Hi! I saw the two character posts you did (Merida and Rosetta) and was wondering if you could do Belle, as well? I'm hoping to audition soon and I have heard I look the most like her. Thank you so much for taking the time to do these!! I know they must take a lot of time and research, but they are are so incredibly helpful!
I’m so glad you find these helpful! I’m sorry they’re taking a while to get to and I really appreciate your patience :) <3
Because Belle wears both her ballgown and her village outfit there’s actually a couple of different poses that go with them, so I’ll split them up and start with her yellow ballgown :)
Her main photo pose is very simple, her hands are clasped in front of her and she photographs slightly on an angle. This photo is the perfect example.
She also has a similar pose where she lifts her hands up towards her right shoulder.
Because her ballgown is so gorgeous, she also takes a lot of photos kneeling down with her skirt all around her. She usually has her hand resting on her lap, like this.
In her blue dress she has a few different hand positions, but she always has one foot out to the side. Sometimes she holds her hands behind her back like this.
And sometimes she clasps them up towards her shoulder like this.
She also sometimes holds her skirt with one hand and holds another hand up, like this.
Belle also loves to do twirls because of her gorgeous dress!
Now for her makeup! This wouldn’t be as important for you in the audition process it’d be more for afterwards, but you may want to play around with the look to see how you’d look as a face character, or even take some of the little things to give you a bit more of a Belle look if you’re auditioning for her. Just remember; for an audition please don’t do a total Belle look - you need to present the best version of yourself for casting, not who you think you could be cast as. However, picking up on little things like how she wears her blush or the sort of warmer colours she wears or the lipstick even is okay, because it will only lightly enhance your features that match Belle’s. I hope that makes sense to you!
She has a couple of different looks for her ballgown makeup, village makeup and even her parade makeup, but everything is very warm.
For her ballgown look. Her base eyeshadow is a golden colour and her crease and outer lid is a light, warm brown. This picture here is great to get that blending right.
Belle has gorgeous, round brown eyes. So her eyeliner runs across her whole lid in a clean line, it doesn’t usually extend beyond her eye because she has more of a rounder shape. She tends to line a lot of her bottom lid as well. Her eyeliner is very clear in this picture here.
Her eyebrows are filled in softly with a natural brown shade, which you can see in the above pictures also.
Belle has quite high cheekbones, so her blush really extends upwards. She also tends to have a bit of a sharper jawline, so if trying to emulate her look some contouring along the jawline wouldn’t hurt. This picture here would be a great reference for that.
Belle’s lipstick in this look is a soft pink, quite natural, which again you can see in the pictures above.
This makeup tutorial is a fantastic one if you’re trying to emulate her look for cosplaying or fun or anything like that :)
Her village look is a lot more natural. Omit the golden base eyeshadow for an overall basic, taupe shade. Her eyeliner isn’t usually as sharp as well, but still line the eye to get that lovely round look, possibly with a pencil instead of gel or liquid for a softer look. I think her blush can also be a little darker for this, but that’s a personal preference, I think. Her lipstick is less pink and more of a nude. This look is a lot simpler and more natural. This picture here is a good reference.
Belle’s in most parades. For Soundsational and Festival of Fantasy her look doesn’t really change; just a bit more pronounced from her ballgown look so that it can be seen at more of a distance.
A bit of a pinker lipstick and blush because her float has lots of bright flowers, she sort of matches that palette.
Not very different from her usual look, except for more defined eyes and a bit more highlighting to give her a glowing parade look! :)
And obviously Paint the Night is a whole different thing, with gold glitter eyeshadow a much more pigmented blush and (yay more glitter) glitter pink lipstick.
Belle loves her books, the Beast, her friends at the castle, and her father. She’s very kind-hearted and gives a lot of love to all of these things! So when Belle tells a story more often than not it’d be about these things or people. I think going into an audition if you end up in costume and being asked to read something or interacting use these as a touchstone to come back to with an interaction, because that way you’re staying as true to the character as you can!
Because she reads so much there are always stories from her books which she loves to tell - especially to children. This video here is a good example of her love of books!
There’s not many things which she doesn’t like - except Gaston! Remember though, at Disneyland the princesses don’t get angry! Belle would just be a little exasperated when it comes to Gaston. Here’s a good example of this here.
She’s very gentle and graceful in her mannerisms. In her videos you’ll see she holds herself up like a princess, very good posture and is gentle in her movements. All videos are a good example of that, but here’s one to get you started. In an audition, you need to act princess like. Be outgoing in your audition, of course, but for lookalikes you need to show grace (in an audition this is called ‘movement ability’). And try and keep that manner from the moment you’re walking into the building to the moment you walk out, show you’re a true princess who can be like the character and is someone lovely who Disney would want to hire.
If you’re going into a lookalike audition - especially for the Asian parks - dance ability to test your gracefulness is highly valued, so if you’re serious about this then it may be worthwhile taking a ballet class - even just a one-off techniques one, to help you out with the dance part of the audition.
Before the audition, it’s a good idea to watch her movie (or movies, if you’d like) and videos of her at Disneyland online. Get to know Belle, because if you do get through to the end of the audition and are put into the wig then you already have a head start and an idea of what casting is looking for.
These tips can get you started, but as you’re watching more videos try to see if there are any more notes you can pick up on and take note! Fatima Lakhani is one of my fave youtube users - they post regular videos and have lots of interactions with all of the characters, so you’ll find lots of videos there to help you do more research ;)
I hope this helps you out a bit and thanks for the kind words! I’m sorry this took so long but I hope it’s worth it :) Best of luck for any future auditions and have a magical day! :) x
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