 To maintain continuity between the two media , Lima brought in costume designer Mona May during the early stages of the film 's production so the costumes would be aligned in both the animated and live @-@ action worlds . He also shot some live @-@ action footage of Amy Adams as Giselle for the animators to use as reference , which also allowed the physical movement of the character to match in both worlds . Test scenes completed by the animators were shown to the actors , allowing them to see how their animated self would move . 
