soniabragas: I still remember Howard [Ashman] coaching Sherri [Stoner, reference model for Ariel] on

soniabragas: I still remember Howard [Ashman] coaching Sherri [Stoner, reference model for Ariel] on that first day, in the scene where the witch magically draws Ariel’s voice from her.  Howard acted out for Sherri a way of physicalizing the loss of her voice. He showed her how her body would react as the witch’s disembodied magical hands pulled the voice from her throat. He acted out the torso drawn forward as the hands tugged, followed by the head,  and then a sharper movement as the voice is pulled out of her.  It was dance-like and very visual, clear and dramatic.  And I still see what Howard showed Sherri when I view the actual drawn scene in the final film, animated by Leon Joosen. – John MuskerThe Little Mermaid (1989) dir. Ron Clements and John Musker -- source link

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