Live-action models were used to help Pinocchio look as real as possible.
Pinocchio's outfit in "Pinocchio" was influenced by live-action models.
Walt Disney PicturesWhen Disney made its first full-length animated feature, "Snow White" (1937), animators took inspiration from live-action models to draw realistic movements for the characters and their costumes.
The technique was so successful that the filmmakers did it again for the second feature film, "Pinnochio" (1940).
But Pinnochio's hat and gloves were meant to help give him a more puppet-like appearance than the human children in the film.
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