Roy Disney then uses the Magic Mirror to 'summon' Angela Lansbury, who hosts a tour of the features on the DVD.įor the Diamond Edition Blu-ray, the Magic Mirror returns as the menu host, now voiced by Corey Burton and actually comments about viewers "returning" to the Blu-ray disc.
Disney, whom the spirit addresses as 'master'. Selecting this feature causes the Mirror to introduce the viewer to Roy E. The Magic Mirror is also used to enable the 'Guided Tour' feature on the first disc. issues"), instead appearing sympathetic towards the player. The spirit in the Magic Mirror does not appear to sympathize with the Queen anymore ("She has. The DVD game "Dopey's Mine Ride", accessible from the special features on the first disc, is also narrated by the Magic Mirror, who explains each of the challenges presented to the player (mostly questions relating to the film). The menus on both discs are a variety of locations in the film. Not making any selection for a certain amount causes the spirit in the Magic Mirror to make various prompts for the viewer to do so ("I haven't got all eternity, you know. The viewer acts as the Mirror's 'master', and tells the Mirror where to 'transport' them by making a selection on the menu.
Voiced by Tony Jay, the Magic Mirror appears as the host of the menus of the two-disc Platinum Edition DVD of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Disney with the Magic Mirror on the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Platinum Edition DVD introduction.
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This is the last appearance of the Mirror in the film Whether the slave within is free following the Queen's death, whether the Mirror is broken, or whether it simply remains unharmed in the castle is unclear like the Huntsman and the Raven, the Mirror is a minor character and is primarily used as a way of advancing the story of the Evil Queen.
Though the Queen at first believes the spirit to be incorrect, she is told that she holds the heart of a pig and that Snow White still lives, in the Cottage of the Seven Dwarfs. The evening following Snow White's introduction to the Seven Dwarfs, the Queen again consults the Mirror, presenting it with what she believes to be Snow White's heart. The Queen then orders her Huntsman to kill Snow White. When the Queen angrily asks for the girl's name the spirit describes her, making it obvious to the Queen that Snow White is the one being referred to. When asked who the fairest of all is, for the first time the spirit replies that, while the Queen is beautiful, a fairer being exists. The first scene of the film reveals that the Mirror hangs in the Queen's private chamber she walks to the mirror and summons the slave within, who appears amid smoke and fire. However, fearing that her stepdaughter, Snow White, may one day become more beautiful than she, the Queen dresses the girl in rags and forces her to work as a scullery maid in the Queen's Castle. The film's introduction (told in the form of a book) informs the audience that the Queen consults the Magic Mirror every morning, demanding to know who is fairest of all as long as the Slave in the Mirror answers that the Queen is the fairest, she is content, knowing that the Mirror never lies. The Magic Mirror appearing before the Evil Queen. Reitherman animated the Mirror nine times before he and Walt Disney were satisfied.Īppearances Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs This, symmetry, to an extent, was lost in the final film, as special effects, including smoke, fire, and ripples, distort the features. In order to make the face completely symmetrical, for each extreme pose, Reitherman drew one-half of the face, folded the animation paper in half, and traced the other half. In order to produce the Slave in the Magic Mirror's 'weird voice', actor Moroni Olsen spoke his lines with his head in a frame covered with old drumheads.Īnimator Wolfgang Reitherman found the task of animating the Magic Mirror difficult, particularly as the animator favored animating characters such as Goofy, who expresses himself by moving his entire body the face in the mirror does not move about and has no pupils, so Reitherman was only able to animate its eye and mouth shapes to accompany the dialogue. He does not hesitate to tell the truth to the Queen when it is revealed that Snow White was still alive. Whilst he is antagonistic on various occasions, he is not intentionally evil, as he is forced to obey the Evil Queen due to being her slave. Not much is known about the mirror except that his sole purpose is to serve whoever may own him at the time.
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