After the climax of Enchanted where Giselle (Amy Adams) has rescued her true love, Robert (Patrick Dempsey), from the clutches of the evil Queen Narissa (in dragon form), the final shot is of Giselle, Robert and his young daughter Morgan in their NYC apartment dancing together, having fun and living happily ever after--a fairytale ending.
Image courtesy Walt Disney Pictures via IMDB
To maintain this happily ever after flavor, an amazing visual sequence was created by yU+co, a three-time Emmy nominated creative design studio. The film ends with the closing of a (fairytale) book, and with a quick zoom in on the cover, the yU+co animated sequence kicks in. We see a swimming mermaid, a Cinderella carriage, a Thumbelina fairy and other recognizable fairytale imagery. All of the animations are in silhouette with colorful backgrounds, reminiscent of the superb work once done with cut-out figures by filmmaker Lotte Reiniger.
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Accompanying the the silhouette animations is a musical reprise medley of all the songs that appeared in the film. This insures the same emotional ambiance that the audience would have felt at the end of the story and thus prolongs the time they will bask in the glow of the fairytale ending. A well thought out and artistically executed closing credit sequence on all levels.
View the animated sequence on the yU+co site...without the original Disney copyrighted music. (Click on work, film, title, and then enchanted.)
See a 2008 millimeter write up on Enchanted closing sequence and it's creators.
