favourite Disney movie when I was younger, I looked into how I could use the Little Mermaid for my final concept.

This is perhaps the most iconic picture of Ariel:

and this is my most favourite scene in the whole movie:

Part of Your World

Another reason why I decided to use the Little Mermaid is my chosen theme. I chose transformation and the Little Mermaid is a story about how a mermaid is transformed into a human girl to go on shore and find the prince she loves (the usual Disney recycled plot). The evil witch, also half octopus, transforms herself into a human to stop Ariel from meeting the prince.

I have now changed my idea for my final concept completely but I feel more confident in the idea I have now. In my next blog I will be showing you my final sketch.

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2013. Disney Renaissance. [ONLINE] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Renaissance. [Accessed 11 January 2013].

 Disney, W. (1989) Ariel in a seashell. [image online] Available at: http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/30300000/ariel-little-mermaid-msyugioh123-30356694-1024-1314.jpg  [Accessed: 11th January 2013].

RainybopStarWars, 2007. Part of Your World (English). [video online] Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS8C92Yi7Zo [Accessed: 11th January 2013]