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The Forest is a location featured in Disney's 1937 animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Background[]

The Huntsman, at the Evil Queen's orders, leads Snow White to a secluded glade in the forest, where he intends to kill her; however, he shows mercy and pleads that the princess flee. As Snow White runs through the forest, it appears to become hostile towards her; an owl screeches at her, trees resemble leering faces, branches become talons snatching at her dress, and floating logs become crocodiles snapping at her heels. After collapsing in fright, Snow White encounters the forest animals, and the forest seems less scary to Snow White, now that she has friends with her. They take her to the Cottage of the Seven Dwarfs. The dwarfs return home from a day at their mine and, taking pity on the princess, allow her to stay.

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Snow White sleeping in the peaceful glade.

The Queen, after transforming into the Witch, leaves her castle and, that night, makes her way through a barren, rocky area of the forest to the cottage in order to kill Snow White herself; on the way, she is noticed and followed by two sinister vultures. After the dwarfs leave for the mine, the Witch approaches the cottage and succeeds in poisoning Snow White; however, she is then chased by the dwarfs and animals through a hostile, rocky landscape while a storm rages. Reaching a cliff, the Witch attempts to crush her pursuers with a boulder, but is thwarted by a thunderbolt which throws her (and the boulder) to the rocks down below. Snow White is placed in a glass coffin, in the middle of a peaceful glade, where she is resurrected by the Prince's kiss.

Development[]

Hovarth wolf

An inspirational sketch by Ferdinand Horvath.

Like all visual elements of the film, the forest was designed primarily by Albert Hurter, who, it was felt, was the only artist able to depict the fairytale landscape Walt Disney desired; rocks, as designed by any other artist, were "not fairy tale types of stuff".[1] Designs for the forest show the influence of Arthur Rackham, whose famous depictions of dryads and other tree-like creatures are likely to have inspired the faces Snow White sees as she flees in terror.[2]

The sequence, which, along with the Queen's transformation, was originally cut from the film by UK censors, relied primarily on staging rather than character animation[3] to engage audiences. Ferdinand Horvath drew many sketches for the sequence, and was responsible for the crocodile-like logs; among Horvath's ideas not used in the final film is Snow White's fear taking the form of a gigantic, spectral wolf, which pursues her.[1] The forest as it appears in Snow White's nightmare, and in the sequences with the Witch and Vultures, was partly inspired by the etchings of Gustave Dore, which feature similarly knarled, twisted trees, and rocky landscapes. Walt Disney stressed that the forest should appear differently as the Witch moves through it in order to stress the differences between the Queen and Snow White.[2]

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Trivia[]

References[]

  1. ā†‘ 1.0 1.1 John Canemaker, "Before the Animation Begins: The Life and Times of Disney inspirational Sketch Artists" (Hyperion, New York, 1999) ISBN 0-7868-6152-5
  2. ā†‘ 2.0 2.1 Robin Allan, "Walt Disney and Europe" (Indiana University Press, Indiana, 1999) ISBN 0-253-21353-3
  3. ā†‘ Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation (Disney Editions, Italy, 1981) ISBN 078686070-7
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Media
Film: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (soundtrack/video) ā€¢ Snow White

Television: A Poem Is...
Video games: Game Boy Color game ā€¢ Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep ā€¢ Kingdom Hearts Ļ‡ ā€¢ Kingdom Hearts Unchained Ļ‡/Union Ļ‡ ā€¢ Disney Heroes: Battle Mode ā€¢ Dopey's Wild Mine Ride
Books: Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen ā€¢ Royal Weddings ā€¢ Disney Princess Beginnings
Cancelled projects: Snow White Returns ā€¢ Atari 2600 video game ā€¢ The Seven Dwarfs ā€¢ Rose Red

Disney Parks
Castle of Magical Dreams ā€¢ Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour ā€¢ Club Villain ā€¢ Disney Animation Building ā€¢ Fairy Tale Forest ā€¢ Mickey Mouse Revue ā€¢ Once Upon a Time Adventure ā€¢ Princess Pavilion ā€¢ Seven Dwarfs Mine Train ā€¢ Snow White's Adventures ā€¢ Snow White's Scary Adventures ā€¢ Snow White Grotto ā€¢ Storybook Land Canal Boats ā€¢ Snow White's Enchanted Wish ā€¢ Sorcerer's Workshop

Entertainment: Cinderella's Surprise Celebration ā€¢ Cinderellabration: Lights of Romance ā€¢ Disney Dreams: An Enchanted Classic ā€¢ Dream Along with Mickey ā€¢ Fantasmic! ā€¢ Golden Fairytale Fanfare ā€¢ Mickey and the Wondrous Book ā€¢ Mickey's Magical Music World ā€¢ Mickey's Gift of Dreams ā€¢ Mickey's Magical Celebration ā€¢ Once Upon a Mouse ā€¢ One Man's Dream II: The Magic Lives On! ā€¢ Royal Princess Music Celebration ā€¢ Singin', Dancin', Heigh Ho! ā€¢ Snow White: An Enchanting Musical ā€¢ The Golden Mickeys ā€¢ The Starlit Princess Waltz ā€¢ Villains Tonight! ā€¢ Club Mouse Beat
Parades: A Million Splashes of Colour ā€¢ Celebrate A Dream Come True Parade ā€¢ Disney's Dreams On Parade: Moving On ā€¢ Disney's Fantillusion ā€¢ Disney's Magical Moments Parade ā€¢ Disney's Party Express ā€¢ Disney Carnivale Parade ā€¢ Disney on Parade ā€¢ Disney Stars on Parade ā€¢ Disney Stars 'n' Cars ā€¢ Dreaming Up! ā€¢ Festival of Fantasy Parade ā€¢ Flights of Fantasy Parade ā€¢ Happiness is Here Parade ā€¢ Main Street Electrical Parade ā€¢ Mickey's Rainy Day Express ā€¢ Mickey's Soundsational Parade ā€¢ Mickey's Storybook Express ā€¢ SpectroMagic ā€¢ Snow White's Golden Anniversary Celebration ā€¢ The Wonderful World of Disney Parade ā€¢ Minnie's Tiara of Dreams ā€¢ Disney Harmony in Color! Parade
Fireworks: Disney Enchantment ā€¢ Fantasy in the Sky ā€¢ Illuminate! A Nighttime Celebration ā€¢ Momentous ā€¢ Once Upon a Time ā€¢ Remember... Dreams Come True ā€¢ Wishes: A Magical Gathering of Disney Dreams ā€¢ Wonderful World of Animation ā€¢ World of Color: Celebrate! ā€¢ Wondrous Journeys
Spring: Disney Friends Springtime Processional ā€¢ Disney Pirate or Princess: Make Your Choice
Summer: Club Mouse Beat ā€¢ Mickey's WaterWorks
Halloween: Disney's Maleficious Halloween Party ā€¢ Disney Villains Wicked Gathering ā€¢ Frightfully Fun Parade ā€¢ Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular ā€¢ House of De Vil-lains ā€¢ Inferno Dance Party ā€¢ It's Good to be Bad with the Disney Villains ā€¢ Jack Skellingtonā€™s Villainous Gathering ā€¢ Kooky Spooky Halloween Night ā€¢ Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade ā€¢ Re-Villains! Halloween Parade ā€¢ The Villains Rockinā€™ Halloween ā€¢ The Villains World ā€¢ Villains Grove ā€¢ Villains Mix and Mingle ā€¢ Villains Night Out!
Christmas: A Christmas Fantasy Parade ā€¢ Disney Christmas Stories ā€¢ Disney Winter Magic Cavalcade ā€¢ Mickey's Most Merriest Celebration ā€¢ Royal Christmas Wishes

Characters
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Snow White ā€¢ The Evil Queen ā€¢ The Prince ā€¢ The Huntsman ā€¢ Doc ā€¢ Grumpy ā€¢ Happy ā€¢ Bashful ā€¢ Sleepy ā€¢ Sneezy ā€¢ Dopey ā€¢ Forest Animals ā€¢ Raven ā€¢ Vultures

Deleted: The First King ā€¢ The First Queen

Objects
Magic Mirror ā€¢ Poisoned Apple ā€¢ Heart Box
Locations
The Queen's Castle ā€¢ Cottage of the Seven Dwarfs ā€¢ Dwarfs' Mine ā€¢ The Forest ā€¢ The Prince's Castle
Songs
Original: I'm Wishing ā€¢ One Song ā€¢ With a Smile and a Song ā€¢ Whistle While You Work ā€¢ Heigh Ho ā€¢ Bluddle-Uddle-Um-Dum ā€¢ The Silly Song ā€¢ Someday My Prince Will Come

Deleted: Music in Your Soup ā€¢ You're Never Too Old
Remake: Waiting on a Wish ā€¢ All is Fair
Other Songs: Welcome to the Kingdom ā€¢ Will I Ever See Her Again?

See Also
Unused Dwarfs ā€¢ Legacy ā€¢ Musical (Soundtrack) ā€¢ Disney Sing Along Songs: Heigh-Ho ā€¢ Snow White Returns ā€¢ One Hour in Wonderland ā€¢ The Walt Disney Christmas Show ā€¢ The 7D ā€¢ Still the Fairest of Them All: The Making of Snow White


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Games
Kingdom Hearts (HD I.5 ReMIX/Soundtrack/Soundtrack Complete/HD I.5 ReMIX Soundtrack) ā€¢ Chain of Memories ā€¢ Kingdom Hearts II (HD II.5 ReMIX/HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue/Soundtrack/HD II.5 ReMIX Soundtrack ) ā€¢ 358/2 Days ā€¢ Birth by Sleep (Soundtrack) ā€¢ coded ā€¢ Dream Drop Distance (Soundtrack) ā€¢ Ļ‡ [chi] ā€¢ Unchained Ļ‡/Union Ļ‡ [cross] ā€¢ Kingdom Hearts III ā€¢ Dark Road ā€¢ Melody of Memory ā€¢ Missing-Link ā€¢ Kingdom Hearts IV
Other media
Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party ā€¢ Agrabah (Kingdom Hearts pilot)
Incorporated Films and Shorts
Aladdin/The Return of Jafar ā€¢ Alice in Wonderland ā€¢ Beauty and the Beast ā€¢ Big Hero 6 ā€¢ Cinderella ā€¢ Fantasia ā€¢ Frozen ā€¢ Hercules ā€¢ The Hunchback of Notre Dame ā€¢ Lilo & Stitch ā€¢ The Lion King ā€¢ The Little Mermaid ā€¢ Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers ā€¢ Monsters, Inc. ā€¢ Mulan ā€¢ The Nightmare Before Christmas ā€¢ Peter Pan ā€¢ Pinocchio ā€¢ Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl/Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ā€¢ Sleeping Beauty ā€¢ Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ā€¢ Steamboat Willie ā€¢ Tangled ā€¢ Tarzan ā€¢ Toy Story ā€¢ Tron/Tron: Legacy ā€¢ Winnie the Pooh ā€¢ Wreck-It Ralph
Characters
Main Characters: Sora ā€¢ Riku ā€¢ Kairi ā€¢ King Mickey ā€¢ Donald Duck ā€¢ Goofy ā€¢ Roxas ā€¢ Axel/Lea ā€¢ NaminĆ© ā€¢ Xion ā€¢ Aqua ā€¢ Terra ā€¢ Ventus

Villains: Xehanort ā€¢ Ansem ā€¢ Xemnas ā€¢ Maleficent ā€¢ Pete ā€¢ Vanitas ā€¢ Xigbar/Braig ā€¢ Xaldin ā€¢ Vexen ā€¢ Lexaeus ā€¢ Zexion ā€¢ SaĆÆx/Isa ā€¢ Demyx ā€¢ Luxord ā€¢ Marluxia ā€¢ Larxene ā€¢ Terra-Xehanort ā€¢ Young Xehanort ā€¢ Xehanort's Guardian
Other Characters: Jiminy Cricket ā€¢ Ansem the Wise/DiZ ā€¢ Yen Sid ā€¢ Master Eraqus ā€¢ Dilan ā€¢ Even ā€¢ Aeleus ā€¢ Ienzo ā€¢ Lingering Will ā€¢ Hayner ā€¢ Pence ā€¢ Olette ā€¢ Kairi's Grandma ā€¢ Riku Replica ā€¢ Jiminy's Journal ā€¢ Foretellers ā€¢ Master of Masters ā€¢ Luxu ā€¢ Ephemer ā€¢ Skuld ā€¢ Chirithy ā€¢ Strelitzia ā€¢ Lauriam ā€¢ Yozora ā€¢ Vor ā€¢ Hermod
Original Monsters: Heartless ā€¢ Nobodies ā€¢ Unversed ā€¢ Dream Eater
Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts: Queen Minnie ā€¢ Daisy Duck ā€¢ Pluto ā€¢ Chip and Dale ā€¢ Huey, Dewey, and Louie ā€¢ Magic Brooms ā€¢ Alice ā€¢ White Rabbit ā€¢ Doorknob ā€¢ Cheshire Cat ā€¢ Queen of Hearts ā€¢ Card Soldiers ā€¢ Tarzan ā€¢ Jane Porter ā€¢ Clayton ā€¢ Terk ā€¢ Kerchak ā€¢ Kala ā€¢ Sabor ā€¢ Hercules ā€¢ Philoctetes ā€¢ Hades ā€¢ Cerberus ā€¢ Rock Titan ā€¢ Ice Titan ā€¢ Aladdin ā€¢ Abu ā€¢ Jasmine ā€¢ Genie ā€¢ Carpet ā€¢ Jafar ā€¢ Iago ā€¢ Peddler ā€¢ Cave of Wonders ā€¢ Pinocchio ā€¢ Geppetto ā€¢ Monstro ā€¢ Cleo ā€¢ Ariel ā€¢ Flounder ā€¢ Sebastian ā€¢ Ursula ā€¢ King Tritonā€¢ Flotsam and Jetsam ā€¢ Glut ā€¢ Jack Skellington ā€¢ Zero ā€¢ Sally ā€¢ Oogie Boogie ā€¢ Lock, Shock, and Barrel ā€¢ Dr. Finkelstein ā€¢ Mayor of Halloween Town ā€¢ Peter Pan ā€¢ Tinker Bell ā€¢ Captain Hook ā€¢ Mr. Smee ā€¢ Wendy ā€¢ Crocodile ā€¢ Merlin ā€¢ Winnie the Pooh ā€¢ Tigger ā€¢ Piglet ā€¢ Eeyore ā€¢ Rabbit ā€¢ Owl ā€¢ Roo ā€¢ Bees ā€¢ Beast ā€¢ Belle ā€¢ Snow White ā€¢ Cinderella ā€¢ Fairy Godmother ā€¢ Aurora ā€¢ Pongo ā€¢ Perdita ā€¢ Dalmatian Puppies ā€¢ Simba ā€¢ Mushu ā€¢ Dumbo ā€¢ Bambi ā€¢ Chernabog
Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts II: Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather ā€¢ Maleficent's Raven ā€¢ Scrooge McDuck ā€¢ Mulan ā€¢ Li Shang ā€¢ Shan Yu ā€¢ Hayabusa ā€¢ Yao, Ling, and Chien Po ā€¢ The Emperor ā€¢ Lumiere ā€¢ Cogsworth ā€¢ Mrs Potts ā€¢ Chip ā€¢ Wardrobe ā€¢ Pegasus ā€¢ Megara ā€¢ Pain and Panic ā€¢ Hydra ā€¢ Horace Horsecollar ā€¢ Clarabelle Cow ā€¢ Clara Cluck ā€¢ Jack Sparrow ā€¢ Elizabeth Swann ā€¢ Will Turner ā€¢ Captain Barbossa ā€¢ Bo'sun ā€¢ Jacoby ā€¢ Twigg ā€¢ Cursed Crew ā€¢ Prince Eric ā€¢ Attina ā€¢ Andrina ā€¢ Santa Claus ā€¢ Skeletal Reindeer ā€¢ Timon ā€¢ Pumbaa ā€¢ Nala ā€¢ Rafiki ā€¢ Scar ā€¢ Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed ā€¢ Mufasa ā€¢ Kiara ā€¢ Pridelanders ā€¢ Hyenas ā€¢ Tron ā€¢ Master Control Program ā€¢ Commander Sark ā€¢ Kanga ā€¢ Gopher ā€¢ Stitch ā€¢ Chicken Little
Disney Characters introduced in Birth by Sleep: Prince Phillip ā€¢ Maleficent's Goons ā€¢ Doc ā€¢ Grumpy ā€¢ Happy ā€¢ Sleepy ā€¢ Bashful ā€¢ Sneezy ā€¢ Dopey ā€¢ The Prince ā€¢ Evil Queen ā€¢ Magic Mirror ā€¢ Prince Charming ā€¢ Jaq ā€¢ Lady Tremaine ā€¢ Anastasia ā€¢ Drizella ā€¢ Lucifer ā€¢ Grand Duke ā€¢ Grand Councilwoman ā€¢ Captain Gantu ā€¢ Jumba ā€¢ Experiment 221 ā€¢ Lost Boys
Disney Characters introduced in Dream Drop Distance: Quasimodo ā€¢ Esmeralda ā€¢ Phoebus ā€¢ Judge Claude Frollo ā€¢ Victor, Hugo, and Laverne ā€¢ Kevin Flynn ā€¢ Sam Flynn ā€¢ Quorra ā€¢ CLU ā€¢ Black Guards ā€¢ Blue Fairy ā€¢ Beagle Boys ā€¢ Chernabog's Minions ā€¢ Julius
Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts Ļ‡: Mad Hatter ā€¢ March Hare ā€¢ Razoul ā€¢ Royal Guards ā€¢ Maurice ā€¢ Gaston
Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts Union Ļ‡: Sultan ā€¢ Samson ā€¢ Vanellope von Schweetz ā€¢ Fix-It Felix Jr. ā€¢ Sergeant Calhoun ā€¢ King Candy ā€¢ Sour Bill ā€¢ Cy-Bugs ā€¢ Hero's Duty Troops
Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts III: Zeus ā€¢ Apollo ā€¢ Athena ā€¢ Hermes ā€¢ Lava Titan ā€¢ Tornado Titan ā€¢ Little Chef ā€¢ Woody ā€¢ Buzz Lightyear ā€¢ Rex ā€¢ Hamm ā€¢ Sarge ā€¢ Green Army Men ā€¢ Little Green Men ā€¢ Rapunzel ā€¢ Flynn Rider ā€¢ Pascal ā€¢ Maximus ā€¢ Mother Gothel ā€¢ Sulley ā€¢ Mike Wazowski ā€¢ Boo ā€¢ Randall Boggs ā€¢ Child Detection Agency ā€¢ Trailer Folk ā€¢ Elsa ā€¢ Anna ā€¢ Kristoff ā€¢ Olaf ā€¢ Sven ā€¢ Marshmallow ā€¢ Hans ā€¢ Mr. Gibbs ā€¢ Tia Dalma ā€¢ Davy Jones ā€¢ Kraken ā€¢ Cutler Beckett ā€¢ Davy Jones' Locker Crabs ā€¢ Baymax ā€¢ Hiro Hamada ā€¢ Go Go Tomago ā€¢ Honey Lemon ā€¢ Fred ā€¢ Wasabi ā€¢ Lumpy ā€¢ Wreck-It Ralph
Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts Dark Road: Tweedledee and Tweedledum
Disney Characters introduced in the manga: Caterpillar ā€¢ Chi-Fu
Square Enix Characters: Leon ā€¢ Cloud ā€¢ Moogle ā€¢ Others

Elements
Plot Elements: Kingdom Hearts ā€¢ Heart ā€¢ Keyblade War ā€¢ Dark Seeker Saga ā€¢ More

Game Elements: Gameplay in Kingdom Hearts ā€¢ Magic

Objects
Sea-salt ice cream ā€¢ Wayfinder ā€¢ Door to Darkness ā€¢ Keyblade ā€¢ X-blade ā€¢ More ā€¢ Pixar Ball ā€¢ A113 ā€¢ Pizza Planet Truck
Locations
Original Worlds: Destiny Islands ā€¢ Traverse Town ā€¢ Radiant Garden/Hollow Bastion ā€¢ Disney Castle/Disney Town/Timeless River ā€¢ Dive to the Heart ā€¢ End of the World ā€¢ Realm of Darkness ā€¢ Twilight Town/Mysterious Tower ā€¢ The World That Never Was ā€¢ Castle That Never Was ā€¢ Land of Departure/Castle Oblivion ā€¢ Keyblade Graveyard ā€¢ Daybreak Town/Scala ad Caelum

Disney Worlds: Wonderland ā€¢ Deep Jungle ā€¢ Olympus Coliseum/Underworld/Olympus ā€¢ Agrabah ā€¢ Atlantica ā€¢ Halloween Town/Christmas Town ā€¢ Neverland ā€¢ Hundred Acre Wood ā€¢ The Land of Dragons ā€¢ Beast's Castle ā€¢ Port Royal/The Caribbean ā€¢ Pride Lands ā€¢ Space Paranoids ā€¢ Dwarf Woodlands ā€¢ Castle of Dreams ā€¢ Deep Space ā€¢ La CitĆ© des Cloches ā€¢ The Grid ā€¢ Prankster's Paradise ā€¢ Country of the Musketeers ā€¢ Toy Box ā€¢ Kingdom of Corona ā€¢ Monstropolis ā€¢ Arendelle ā€¢ San Fransokyo ā€¢ Game Central Station/Niceland/Cy-Bug Sector/Candy Kingdom

Organizations/Groups
Organization XIII ā€¢ Princesses of Heart ā€¢ Disney Villains Council
Songs
"Dearly Beloved" ā€¢ "Simple and Clean" ā€¢ "Sanctuary" ā€¢ Face My Fears ā€¢ Don't Think Twice ā€¢ Mickey Mouse Club March ā€¢ Swim This Way ā€¢ Part of Your World ā€¢ Under the Sea ā€¢ Ursula's Revenge ā€¢ A New Day is Dawning ā€¢ Destati ā€¢ This is Halloween ā€¢ He's a Pirate ā€¢ Beauty and the Beast ā€¢ Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo ā€¢ It's a Small World ā€¢ Night on Bald Mountain ā€¢ Winnie the Pooh ā€¢ The Sorcerer's Apprentice ā€¢ The Pastoral Symphony ā€¢ Nutcracker Suite ā€¢ You've Got a Friend in Me ā€¢ Healing Incantation ā€¢ Put That Thing Back Where It Came From or So Help Me ā€¢ Let It Go ā€¢ Do You Want to Build a Snowman ā€¢ Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) ā€¢ A Whole New World ā€¢ Circle of Life
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