Cinderella was one of Lotte Reiniger’s first films
- it starts off with a pair of scissors cutting out the character Cinderella
from a black piece of card which makes it look intricate. The fast hand
movements instead of having the puppets already cut out using the hands makes
it look different and creates a sense of delicacy. This draws the audience in by
showing how the main character came to life. The finery and elaborate patterns
throughout the film, brings a sense of femininity into the narrative. Every
design from the set to the characters has a delicate extravagance to it. The space
between the images allows the audience to use their imagination to what they
think is going to happen next. The detail done on Cinderella’s step sisters
refers them to how its written in the book “ugly” using the different shapes
and lines helps create it. When Cinderella is combing one of her stepsister’s
hair the delicacy within that the strands of hair start of short and with the
emphasis of movement on the comb creates the strands longer within seconds.In my opinion I like Lotte Reinigner's work because of the way she turned her passion for fairy tales into films, the way she expresses emotions of the characters within the puppets. Her technique of intricate and delicacy really brings a change/feeling of something new when watching her work.
