With the release of the dark, twisted fairytale film for adults; ‘Snow White and The Huntsman’ has become the talk of Hollywood.

 

 

This film is NOT to be confused with the “sneezey, grumpy, sleepy” Disney-animated version.

*Just to give all you readers a background on where the tale of Snow White originated:

  • The first known accounts of the story came to us from the Brothers Grimm in the early years of 19th century. *Though the folktale dates back to the Middle Ages*
  • The story originated in Germany where it was actually referred to as “Schneewittchen”
  • The Evil Queen attempts to kill Snow White herself (no Huntsman included)
  • Snow White doesn’t beat death by the Queen once, but THREE times!
¹tied up in the woods & left for dead  
²Queen dressed as a poor peddler & combs Snow White’s hair with a poison comb
³The infamous poison apple mishap
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SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN

•Distributed by Universal Pictures
CAST
-Chris Hemsworth (Eric The Huntsman)
-Kristen Stewart (Snow White)
– Charlize Theron (The Evil Queen Ravenna)
– Sam Spruell (Ravenna’s Brother)
– Sam Claflin (The Prince) 
COST vs GENERATED

Cost of film production: $175 mil.
Box Office Generated: $300 mil.
*Production costs exclude marketing costs* 

ON SET
Production Designer: Dominic Watkins
As one might imagine, production was massive. Commends Sanders of his production designer’s work: “Dom did an incredible job with the amount of sets we had. We’d laugh at the amounts of work. Every weekend, there would be another three or four sets he’d have to build. Pinewood became like a maze from above. You’d walk through Hammond’s castle and go into Ravenna’s castle. You’d walk through that onto the troll bridge. While the troll bridge was being remade into the icy waste, there would be a village there. Everything was literally stacked in. Dom had an incredible time trying to manage that financially, creatively and practically. It was huge.” 

The castle goes through a multitude of changes throughout the film. To create some of the darker details, Watkins came up with imaginative ideas to ensure the set looked as real as possible. The vines used to decorate the sets we find during Ravenna’s reign are called liana vines. They were grown in Malaysia especially for the production and were shipped over to the U.K. for use during filming-ultimately delivered in a 40-foot sea container.

THE MAKEUP
Lead Makeup Artist: Sharon Martin
Captured and created the perfect amount of beauty and ugliness to ensure all the characters were portrayed as the director desired. Benefit Cosmetics was the primary brand used in executing fair, flawless skin and wickedly smokey eyes. Sharon Martin single-handedly directed 50 makeup artists during the making of this film and deserves credit for an excellent job well-done. When asked how she came about designing the characters’ looks she responded, “I started my research after reading the script. I consulted old fairy-tale illustrations, and at the time, there was an exhibition on the “Cult of Beauty” at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, which was also very interesting. I was inspired by the fact that we wanted to make a dark, gritty fairy tale.”
THE COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Colleen Atwood
“A lot of the old fairy tales are actually pretty dark,” says costume designer Colleen Atwood. “This kind of harkens back to the old, mysterious, spooky fairy tale,” she says, “So, I really liked that aspect of it.” Using 10th century medieval research and a bit of inspiration from fabrics and the script, she created something unique to say the least.  She created more than 1,000 costumes for the film, including dressing two armies, an evil queen and Snow White herself.
Atwood’s favourite aspect of creating costumes for the characters was the fact that she was able to show Ravenna’s rise and fall through her designs. “Her costumes kind of crumble along with her. They go from light to dark to very dark at the end,” she added.
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Snow White and The Huntsman is set to release on DVD and Blu-ray in August/September of 2012.