Welcome to our first interview for the Disney Sequel Contest, the Best مجموعی طور پر Story. This round was won سے طرف کی A Twist In Time سے طرف کی KataraLover. Surprisingly it's the only entry that is a rewrite of an existing sequel, but I think it's محفوظ to say شائقین prefer this version to the existing movie.
How does it feel to win Best مجموعی طور پر Story?
Honestly it’s a HUGE surprise because this entry almost didn’t make it in time. I finished it the دن before the deadline and I was afraid it might be rushed یا have problems. But I’m really honored that I was able to win this round because being a writer is a dream of mine and this really gives me such joy! So thank آپ everyone who voted for me!
What inspired آپ to make this story?
Well, for a while I’ve been wanting to remake the Disney sequels and fix some of the problems they have. I’ve never been one of those huge Disney sequel haters and think there are plenty of pretty good ones. But I do think that if certain things were fixed that they wouldn’t get such a bad rep. A Twist In Time is considered to be one of the best Disney sequels and even it had some problems. I’ve always ADORED Anastasia and loved how she was in Once Upon A Time In Wonderland. I wanted to also دکھائیں her as smarter than she had been portrayed before.
Your story doesn't have many new characters, what made آپ decide to stick with mainly the originals?
Because there wasn’t any need at all for my to add any new characters to the story. All of the characters serve their purpose, some مزید so than others. Adding a character that serves no purpose like Bo Peep from Toy Story یا Kristoff from Frozen was something I didn’t want to do. If the character doesn’t do much for the story and there isn’t much to them that helps the story than they’re unnecessary.
Who's your مجموعی طور پر پسندیدہ character? Why?
Anastasia Tremaine is the obvious answer! I love how she’s different from most Disney heroines because she did used to be a villainess, she’s not traditionally beautiful, she’s not graceful, and is really complex. She’s not really ugly in my opinion, I think she looks like an average young woman and is beautiful in an unconventional way. I like that she shows آپ can be a role model in a less traditional sense and that آپ don’t have to look like a princess یا super model to find love and be happy. She embarrassed who she was, stood up for herself, and did the right thing in the end. If آپ want مزید details about my love for her look at my مضمون I wrote about her a while back. I know that it’s not the version that I wrote for the contest but she’s pretty much the same character.
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Who's your least پسندیدہ character? Why?
It would probably be Drizella because she’s really a one-dimensional villain sidekick without any depth to her at all. She’s abusive to Anastasia and always looking down to her and it’s really no wonder that Disney chose Anastasia to be the reformed step-sister, even with just looking bad at the original movie. She’s not hilarious یا entertaining like Shego یا Harley Quinn that are sidekicks and are actually مزید entertaining than their bosses. I couldn’t do much with her because there really wasn’t anything there to work with to begin with. The only good thing I can say about her is that after her magic make over she was beautiful…. On the outside, that is lol.
Your story has multiple villains, which one is your favorite?
Well, Anastasia doesn’t count, since she’s the protagonist lol. Honestly, I don’t care too much for the villains of Cinderella. I’ve already talked about how I feel about Drizella, Lucifer is just a fat and stupid cat, and that just leaves Lady Tremaine. I guess that Lady Tremaine is my پسندیدہ because she is a good villain and it was fun having her use magic, come up with evil schemes, confess that she killed Cinderella’s parents and her first husband, and even being so manipulative. But she’s mainly just a کڑوا, تلخ old woman that causes her own suffering for her own selfish reasons. I know that’s pretty much all villains, minus the old lady part, but she’s just not as interesting. I tried to model her after both her گزشتہ movie self and after Cora from Once Upon A Time. In fact, I wonder if Lady Tremaine has a دل at all lol. So unlike the last contest, I don’t expect to get a ton of nominations for best villain. But they served their purpose and I did what I could do.
If your story was made into a Disney movie and was a HUGE success how would آپ feel?
That would be a HUGE honor to me and I’d be so grateful for everything! Plus it might get Disney to promote Anastasia as a good guy half the time just like how they do with Iago from Aladdin. It would دکھائیں a different side to the Cinderella story and that it’s never too late to change یا make things right. I know that there are dysfunctional families out there that would probably relate a lot to this and especially to Anastasia. So getting that message out there and being a big success would be absolutely wonderful.
The original movie of Cinderella was one of Walt Disney's personal favorite's. What do آپ think he would think of the story you've written using characters from that movie?
I think he would absolutely HATE it! Walt wasn’t a پرستار of sequels AT ALL and considering that I’d be touching upon something so near and dear to him as Cinderella with a plot like this, I just know he’d hate it.
What is your پسندیدہ song in the story?
Does that include all of them یا just the ones I made up? Anyway, with the ones that already existed it’s I Still Believe because it’s such an incredible song. It’s the belief that love will conquer all no matter what happens, which fits very well with the movie, no matter if it’s with Anastasia and William یا Cinderella and Henry. Of the songs I created it would be In The Mirror because it reminds me A LOT of Reflection from Mulan. It’s Anastasia wondering who she really is because her reflection is دکھانا both her true form and her disguise. She thought she had everything figured out but she then became مزید confused than ever, which I think we can all relate to. I like how she’s demanding to know who she is because her reflection has become a stranger to her. My سیکنڈ choice would be For Me.
If آپ could change one thing about your story what would it be?
I kind of wish that I could’ve developed Anastasia and Cinderella’s relationship more, even though I think it turned out great. I also wish that maybe I could’ve shown Henry and William being good دوستوں growing up to help give William مزید conflict about being in love with the woman that is supposed to marry the prince. But I didn’t know a way to make that flow very well, but we can see in the end credit pictures I did that they’re friends.
What's your پسندیدہ concept art?
It’s a tie between two pictures. The first one is where Anastasia is in a magical گلابی dress and is dancing with William at Cinderella’s wedding. I love how it shows to unconventional people that love each other getting to feel like they’re a prince and princess. The other one is my picture of Cinderella and Anastasia laughing about Anastasia pushing Henry and William into the lake. It just shows a sisterly friendship bond with those two and how close دوستوں all four of them are that they can mess with each other.
What would آپ say was harder writing the story, writing the songs, یا editing the concept art? Why?
That’s a hard سوال to answer! With writing the story it was about finding the time with my busy and tiring schedule. It was very hard to have the patience with my concept art a lot of the time and sometimes I had to start over. I guess writing songs was probably that hardest, which is odd because I wrote them all in one day. I had to think of where would be the best place for the song and make sure they flowed well as lyrics.
You're a judge in the contest too so if آپ were allowed to vote for yourself would آپ have voted for yourself? (Be honest)
I’ll probably get hate for this but I actually would have. But that’s not to say that there aren’t others that deserve to win too. I guess I like mine the best because I just love Anastasia so much and it reminds me a lot of Once Upon A Time, which is one of the best shows EVER in my opinion! It’s just مزید my style than the others but it’s definitely best that I didn’t vote for mine. It would’ve been unfair to vote for myself, which is why there’s a rule against it. Maybe I مزید believe it’s the best and probably wouldn’t actually vote for myself. It’s confusing.
Do آپ think آپ deserved to win this round and if not which story and why? (Again be honest)
Honestly, yes, but there are others that deserve it too. There’s no harm in knowing you’re good at something, just don’t be arrogant یا rude about it lol.
Last question, what was your پسندیدہ scene in your story?
That’s the HARDEST سوال yet! I guess that my پسندیدہ scene is where Anastasia finally stands up to her mother and embarrasses who she truly is.
How does it feel to win Best مجموعی طور پر Story?
Honestly it’s a HUGE surprise because this entry almost didn’t make it in time. I finished it the دن before the deadline and I was afraid it might be rushed یا have problems. But I’m really honored that I was able to win this round because being a writer is a dream of mine and this really gives me such joy! So thank آپ everyone who voted for me!
What inspired آپ to make this story?
Well, for a while I’ve been wanting to remake the Disney sequels and fix some of the problems they have. I’ve never been one of those huge Disney sequel haters and think there are plenty of pretty good ones. But I do think that if certain things were fixed that they wouldn’t get such a bad rep. A Twist In Time is considered to be one of the best Disney sequels and even it had some problems. I’ve always ADORED Anastasia and loved how she was in Once Upon A Time In Wonderland. I wanted to also دکھائیں her as smarter than she had been portrayed before.
Your story doesn't have many new characters, what made آپ decide to stick with mainly the originals?
Because there wasn’t any need at all for my to add any new characters to the story. All of the characters serve their purpose, some مزید so than others. Adding a character that serves no purpose like Bo Peep from Toy Story یا Kristoff from Frozen was something I didn’t want to do. If the character doesn’t do much for the story and there isn’t much to them that helps the story than they’re unnecessary.
Who's your مجموعی طور پر پسندیدہ character? Why?
Anastasia Tremaine is the obvious answer! I love how she’s different from most Disney heroines because she did used to be a villainess, she’s not traditionally beautiful, she’s not graceful, and is really complex. She’s not really ugly in my opinion, I think she looks like an average young woman and is beautiful in an unconventional way. I like that she shows آپ can be a role model in a less traditional sense and that آپ don’t have to look like a princess یا super model to find love and be happy. She embarrassed who she was, stood up for herself, and did the right thing in the end. If آپ want مزید details about my love for her look at my مضمون I wrote about her a while back. I know that it’s not the version that I wrote for the contest but she’s pretty much the same character.
link
Who's your least پسندیدہ character? Why?
It would probably be Drizella because she’s really a one-dimensional villain sidekick without any depth to her at all. She’s abusive to Anastasia and always looking down to her and it’s really no wonder that Disney chose Anastasia to be the reformed step-sister, even with just looking bad at the original movie. She’s not hilarious یا entertaining like Shego یا Harley Quinn that are sidekicks and are actually مزید entertaining than their bosses. I couldn’t do much with her because there really wasn’t anything there to work with to begin with. The only good thing I can say about her is that after her magic make over she was beautiful…. On the outside, that is lol.
Your story has multiple villains, which one is your favorite?
Well, Anastasia doesn’t count, since she’s the protagonist lol. Honestly, I don’t care too much for the villains of Cinderella. I’ve already talked about how I feel about Drizella, Lucifer is just a fat and stupid cat, and that just leaves Lady Tremaine. I guess that Lady Tremaine is my پسندیدہ because she is a good villain and it was fun having her use magic, come up with evil schemes, confess that she killed Cinderella’s parents and her first husband, and even being so manipulative. But she’s mainly just a کڑوا, تلخ old woman that causes her own suffering for her own selfish reasons. I know that’s pretty much all villains, minus the old lady part, but she’s just not as interesting. I tried to model her after both her گزشتہ movie self and after Cora from Once Upon A Time. In fact, I wonder if Lady Tremaine has a دل at all lol. So unlike the last contest, I don’t expect to get a ton of nominations for best villain. But they served their purpose and I did what I could do.
If your story was made into a Disney movie and was a HUGE success how would آپ feel?
That would be a HUGE honor to me and I’d be so grateful for everything! Plus it might get Disney to promote Anastasia as a good guy half the time just like how they do with Iago from Aladdin. It would دکھائیں a different side to the Cinderella story and that it’s never too late to change یا make things right. I know that there are dysfunctional families out there that would probably relate a lot to this and especially to Anastasia. So getting that message out there and being a big success would be absolutely wonderful.
The original movie of Cinderella was one of Walt Disney's personal favorite's. What do آپ think he would think of the story you've written using characters from that movie?
I think he would absolutely HATE it! Walt wasn’t a پرستار of sequels AT ALL and considering that I’d be touching upon something so near and dear to him as Cinderella with a plot like this, I just know he’d hate it.
What is your پسندیدہ song in the story?
Does that include all of them یا just the ones I made up? Anyway, with the ones that already existed it’s I Still Believe because it’s such an incredible song. It’s the belief that love will conquer all no matter what happens, which fits very well with the movie, no matter if it’s with Anastasia and William یا Cinderella and Henry. Of the songs I created it would be In The Mirror because it reminds me A LOT of Reflection from Mulan. It’s Anastasia wondering who she really is because her reflection is دکھانا both her true form and her disguise. She thought she had everything figured out but she then became مزید confused than ever, which I think we can all relate to. I like how she’s demanding to know who she is because her reflection has become a stranger to her. My سیکنڈ choice would be For Me.
If آپ could change one thing about your story what would it be?
I kind of wish that I could’ve developed Anastasia and Cinderella’s relationship more, even though I think it turned out great. I also wish that maybe I could’ve shown Henry and William being good دوستوں growing up to help give William مزید conflict about being in love with the woman that is supposed to marry the prince. But I didn’t know a way to make that flow very well, but we can see in the end credit pictures I did that they’re friends.
What's your پسندیدہ concept art?
It’s a tie between two pictures. The first one is where Anastasia is in a magical گلابی dress and is dancing with William at Cinderella’s wedding. I love how it shows to unconventional people that love each other getting to feel like they’re a prince and princess. The other one is my picture of Cinderella and Anastasia laughing about Anastasia pushing Henry and William into the lake. It just shows a sisterly friendship bond with those two and how close دوستوں all four of them are that they can mess with each other.
What would آپ say was harder writing the story, writing the songs, یا editing the concept art? Why?
That’s a hard سوال to answer! With writing the story it was about finding the time with my busy and tiring schedule. It was very hard to have the patience with my concept art a lot of the time and sometimes I had to start over. I guess writing songs was probably that hardest, which is odd because I wrote them all in one day. I had to think of where would be the best place for the song and make sure they flowed well as lyrics.
You're a judge in the contest too so if آپ were allowed to vote for yourself would آپ have voted for yourself? (Be honest)
I’ll probably get hate for this but I actually would have. But that’s not to say that there aren’t others that deserve to win too. I guess I like mine the best because I just love Anastasia so much and it reminds me a lot of Once Upon A Time, which is one of the best shows EVER in my opinion! It’s just مزید my style than the others but it’s definitely best that I didn’t vote for mine. It would’ve been unfair to vote for myself, which is why there’s a rule against it. Maybe I مزید believe it’s the best and probably wouldn’t actually vote for myself. It’s confusing.
Do آپ think آپ deserved to win this round and if not which story and why? (Again be honest)
Honestly, yes, but there are others that deserve it too. There’s no harm in knowing you’re good at something, just don’t be arrogant یا rude about it lol.
Last question, what was your پسندیدہ scene in your story?
That’s the HARDEST سوال yet! I guess that my پسندیدہ scene is where Anastasia finally stands up to her mother and embarrasses who she truly is.