Vladimir Tytla noted that the Dwarfs should walk with a swing to their hips, and Fred Moore commented that the Dwarfs had to move a little more quickly to keep up with the human characters. ![]() Though designing the dwarfs was relatively easy, animating them proved to be difficult, as the animators, already finding human figures difficult to animate, now had to animate "ill-formed" human figures. ![]() A similar event would happen with Gideon from Pinocchio.Įddie Collins and Oliver Wallace performed live-action reference with vocal work by Jimmy MacDonald needed for the character. Mel Blanc, known for his voice work in Looney Tunes was hired to voice Dopey, but he was dropped when Dopey was decided to be mute. This helped to define the character's personality. After someone suggested that Dopey should move like burlesque comedian Eddie Collins, who himself was filmed performing actions for Dopey. Dopey's personality and role were finalized quite late in the process. Perce Pierce, one of the storymen working on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, was particularly active in creating the characters of the dwarfs. An armature of each dwarf was constructed as a reference for the animators. ![]() In the very early stages of pre-production for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Dopey was simply called "The Seventh".
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