Aurora (Disney)
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| Princess Aurora | |
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 Aurora in her ball gown. |
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| First appearance | Sleeping Beauty (1959) |
| Last appearance | Disney Princess Enchanted Tales Follow Your Dreams (2007) |
| Created by | Charles Perrault Marc Davis |
| Voiced by | Mary Costa (original film) Erin Torpey (speaking, sequels/some merchandise) Cassidy Ladden (singing, sequels) Christie Houser (singing, studio) Jennifer Hale (speaking, House of Mouse, Kingdom Hearts, merchandise, games, currently) Kazumi Evans (singing, currently) |
| Information | |
| Aliases | Briar Rose |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Princess |
| Title | Sleeping Beauty |
| Family | Father: King Stefan Mother: Queen Leah |
| Spouse(s) | Prince Phillip |
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Development
The original character design of Aurora was done by Tom Oreb, who modeled the princess after the elegant, slender features of actress Audrey Hepburn. Aurora's lead animator, Marc Davis worked with Oreb to sharpen her features and clothes so that they would blend with the backgrounds' angular shapes.[1]As done with other Disney films, Walt Disney hired an actress to perform live-action scenes as a reference for the animation process. Actress Helene Stanley performed the live-action reference for Princess Aurora. She did the same kind of work for the characters of Cinderella and Anita in One Hundred and One Dalmatians.[2]
According to Christopher Finch, author of The Art of Walt Disney:
| “ | Disney insisted that all scenes involving human characters should be shot first in live-action to determine that they would work before the expensive business of animation was permitted to start. The animators did not like this way of working, feeling it detracted from their ability to create character. [...] [The animators] understood the necessity for this approach and in retrospect acknowledged that Disney had handled things with considerable subtlety.[3] | ” |
Characteristics
Aurora is 16 years old, and she is extremely beautiful; she has long golden blonde hair, violet eyes, and a pink complexion. Aurora is best described as sweet, naive, playful, and refined. She doesn't like the fact that the fairies won't let her meet anybody and often longs to meet new people and do new things. Aurora is heartbroken when she learns she must never see the handsome stranger again. But, as she is still naive about the world, she returns to her parents' castle, since she still believes her "aunts" know what's best for her.Appearances
Sleeping Beauty
Main article: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)
Princess Aurora was born from King Stefan and his wife, Queen Leah.
At her christening, she was given gifts by two of the three fairies
that showed up. Following this, the bad fairy named Maleficent showed
up, angry at not being invited, and put a curse on Aurora stating that
at the age of sixteen, she would prick her finger on the spindle from
the spinning wheel and die. Luckily the third good fairy, named
Merryweather, had not presented a gift yet and is able to change the
curse to sleep instead of death. Concerned, the three good fairies take
Aurora to a secluded cottage in the forest and change her name to Briar
Rose. When Aurora grows to be a teenager, she is dancing and singing in
the forest when she meets a handsome man who happened to hear her
singing. Briar Rose does not realize he is Prince Phillip, and they
agree to meet again that evening.Meanwhile the three good fairies are preparing for her birthday and to surprise her with the news that she is a princess. But when Briar Rose returns with the news of meeting a strange but enchanting man, the fairies must tell her she can never see him again. The three fairies tell her about the future that is set for her and that night they take her back to the castle. Aurora is saddened that she will never see the man from the forest and asks to be left alone. The three fairies oblige. Aurora suddenly sees a floating spark of light cast by Maleficent and, in a trance, follows the spark to a spinning wheel. All the three good fairies try to stop her, but Maleficent's spell is too strong and Aurora touches the spindle, pricking her finger. She has been put in a bed by the fairies where she can sleep peacefully. To prevent further hurt in the kingdom, the fairies put the whole kingdom to sleep. They discover that Prince Phillip is the man in the forest and he's walking in to a trap, and they help him confront Maleficent. After Prince Phillip fights and seemingly kills Maleficent, who transformed into a dragon, he moves upstairs to Aurora's bedroom and kisses her on her lips; she wakes up from the spell and smiles. They dance at the ball announcing her betrothal.
Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams
Main article: Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams
In the beginning of the movie, Princess Aurora introduces herself.
This is very important, since little can be known about Aurora's
personality from Sleeping Beauty. After she asks a question, she
guides the viewer to the scene where she is told by her father, King
Stefan and her mother, Leah, that being a princess is so easy. Then
after both her parents and Prince Phillip leave, she has some duties to
do when as a princess. During the "Keys To The Kingdom" musical number,
she orders her servants to cook food, plant tulips, lilies, and orange
trees, cut topiary, and paint the trellis pink. She has been taken to
the table in a chair where she can wait for her guests to come for the
party. Later on, the clumsy Duke helps her sign the forms and reviews
what she has found. There is a speech sheet with a golden medal on it King Hubert has forgotten to take. She instantly sends it to the three good fairies
and is told by Merryweather that she has to use her wand for magic.
When she uses it to make the giant chickens, green pigs, and brown cows
appear, one of the brown cows chases the Duke. She then manages to sell
cows to the farmer who meets her and the other peasants who wait for too
long. After Prince Phillip, King Hubert, her parents and the Good
fairies return, they all attend a banquet together and she talks about
how she enjoyed her own duties. After the movie Aurora thanks the viewer
for watching her story and gives a goodbye wave and she is shown as the
main protagonist.In other media
Princess Aurora appears in the Kingdom Hearts series as one of the seven Princesses of Heart (maidens who lack darkness in their hearts). In the first Kingdom Hearts game, she is the first Princess of Heart to be kidnapped by Maleficent. Soon after being kidnapped, her world, the Enchanted Dominion, is destroyed by the Heartless. She is held hostage at Hollow Bastion along with the other princesses through most of the game. Eventually, Riku (while being possessed by Xehanort's Heartless) uses her heart (along with the hearts of Cinderella, Snow White, Belle, Alice and Jasmine) to create the Keyblade of People's Hearts, a mysterious weapon which can unlock the darkness in people's hearts. Eventually, after the main protagonist Sora sacrifices himself to awaken Kairi (the seventh princess), the Keyblade of People's Hearts is destroyed and Aurora's heart flies back to her body, but not before the Princesses' Hearts leave darkness flowing out of the Keyhole of Hollow Bastion. Aurora and the other princesses remain in Hollow Bastion, using the light in their hearts to hold the darkness back until the keyhole is sealed. At the end of the game, Sora, Donald Duck and Goofy defeat Xehanort's Heartless, the Enchanted Dominion is restored, and Aurora returns to her home. She is briefly mentioned in Kingdom Hearts II, where her name is part of the password for Ansem's computer. In Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, the same events from the 1959 film occurred until Terra arrives at the Enchanted Dominion. By that time, Aurora has already been placed in a deep slumber under the influence of the curse laid by Maleficent. When Terra reaches the tower and meets Maleficent, she uses the darkness in his heart to temporarily take control of his body and forces him to take Aurora's heart. Her heart was kept in Maleficent's castle until Ventus comes to retrieve it with the three fairies. Although her heart returned, the curse is not broken. Prince Phillip eventually escapes with Aqua's aid and reaches the tower where he kisses Aurora and breaks the spell.Aurora is a recurring character in the second season of the television series, Once Upon a Time and she is portrayed by Sarah Bolger.[4] Oddly, Aurora is found sleeping in a desert palace and her clothing bears a Middle Eastern flavor (apart from her tiara, which looks Elven).
Aurora will be played by Elle Fanning in the upcoming film, Maleficent.[5]
Princess Aurora is often seen in the theme parks as a meet-and-greet character, played by a cast member. She usually wears her pink ball gown and tiara.[citation needed] The iconic castle in Disneyland is called the Sleeping Beauty Castle. There is also a Sleeping Beauty castle in Hong Kong Disneyland and in Disneyland Paris, called Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant (French for previously mentioned title). Park visitors are able to walk through the castle and view several dioramas depicting scenes from the Disney film Sleeping Beauty. The original dioramas were designed in the style of Eyvind Earle, production designer for the film. In 2013, Aurora and the other Disney Princesses will have a new meet and greet attraction called Princess Fairytale Hall at the Magic Kingdom in Disney World.[6]
Princess Aurora is an official member of the Disney Princess line, a prominent franchise directed at young girls. The franchise covers a wide variety of merchandise, including but not limited to magazines, music albums, toys, video games, clothes and stationery.[7]
Trademark
The Walt Disney Company currently has a trademark application pending with the US Patent and Trademark Office, filed March 13, 2007, for the name "Princess Aurora" that would cover all live and recorded movie, television, radio, stage, computer, Internet, news, and photographic entertainment uses, except literature works of fiction and nonfiction.[8] This has caused controversy because "Princess Aurora" is the name of the lead character in The Sleeping Beauty Ballet, from where Disney acquired the name and some of the music for its animated film, and which is performed live on stage and sometimes television and often sold later as a recorded performance on video.[9]Reception and legacy
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References
- ^ a b "Sleeping Beauty Character History". Disney Archives.
- ^ "Cinderella Character History". Disney Archives.
- ^ "Walt's Masterworks: Cinderella". Disney Archives.
- ^ Matt Webb Mitovich (5 July 2012). "Exclusive: Wake Up! Once Upon a Time Has Cast Sarah Bolger as Sleeping Beauty". TV Line. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ "Elle Fanning Confirmed For Maleficent, Large Supporting Cast Added". Retrieved June 19, 2012.
- ^ Walt Disney World reveals New Fantasyland dates, closer look at Princess Fairy Tale Hall, Be Our Guest restaurant, and more
- ^ "Disney Princess merchandise". Disney. Retrieved 2012-08-2.
- ^ "US Patent and Trademark Office - Princess Aurora trademark status". Retrieved March 25, 2010.
- ^ "An Attempt To Stop The Disney Machine". Retrieved March 25, 2010. Deadline Hollywood / Niki Finke, May 1, 2009
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