Sunday, 8 June 2014

Prince and Huntsman **Character Analyses**

The reason I'm combining these two analyses is because each of these characters hold such little-to-no importance or impact on the film, that the individual character analyses wouldn't be long enough.

First let's start off with the Huntsman, a man with no name except as stated later by DisneyWikia, Humbert.

Alright, so let's start off with what we know about him. Well, we know that he's kinder than he looks, and that he wants to help Snow White escape and that he cares about Snow White as "the little princess", but what else do we really know about him?
In all honesty, if it wasn't Snow White's story, then I think that this guy could have gotten a bigger role. There's so much for what we could've found out about him. I mean, did anyone ever pose any questions like: How long has he been around the palace? Where's he from? How good is he at hunting? Did he have some loyalty to Snow White's late parents and does that make up part of the reason why he can't kill her and ends up betraying the Queen, at possibly the cost of his life? If he escapes from the Queen, what does he do afterwards? Could he possibly have gone to the Prince's kingdom and told him about Snow White was? Are there any other circumstances revolving around him?
My point is, that there's a lot that could have been revealed about him that just wasn't, but nor did it need to be since it was Snow White's story.

Next we have the Prince, who in some ways is even more unimportant than the Huntsman, especially considering that he isn't even given a name.

Would anyone like to know a secret? This guy was actually originally planned to be the film's deuteragonist but ended up only having a minor role because he was the toughest character to animate. Now, this comes off as a surprise after the brilliant designs we got with the Seven Dwarfs and the Evil Queen, but it isn't hard to believe when you look at it from a different standpoint. Being the general love-interest of our first Disney heroine, it's automatically implied that he's attractive, strong-looking, etc. Seeing as it was Disney's first movie, maybe he found it hard to animate such a man and still make him look, well, manly. The Prince is also not given a name, probably because his appearance doesn't cause much of an impact other than serenading Snow White and getting her to fall in love with him. He serves a purpose in the film by bringing Snow White back to life in the only possible way, but take that away and all you've got is a decently good guy who's just...there. Not a memorable character because he didn't get the chance to be, but on the bright side he is ideal for Snow White as a character.

Prince and Huntsman Character Scores

Design: 5/10 decently good I guess, but of no importance
Personality: 1/10 they barely get any!
Actions: 7/10 both serving decent importance in the movie
Lovability: 4/10 the Prince gets to be the love interest and the Huntsman might have some angst going on, but what else is there?
Realistic-ness: 10/10 we have no reason to argue otherwise. They just have some basic human characteristics corresponding to a situation, so there's literally nothing un-realistic about them

Overall Score (/10): 5.4

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