Animation Deconstruction...

For this animation deconstruction I chose two animation stills from two Disney classics, The Sword and the Stone, and The Princess and the Frog. I chose these clips specifically for the reason that the colors, even though they are the same, convey two totally different emotions from the body. The hues used in both of the stills are all consistent variated hues of pink, green and blue. However in the Sword and the Stone still the main characters are the main representations of the pink and blues (the shades of pink characterizing the villains edginess and madness, while the blue symbolizes the protagonists calming motif). On the contrast the colors of blue and pink in the Princess and the Frog still are melded together in different ways to symbolize love. The hues are not as crisp and distinct as they were in the Sword and the Stone still, therefore creating a calmer effect. The backgrounds in both stills are a consistent dark, lowly saturated, green. This creates a sense of uneasiness in the Sword and the Stone still due to the vibrant brightness of the characters colors, while in The Princess and the Frog the green in the background is a somewhat cooler effect directing the focus of the picture towards the dancing frog couple. 

The lighting of the different stills is not as similar as the color was between them. For starters the Sword in the Stone still shows no significant amount of shadows or mood with the two characters. The background on the other hand shows more of a darker and sinister tone which alludes to the fact that something is about the happen, which creates and anxious ambience or mood. Now if we focus on the Princess and the Frog still, we see that the lighting is far more important. The shadows are more prominent and add much more depth to the picture. As exampled by the dancing frogs on the lily pad, the lily pad is brought out into an almost third dimension through the use of shadows. The mood of this still, through the lighting, exemplifies and symbolizes the love and passion between these two amphibian lovers. Over all, the differences between the two stills is similar, yet oh so different.