 In The Nutcracker Suite considerable live action footage was shot of  Joyce Coles and Marjorie Belcher (who had modeled for Snow White),  in long ballet skirts to simulate the movements of the blossoms for  "The Dance of the Reed Flutes". For the same segment Walt insisted  that his effects technicians devised a way of transferring Elmer  Plummers (an art teacher at the Chouinard Art Institute)  preliminary drawings into animation. After various attempts were  rejected they finally came up with stippled cels, on which the  painted characters had a delicate pastel look.