![Concept Art for the castle in Beauty and the Beast](/sites/default/files/2025-01/Beauty-Beast-Art-Dept-Case-Study-Header-1980x820.jpg)
Beauty and the Beast: Art Department
Framestore was delighted to be chosen to collaborate with Disney on the live-action adaptation of the studio's ‘tale as old as time’, Beauty and the Beast, directed by Bill Condon.
Working closely with award-winning production designer Sarah Greenwood, Framestore's Art Department created initial concepts to help the filmmakers visualise its final look; including the Household Staff characters, environments and magical transformations.
![concept art of detail shot of a chandelier](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_688_x_variable_height/public/2022-07/beauty%20and%20the%20beast%20art%20department%20image.jpg?itok=zDhbnuKC)
Sarah Greenwood was brilliant to work with. We really felt like part of her team and everything was truly collaborative.
Brandon Norris
Art Department Producer
![concept art of a detailed coat hanger](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery_mob_688x_387_/public/2022-07/beauty%20and%20the%20beast%20art%20department%20image%202.jpg?h=0070c209&itok=oCuGdkn7)
![concept art of a detailed coat hanger wearing a cape and playing a violin](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery_mob_688x_387_/public/2022-07/beauty%20and%20the%20beast%20art%20department%20image%203.jpg?h=0070c209&itok=QOxxn_v6)
![concept art close up perspective of a detailed coat hanger playing a violin](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_688_x_variable_height/public/2022-07/beauty%20and%20the%20beast%20art%20department%20image%204.jpg?itok=MUTbZTiC)
We had to build movement into a very rigid Baroque design. Animation was restricted to the physical properties of each character so as not to make them look cartoony. We used pivot points within the design instead of traditional squash & stretch.
Sam Rowan
Concept Artist
![cg animated photorealistic madame garderobe from beauty and the beast in wardrobe form](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery_mob_688x_387_/public/2022-07/beauty%20and%20the%20beast%20art%20department%20image%205.jpg?h=9079f591&itok=D_phrSQT)
![cg animated photorealistic madame garderobe in wardrobe form lit up](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery_mob_688x_387_/public/2022-07/beauty%20and%20the%20beast%20art%20department%20image%206.jpg?h=9079f591&itok=-KmMJP1Q)
![concept art of chip the tea cup](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_688_x_variable_height/public/2022-07/beauty%20and%20the%20beast%20art%20department%20image%208.jpg?itok=H1H1xM2d)
![concept art of a piano that has a detailed candleholder by its keys. two candles are burning](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_688_x_variable_height/public/2022-07/beauty%20and%20the%20beast%20art%20department%20image%209.jpg?itok=HSfsv40E)
![concept art of the forever rose in a glass dome shedding its petals and illuminating](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery_mob_688x_387_/public/2022-07/beauty%20and%20the%20beast%20art%20department%20image%2010.jpg?h=3c9c08d5&itok=IGDXefIW)
![concept art of the forever rose in a glass dome shedding its petals and illuminating and smashing through the glass](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery_mob_688x_387_/public/2022-07/beauty%20and%20the%20beast%20art%20department%20image%2011.jpg?h=f4a37b04&itok=dcriwklF)
![concept of the forever rose in a glass dome. belle's finger is poking the glass and pointing at the no-petal rose stem](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery_mob_688x_387_/public/2022-07/beauty%20and%20the%20beast%20art%20department%20image%2012.jpg?h=a14ed852&itok=FuxG_C2m)
![concept art of the forever rose in the rose dome lighting up with colourful whispy mist](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery_mob_688x_387_/public/2022-07/beauty%20and%20the%20beast%20art%20department%20image%2013.jpg?h=ee85f2c4&itok=WMCUg9lB)
![concept art of the silhoutte of prince adam projected on a wall](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery_mob_688x_387_/public/2022-07/beauty%20and%20the%20beast%20art%20department%20image%2014.jpg?h=1df8a340&itok=Qc8V0Mpk)
![concept art of the silhoutte of the beast projected on a wall of the castle](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery_mob_688x_387_/public/2022-07/beauty%20and%20the%20beast%20art%20department%20image%2015.jpg?h=4a2a6d48&itok=17EaJPpC)
The magical castle effect was a cool thing to get to work on; we based our designs on refracted light combined with the Aurora Borealis phenomenon.
Martin Macrae
Head of Art Department
![concept art of the castle entrance from the beauty and the beast transformed by magic as the characters stand outside](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_688_x_variable_height/public/2022-07/beauty%20and%20the%20beast%20art%20department%20image%2016.jpg?itok=T-Bs7ukc)
![beast's castle from beauty and the beast curse being lifted as magical light surrounds the towers](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_688_x_variable_height/public/2022-07/beauty%20and%20the%20beast%20art%20department%20image%2017.jpg?itok=H0pdQQZO)
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