The team needed the eyes to look completely real even though they are larger and more cartoon-like than would be the case in reality.
DUMBO THE ELEPHANT SKIN
The eyes are also rounder and with less skin around the eye socket region. The eyes are blue, as per the original film. The most significant differences were the ears and eyes of Dumbo. So the director wanted them a bit cleaner and a bit more idealised.ĭumbo presented a special design challenge, as a balance had to be found between the slightly stylised Asian Elephant breed of his mother and the cartoon version of Dumbo from the original film. However in the 1930s, circuses actually used to shave elephants and clean them. For example, Asian Elephants are very hairy and often use mud and dirt to stay cool.
DUMBO THE ELEPHANT SERIES
The Dumbo elephants are not strictly Asian elephants and so there were a series of small changes, apart from Dumbo’s ears, director Tim Burton wanted to make the elephants read more cinematically. And then we designed the elephants in the film as a type of Asian elephant.”
“We took a lot of references of every single detail you can imagine of the real elephants,” comments Ledda.
DUMBO THE ELEPHANT MOVIE
Knowing the true story of circus elephants makes the light-hearted movie darker, more tragic, and much harder to watch without shedding a tear.An actual Asian Calf Elephant at Columbus Zoo () The dark legacy left by the horrific abuse and deaths faced by Jumbo and elephants like him is evident in Disney’s Dumbo. Like other circus elephants, Jumbo did not have the most natural and happy life, and he didn’t have a peaceful death either. Yet, just three years after Barnum purchased him, Jumbo faced a traumatic death on a railway track as he was mortally wounded by a train. These elephants are likely to have been the inspiration behind the movie. Jumbo” and “Jumbo Jr.” copied his name as well. Jumbo soon became world-famous, and his name was used to describe the large size of products like jumbo jets and jumbo hotdogs. Barnum, the protagonist of The Greatest Showman. Despite protests from the British public, he was bought by circus magnate P. Born in about 1860, “Jumbo” was brought to Britain, where he lived in London Zoo for over two decades.
The elephant that inspired Dumbo faced an equally grisly death. The movie quite literally ends on a high note, as Dumbo flies with the controversial crows above his mother, who has been released and reunited with her baby. The little pachyderm then learns to fly and is quickly catapulted to fame. Jumbo’s rage at the bullies leads her to be taken away from her beloved baby as a "mad elephant." Although Dumbo is devastated at being separated from his mother and being made to perform as a circus clown, his friend Timothy Q. Unfortunately, Dumbo’s huge ears make him a laughing stock among the other elephants, and he is mocked by visiting kids. In the original movie, the adorable baby Dumbo is delivered to his overjoyed mother, Mrs. Yet the 1942 movie also includes many elements which reflect the tragic history the movie is based on. In 2019, Tim Burton’s live-action remake revived Dumbo with an original story and a shady color palette to match the dark history surrounding circus elephants. Dumbo has been a beloved Disney character since the elephant was sent flying onto screens in 1942, but the true story behind circus elephants makes the movie so much darker.
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