Ever wondered what goes into making a Disney live-action film?
Turns out, a lot .
Recently, Insider put together a video that gives fans a behind-the-scenes look at the Disney magic that goes into some of their favorite films.
Disney is one of the biggest companies in the world, and they own a lot more than people think.
Let’s face it: they make amazing movies. We can all agree on that.
Lately, their new thing is turning Disney classics into live-action films.
They all end up pretty much dividing fans, but for the most part, people get a kick out of them.
But regardless of our own personal opinions, I think we can all agree on the fact that it takes a lot of hard work to make these movies.
Whether live-action or animation.
Considering that, we’re going to take a deeper dive into some behind the scenes facts that surround these movies!
So buckle up, because these are some hella interesting facts.
1. In *Aladdin*, one scene had to be filmed at different speeds.
While movie scenes are normally shot at 24 frames per second, one scene in Aladdin was shot in several different speeds.
This included 36 frames per second and 18 frames per second.
According to the film’s director, Guy Richie, this was done so that the singing by Mena Massoud (Aladdin) was in sync.
2. Liu Yifei of *Mulan* trained for three months and did almost all of her own stunts!
Talk about dedication!
In a behind-the-scenes featurette of the film, Liu revealed that she would train for six to seven hours per day.
Some of the stuff she learned how to do included sword-fighting, horseback riding, archery, martial arts, and wirework.
In the clip, she even joked with actor Yoson An, who plays Honghui, that she can do more pushups!
3. The attention-to-detail in *The Jungle Book* made the animals look so realistic.
According to Insider , the film used facial rigging to make all 70 different animals look super realistic.
They would also study the muscles of animals to make sure that certain movements were portrayed the right way.
This included their walk and even little details, such as snarling.
Even the animals’ fur was studied!
They looked into how it moved, clumped, and interacted with the world, in order to make the animals look as realistic as possible.
4. Lastly, get this: Neel Sethi, who played Mowgli, acted alone on set.
The only company he had, at times, were actors in blue suits for CGI purposes.
There were also crew members who would use puppets and add googley eyes to their hands.
Neel would act off of this.
Later, the puppets were transformed into monkeys in the film.
5. Dan Stevens wore stilts in *Beauty and the Beast* so that he could be as tall as the Beast.
This was also done so that the camera could capture the shot at the right height.
6. Some of the sets in *Beauty and the Beast* are actually real.
Instead of relying solely on green screens, extravagant sets were created all over England.
The ballroom, for example, was made with 12,000 square feet of faux marble.
7. Angelina Jolie was actually in the air during her flying stunts in *Maleficent: Mistress of Evil*.
Well, kinda.
Wires and two-pronged forks were used to attain their desired flying effect.
These two-pronged forks were manoeuvred by people in blue suits who were later CGI’d out.
Also, Maleficent’s wings are completely CGI.
She wears a much smaller version on her back while filming.
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8. In *Lady and the Tramp*, every dog was CGI’d except for Lady and the Tramp.
Using real dogs for the film made one scene particularly hard to film.
This, of course, was the most iconic one: when Lady and Tramp share a plate of spaghetti and meatballs.
This ended up taking three days to film!
Since the noodles kept breaking, they used undyed licorice soaked in chicken broth.
This worked, but the accidental kiss by the dogs was CGI.
Do you know of any fun or interesting facts surrounding Disney live-action remakes?
If you do, let us know below in the comments!
