The Making of Snow White - DisneyAvenue.com
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- See the making of Walt Disney's first full-length feature, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". This 40-minute documentary provides fascinating insight into the events leading up to the development of the film.
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21:06 RIP actress and dancer Marge Champion - who famously modelled for Snow White - who died last week aged 101.
Wow, she lived a long life. RIP
May she rest in peace
Rest In Peace September 2,1919-October 21 ,2020
My condolences to her family and friends.
Rest in peace.
I wish the animation industry was still like this, or even in the 90's when they blended hand drawn stuff with the 3D stuff. Nothing beats the look of a well done hand drawn/ painted animated movie.
I whole heartedly agree with you on this original animation with 2D creation is still a magical art.🎨🎬🎥😊
Well, Japanese animation industry is still mainly involved 2D, or to say hand-drawn animation today, but 3D technique is also applied when dealing with background or cars, something like that
3D has no heart, love classic animation, pure magic 💗
As a 3D Animation student myself I couldn't agree more
2D and 3D are both charming in their own ways, if done correctly. Blending 2D drawing animation with 3D CGI is a unique idea by creators. The Little Mermaid, Beauty & The Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tarzan and Treasure Planet are the biggest examples! :)
3D animation also has charm as long as you utilize them correctly. Just look at Toy Story, that first movie from Pixar still looks charming for a 90’s movie with the limitations of its time. ^^
This film is a masterpiece and after 80+ years is still as beautiful as ever!
Yeah
1937
that's funny sounds they make 18:25
Yes. A high bar to reach for. Greatness
they had a crazy party sponsored by Walt after the success of this movie. Look it up it's wild
This is the example of a movie made with passion and heart
I guess they used a rotoscope, pencils, paintbrushes and lots of paint instead....!
@@masterandservant8021 I mean this is an old movie
The another one created in pretty much the same way is Tom and Jerry!!!
1937
Disney has no heart or passion for movies anymore. It's all for the sake of profit, not for the fact that it's fun to do or exciting to do. Ward commented on this when Walt proposed doing Snow White, 'You couldn't turn us (animators) off. We were excited about it.'
I get zero excitement from the company anymore. They don't do animated fairytales, they do modern tales with modern humor that literally is not what Disney was about in the beginning. They don't do it for children like Walt wanted.
" Everybody in the world was once a child. When planning a new picture, we don't think of grown ups and we don't think of children, but just of that fine, clean, unspoiled spot down deep inside every one of us. Maybe the world has made us forget, and maybe our pictures can help recall."
Walt Disney
That hit me hard...
@@mysticallibra4757 He was a genius in more than one way🤗🐝❤️
Brilliant words. Too bad Hollywood doesn't get this today.
@@kendallrivers1119 Yes they were…. I too wish Hollywood still remembered them.
Walt had his flaws, but when he got smth right, he got it right
my god, the amount of work without computers. its amazing and inspiring
Truly!
jhibbitt1 Well, how do you expect cartoons to be made in the 1930s, you moronic idiot?! Your statement is one of the most foolish and stupid I ever came across! 😠😠😠😠😠
Hey Dario- Don't make me have to come over there and give you a what for!
yeah i feel computer use, specifically internet use, has made me intellectually lazy to say the least
I wish they would go back to that style of animation than the 3D they use now.
I remember when my grandma told me of the time she first saw this movie. She told me the audience cried at Snow White's funeral. Heck, even I cried when I first saw it. Only Disney can make such emotional moving films.
There won't be another movie like this one!
My father was born in 1945, so obviously he didn't see this when it came out. However, he saw the reissue that played in theaters in 1948. I asked how that experience was.
"Oh, it was incredible. First animated film on the big screen. The evil witch was scary. I got scared when she pops up in the window."
@@Shadywolf09 she still looks scary today lmao
If only
Disney lost it's magic a long time ago. The leading actress of the live action remake of Snow White openly hates the original and mentions it whenever she is given a chance.
@@CordeliaWagnerI saw an interview of her saying that and I just don't understand why you would not like the original it's a masterpiece
those concept sketches are all gorgeous! i'd buy a book filled with only the concept sketches and backgrounds for this film
Lmao there is a book! Its like 20$ 😂🤣 its on Amazon.
@@MarshmallowSketches omg i need this what is it called!!
@@nicolle2126 go to Amazon and look up the art of _____ any disney movie and they have it. There are thousands of em. I have tangled. Zootopia and inside out
@@MarshmallowSketches i had no idea they had an art book for snow white, thank man! ((also good on you for replying to my 2 year old comment, much appreciated))
@@nicolle2126 no problemo. And they have books for all the disney. Sky. Fox. DreamWorks. Etc. Movies
It makes me sad most people don’t appreciate Snow :( because she started it all with disney princesses
True! I love her
She's my fave 😍
Shes my favorite ♡
I agree, I mean she did make an impact on disney in more ways than one. 🤩😍📼🎥📹📽️🍿💖❄️👸
@@miss_daae not to me
It's wonderful to see a documentary about the most important Disney movie, narrated by the amazing Angela Lansbury
Yep
I swear the Spanish Snow White "Blanca Nieves' is a look-a-like.
I love Angela Lansbury! She is so good.
1937
@@docadams7099 she and Julie Andrews♥️♥️
This is the Disney we all remembered and learned to cherish.
Snow White isn't a film, it's a living painting.
deltafour1212 ...yes...
deltafour1212 agreed
I always think it's a book coming to life.
deltafour1212 • I totally agree, and what a beautiful way to put it.
Didn't they label Sleeping Beauty similarly?
Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?
0:18 PETER PAN
Alice Delgado The Genie 🧞♂️
Genie: “Be Ever impressive.”
Omgosh! I’m hysterical!
From my masculine, xy chromosome pattern perspective, it's Princess Jasmine
Alice Delgado It’s a joke, right?
4:41 Walt begin making the sotry of Snow White in Spring of 1934
There's an animator in Tokyo Japan, named Hayao Miyazaki, who people respect like a modern day Walt Disney.
His style of animation is very similar to Disney's Snow White. It's very flowing, emotional, and uplifting. You'll laugh, you'll cry, etc. He's very very good. He and his team of animators have created some beautiful animated movies. Howl's Flying Castle, Kiki's Delivery Service, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Monoke, and many others.
Well osuma Tezuka was sorta the Japanese animator who is sorta known than hayao Miyazaki if anything
Wait, he created Studio Ghibli!?! 😮 Crap, I didn’t realize I skimmed the information card on the Wikipedia page!
@@cabooseresurrected5183 Yes he did.
I don’t think he used any computer generated animation until recently. Up until I think 3-4 years ago all his stuff was water colors and hand done. Love his stuff.
He is the Japanese Walt Disney but better though
The design of Grimhilde, both as the queen and as the hag, are some of the best designs Disney has ever done.
One of the great screen villains.
I'll be honest, I didn't even know the evil queen (nor the prince lol) had names until recently
My grandmother watched Snow White when it came out in theaters. She said it was so scary she wet her pants (she was maybe 6-7 years old at the time.) I heard a story about how upholstered seats at the theaters needed to be replaced because so many kids were wetting their pants. It speaks to how dramatic and powerful the animated movie was. As they mentioned in the video, the film brought animation at least 20 years further in to the future in just 2 years time. Disney was an exceptional storyteller, performer and leader in the industry. A lot of people I know still fear the Snow White witch. As adults. That’s saying a lot 😱
Who else is watching this after becoming so disappointed that modern day Disney Company is ruining Walt Disney’s history?
ME🙋🏼♀️ So sad what they are doing.😭
@@katelynjohnson9229they're trying to "fit in" in the new generation, but that generation is ALSO demanding smt like snow white
Yup bring back the drawn Disney movies. I miss them.
Yeah
11/9/23....very late at night. I look forward to learning so much. 😊
i still can't understand how they manage to draw a ENTIRE movie with pencil and paper. Like the talent here keeps surprising me!
Because it’s hand drawn
This was just wonderful. Toward the end, when Roy Disney was talking about the impact of Snow White at the time, I was thinking "Just like Star Wars in the 70's... we'd never seen anything like it." And then Roy said those very words. Hard to imagine today after so much advancement in technology, but WOW! We've really witnessed a lot in less than 100 years!
One of the dwarfs was named snoopy
Dopey
This is 80 years old today
Some Random Person on TH-cam it's so hard to believe...the animation looks so good, even by today's standards
Molly Rose I know right
I can honestly say I was raised on a steady diet of Disney. Today, 61 years later, I'm a loving, doting, wife, mother, and grandmother. I don't know how much influence early, decent cartoons had on me, but I do see how sinister and awful most everything is on TV and at the movies and on social media is now. Heaven help our young people today!
true, most cartoons and 'children's' films that come out today aren't as beautifully made as they once were, you can really see how much work Disney but into their films. Disney didn't just appeal to children, it appealed to everyone, I can go back and watch Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Fantasia and all the other Disney classics and enjoy them just as much as I did when I was younger, also, some kids movies and cartoons like to pander to the audience, I am all for representation of different cultures but the way some shows do it is just awful.
Is this Barbra Walters
This is, and will remain as, one of the greatest and most important films ever made in the history of Hollywood.
R.I.P Angela Lansbury 1925 - 2022
I hate when people diss like Snow White, sleeping beauty or like Cinderella because they all fall in love? Don’t get me wrong I love the all the brave Princess, but they started it all appreciate them too they just don’t fall inlove with men? They all have a storyline other than falling in love
Narrator and actress Angela Lansbury is lovely to listen too. Stunning viewing! Truly inspirational! Mind-blowing! So much work! So many people! So many layers! So much investment! Oh my! This was a true eye-opener. Thoroughly enjoyable. The way they animated depth using layers of glass and how they used real-life dancing people to provide movement for the animators (a bit like they do today with suited individuals) is superb. I watched as a child 35 years later on TV. I love it! Thank you for sharing! Highly recommend watching this historic making of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Sad Angela Lansbury is gone
@@watchforever1724 same. Lansbury's memory will live on
@@bradyryan5105 Last time we saw her was in Mary Poppins Returns.
Snow White and the seven dwarfs is a masterpiece! What a wonderful documentary! Love the narration of Angela Lansbury. Thanks for sharing.
Sad she’s gonna be missed
2001
Being an artist myself, & having known animator, Ward Kimball - this is my all time favorite Disney, along with "Sleeping Beauty". Both brought animation up to fine art. Great stories Ward told me about the studio & working with Walt! Great seeing these pencil tests again. True artistry without the computer!
You should write down the stories Ward told you! What a priceless experience. I have wished time and again that I could've talked to any one of these animation greats.
You gotta appreciate this, the way they made this film, going through so much struggle, and overcoming obstacles to complete the very first full length animated picture!
There is literally nothing better than Angela Lansbury narrating something this great!
This is such a joy to watch!
So much talent and visual treats, wow :D
The hitch step made me laugh! :D
😂
😊
Agreed
1937
This is so beautiful!!! Snow white and the seven dwarfs isn't just a film, it's a masterpiece! This film will last forever in our hearts
i remember watching it as a child, it is still one of my best loved disney films, along with Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, the true classics. Because not only is it a classic from the beauty of the drawings but also you can feel so much love and incredible talent go into it, that is why it will live on hundreds more years in future for future generations.
Insane amount of work, and perhaps the biggest gamble in animated history
Truly amazing that Mr. Walt had everything with musicals figured out in his mind before even breaking the news to his animators and letting them dictate and piece together the feature film, a true genius and I am glad God gave him such talents! Generations will enjoy Disney movies.
I think this remains my favourite ever Disney Film. I loved it so much as a child, I watched it on video so much. I would cry when she died, everytime.
She was so sweet, so good and so gentle, I don't think there's any other character you feel for so much. The film really embraces the old fairy tale setting, the castle, the woods, the magic mirror, its all so magical.
Animator Ruthie Tompson who worked on Snow White and many others is still alive ! She is 110 years old. What a magical life and legacy ❤❤❤
Yeah that’s something
Rest her soul, she just passed away October 10, 2021. An amazing woman!
@@suza3883 that is so sad! She lived an incredible life. If we all could be so blessed to live that long and see the things that she has seen ✌❤👑
@@suza3883yeah sad
And after all these years... still sobbing with the dwarfs 😢
Me too ! 😭❤️
Me too😔😭
And how sad that Disney's hell-bent on a remake of this is guaranteed to destroy the legacy of this classic, which was the standard by which all other full-length animated films would be judged.
Wow Shirley Temple gave the award to Mr Disney, i can't deal with the star power of that. Shirley was a treasure.
This was my favorite bonus feature to watch when I was a kid. Snow White is my favorite Disney movie of all time.
Snow White is the film that started my life long love affair with everything Disney. Visually it is beautiful, you really care about the characters journeys. I can never watch the end without it bringing a tear to my eye even though I have watched it many times. Disney animated characters can make you feel just as much if not more emotion than real life ones 💖
Big Respect to the animator’s I have watched this movies million times since my childhood this is real innocence and joy of the Disney movies ..modern CGI can never beat classic animation
Yep
Walt Disney was just 65 years of age when he died of cancer in 1966. Had he not been a heavy smoker, who knows what he might have gone on to accomplish? Rest in peace, Walt.
The most beautiful animated film ever. In my opinion, no other animated film is as great. Not even The Lion King or Frozen could hold a candle against Snow White.
Vlad Sicoe I kinda like the lion king more than snow white
Gisela Vemba That’s cool! 😉 everyone has his/her favorite Disney movie. For me, it’s Snow White, because it holds a special place in my heart, and it brings back lots of memories.
El Jay I agree. I only compared it with them because they’re usually considered the greatest, or at least among the greatest.
I like both except frozen
I LIKE 101 DALMATIANS TOO!
This was always impressive to me even as a kid, and magnitudes more so when I studied animation as my degree and really learned to appreciated all the ground the was broken making this movie, but what I wish is that I was there watching it at the cinema the day it was first released--by God it must have been utterly astounding and truly magical.
When I was in kindergarten my teacher asked "can anyone name a story that has the number 7 in it?'' And one kid said "The 7 pigs" I answered Snow White and the 7 dwarfs and then she read the story to us
Aidan Barnes • The 7 pigs lol
The 7 🐖's?! That's so funny 😂😆😂😅😅😄
I want to know about the 7 pigs story
@@ipercalisse579 Honestly, The Wolf and the Seven Pigs is an unrealized masterpiece. It’s what The Seven Kids should’ve been
So what?!?
Such a lovely documentary, how awesome to see how this movie was made. The amount of work and effort it took... it’s amazing. Well done Walt. I never realized how popular this film was back in the 30’s, but that’s only because we’re not around back then to witness it. I’m sure it was as popular as Frozen in those days if not more. And I’m surprised no one mentioned Angela Lansbury doing the narration for this documentary. It was wonderful hearing her voice here. So much nostalgia!
Shanthini Mahendran I was going to, but say it referring to her by one of her characters such as Mrs Potts from Beauty and the Beast or Eglantine Price from Bedknobs and Broomsticks
@Harry Royle I didn't mean in the video, I meant in the comment section. I know it's credited in the vid, but not a lot of people in the comments mentioned her lovely voice.
Sad she’s gone
Angela Lansbury as narrator?! LOVE HER!!! (Psst...she also narrated The Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic!)
She is also the voice of Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast.
Robbie Farabee I just realized that when I read your comment.
@@robbiefarabee6954 "Now Chip! I'll not have you makin' up such wild stories!"
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She just turned 95
It’s funny how the animation in this movie is fantastic even in today’s standards. In fact, the animation is better than most animated movie these days. It’s so fluid and well animated.
I wish the Disney studios would revert to THIS type of animation.
It lasted for 52 years. However, to save time and money, they painted using computers, and now just use computers for everything.
Rachel Zegler needs to watch this
Took 3 years to finish and the end product was pure gold
Real artist at work, wonderful
Legends say every time Rachel Ziegler speaks, 100 people grow more appreciation for the original Snow White
HAHAHA SO TRUE!!!!🤣🙌🏼
2001
It's funny when she says it's 1937 that she thinks 1937 was when witches tried killing women who had skin white as snow hair black as a raven lips red as blood. All of these stories are from medieval or earlier times. Hansel and Gretel probably are the one closest to reality except the witch would have been the step-mom and the food would have been the children back during the time they claimed there was a crop failure because of an eruption that made eating quite impossible.
Very true.
My mother was around 10/11 when Walt passed away she cried because she just love him!🌹
Wow!
Did not know about the many cut sequences which most were amusing but I believe Mr. Disney very wisely did.
Also, the 20+ translations for different countries with the extra effort of customizing the graphics themselves was quite admirable! No lazy or short cut route was allowed for this classic product!🌈👌
When Disney was great. I hope some day someone can make Disney great again.
I hope so too...
Say hello to Alan Menken.
Yeah I know
This is a work of art, I can't imagine the work that goes into creating an animated movie today, much less back then without computers.
Snow White was a fantastic production in the world of animation in the 1930's the pinnacle pf animation of that era of Hollywood activity during that time before WWII. I have watched Snow White no less than a dozen times and marvel at what Walt Disney and company produced, draw, and colorized with Technicolor during that time to create a most beloved story on film that people today still treasure its story. Parts of it still brings tears to my eyes but it is a wonderful film that everyone should see and enjoy.
Still to this day one of the best disney movies !!!! 💙💛🍎
I love Walt Disney's voice over the movie scenes, so it feels like he's also part of this documntary too. I like seeing his words line up with what's on screen.
Nothing sounds better than hearing Mrs. Potts tell us about Snow White's history.
The talent that was utilized for the Disney animations is astounding. I am in total awe as to how all the elements came together.
here's all of the sections timestamped, enjoy (and please let me know if i miss out on any)
2:05: once upon a time
3:50: moving toward the feature cartoon
6:20: disney's folly
7:33: developing the screen story
10:26: five buck a gag
11:07: designing the characters
15:07: a living storybook
15:49: a smile and a song
17:30: sound
18:50: an animation laboratory
22:15: animation
24:35: the cutting room floor
26:05: the wonderful world of color
28:49: crisis
31:31: the premiere
34:37: the first blockbuster of the sound era
It shocked me to know that they had trouble to animate the human body realistic, so much that they had to cut down the prince's appearence! I would have loved to see those scenes...
It also fascinated me the part when they realice they actually care for real for the character of the princess...
Now our days, snimation is well known, and this happens to every author: my comic teacher told me a character is not well done 'till you can visualice it habing a real-like conversation with you...
The scrapped parts in Snow White was used in Sleeping beuaty.
infinityrose92 “Male humans are the hardest to animate”
I wonder why that is. Is it because you can exaggerate female features (eyes, waist), but not male features?
I study animation and yes, in our anatomy class. Our professors often gives us male models (with multiple poses) because it was way harder compared to a woman's body to draw.
@@beethovensfidelio Partly because of the exaggeration, but also because a cartoony man can't be taken seriously as a character unless the idea was to make him a joke to begin with.
The human body is hard to animate because it is always in constant movement. I also read that Disney artists found hands hard to do as well. Five fingers were hard to do.. That's why Mickey mouse has three fingers and a thumb. Easy to animate.
I close my eyes and see Mrs. Potts talking to Chip
And behold, along comes Peyo in the 1950's. with his Smurfs.
All we knew about the Queen was she was vain. Other than that nothing.
" I owe, I. owe, it's off to work I go".
" Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to school we go, we'll learn some junk , then we'll flunk, Hi ho, hi ho."
Lol! Ha ha. Me too!!
I closed my eyes, and i see thise scene "He's my father!"
Beauty and the Beast!
For 100th Anniversary, they should add back the scenes that got Cut
The first movie I ever experienced. My older brother and I watched from the top of an old caboose that was part of a drive-in movie "complex". I think the year was 1954, I was seven. It was summertime, everybody had their car windows down, and we could hear everything. I remember thinking that this was looking at real life, condensed to about an hour and a half. I believed that what I saw was actually happening, I particularly remember crying at Snow White laid out in her glass coffin, and I was filled with joy when she came back to life. To this day, it remains my favorite feature film. This is a great documentary!
These classic fairy tales, fables stories were made so beautifully so much mischief fun aspect and that resonates with me because I am of that nature, as usual my fav. “ the wise hen”
i watched the movie myself and it is still a masterpiece
Saw this in school and haven't seen it in a LONG time. Still great to watch and learn again! Keep the kid alive!
I am 71 years old, the picture was released when my sister was born and thank God she is still alive.
My father died when I was 5 years old and few things I remembered from him; but one it was when he picked me to the movie theater to watch Snow White and the seven dwarfs.
So many generations enjoyed this film and I bought a remastered version to see in my TV and always a tear comes out from my eyes.
God bless you Walt 👏👏👍👏♥️🌷❤️
How funny. I was just thinking,
maybe I wasn't thinking but, I thought to myself: 'I wonder if anyone out there watching this now actually went to that premiere'. Course, I guess it's not impossible, but,- upon a little reflection, gathering my thoughts,,
well,- that's just a little unlikely.
Rest in peace to angela lansbury (1925-2022) cause she passed away October 11,2022
Walt Disney was truly a genius.
yes he was
Yep
One of Walt Disney's Best Films at The Time I Love Snow White The Seven Dwarfs The Wicked Queen is My Favorite Character in The Film!
I LOVE the naturalness and fluidity of the movement of the characters. CANNOT be duplicated by computer, because the computer has no heart.
Everyone in the sound department looks like they were living their best life!
In growing up with the classics, I still watch them this day. Thank you Walt Disney.
I am sorry your legacy is being butchered, Walt.
Unless also colonial and of secret societies?
back to your mom's basement@@TheSapphireLeo
One million drawings, all hand drawn and painted, all beautiful... Simply amazing.
One of the biggest observations iv always had about The evil queen is The queen never interacted with Snow White in the film except in her ugly old witch form who unknown to Snow White is the queen in disguise.
Wow. Never thought of that!!!!
I see but do you realize that
I love animated films, especially those which are manually drawn by group of artists made before the computer era. Surely I appreciate "old" films. I enjoy every single movement!
R.I.P. Angela Lansbury
Is it strange that I get more emotional at the "making of" video than the actual movie?
Brilliant artistry. A true masterpiece.
Whenever I’m sick or feeling crummy, I watch the old Disney movies I grew up with. They are the visual and auditory versions of homemade chicken noodle soup.
I'm really concerned for what they'll eventually do with the live action version of Snow White (after The Little Mermaid and Bambi, who'll arrive first, I think?). Perhaps it's just me, but I think they shouldn't change Snow White's passiveness and sweetness too much just to make her some rolemodel. But maybe they'll surprise me...
Sadly 2 years it’s happening
Not just the fairest of them all, but the best of them all
In all my years of watching documentaries about film, animation, even about Disney and it's other making ofs, this is the first time I've ever heard Walt himself speak.
And I'm struck by how miled mannered he seems, he reminds me a lot of George Lucas in that regard. A quite man, but who has to be a tenacious force to be reckoned with to do the things they've done, yet they both sound like they're explaining what they did on their day off to you on a Sunday afternoon, rather than how they revolutionised an industry.
You expect people like that to be these big shout personalities, but so often they're anything but.
RIP Angela Lansbury :(
the colors are so exciting and the work of cartooning is exceptional in this era.
I just want to say that they have the multi-plane camera and a lot of original concept art and animation cels at Disney family museum in San Francisco. If anyone happens to be going to San Francisco, make sure to stop by. It’s an amazing place.
RIP Angela Lansbury
Rest in Peace Angela Lansbury
This is my favorite and by far the best animated film I've ever seen. The characters, sequences, animals, songs, everything is just so perfect. The innocence and humor in the movie is what is missing in most of the animations we have now. The making video should have had covered some part about the voice actors as well... I think they did a brilliant job of adding life to the characters, especially the cute dwarfs.
The amount of love, knowledge, inspiration and hard work in this masterpiece is incredible. 💜
Inb4 Disney blows itself up with the new Snow White movie!
Rest in Peace Marge Champion as the dancing reference for the dancing scene of Snow White dancing with the dwarfs. Thank You I really do love your dancing that really bring the dancing Snow White character to life I enjoyed that. We will miss you.
This was posted 6 years ago and i bet Zegler didn’t bother watching this piece of history
Was anyone else in tears by the end of this ?
Yep
Thank you to everyone involved with this documentary. So nice to see how it began. I’m sure everyone could use the pallet cleanser.