It focuses on an archetypal Disney princess -to-be named Giselle , who is exiled from her animated world into the live-action world of New York City metropolitan area. The film is both an homage to and a self-parody of Disney's animated features , making numerous references to past works through the combination of live-action filmmaking, traditional animation , and computer-generated imagery.
It also marks the return of traditional animation to a Disney feature film after the company's decision to move entirely to computer animation in Composer Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz , who had written songs for previous Disney films, wrote and produced the songs of Enchanted , and Menken also composed the film's score.
The animated sequences were produced at James Baxter Animation in Pasadena, while filming of the live-action segments took place around New York City.
Enchanted premiered at the London Film Festival on October 20, , and went into its wide release in the United States on November In the animated fairy tale kingdom of Andalasia, the corrupt and ruthless Queen Narissa is determined to stay in power; her reign will end if her stepson, Prince Edward, ever gets married. Narissa enlists her loyal servant, Nathaniel, to help Edward hunt trolls to distract Edward from searching for his true love. A young woman named Giselle lives in a forest and dreams of meeting a prince and experiencing a " happily ever after.
Nathaniel frees a captured troll to kill Giselle, but Edward rescues her. She and Edward are instantly attracted to each other and plan to be married the following day.
