Frozen: Part V

[Lady Cluck]

So much gorgeous animation in one small clip! I think Arendelle is one of the most beautiful settings ever created by Disney so I'm glad we get to see more of the defrosted version. I love the Scandinavian influences in the architecture and other surroundings. Some of the backgrounds look like beautiful paintings.

















Those little snowmen look like mini Baymaxes

[Disneyphile]

Has anyone else seen the movie told with emoji?

[unprincess]

all those kids have the exact same face.

[Mooky]

I've been thinking: Disney should do this type of shorts for other DACs as well; they could be used to introduce newer generations to older characters/films and might also be helpful in rejuvenating interest in hand-drawn animation. And they should play them in front of their live-action films -- imagine an Aladdin or Hercules short in front of the fifth PotC movie or a Lilo & Stitch short in front of one the Star Wars movies.

[Little Red Henski]

all those kids have the exact same face.

Maybe they all have the same father.

[DisneyFan09]

I've been thinking: Disney should do this type of shorts for other DACs as well; they could be used to introduce newer generations to older characters/films and might also be helpful in rejuvenating interest in hand-drawn animation. And they should play them in front of their live-action films -- imagine an Aladdin or Hercules short in front of the fifth PotC movie or a Lilo & Stitch short in front of one the Star Wars movies.

I wouldn't mind that idea (heck, Disney should've done it in the 90's), but I wouldn't mind if the shorts were actually handdrawn and in the same style as their predecessors. If not, make it in a CGI that gives the designs justice.

[sunhuntin]

all those kids have the exact same face.

Maybe they all have the same father.

some of them look like the kids from oakens sauna

[DisneyFan09]

"Frozen Fever" was originally going to be about Olaf.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jarettwieselman ... .fq34x9e5L

[bruno_wbt]

[DisneyFan09]

The new poster was fine, though.

[Sotiris]

Michael Giaimo explains how involved Disney Consumer Products is with the studio's film production.

To create memorable merchandise, Disney starts bouncing ideas around in the very early stages of creating a film. Michael Giaimo, art director for "Frozen" and production designer for "Frozen Fever," said employees from the creative side talk with retailers and Disney's consumer products side throughout the design process. "Sometimes there is an initial conversation even before they see any of your designs," he said. "They'll say 'We know girls like this and girls like that.'"

But ultimately, the top priority was creating artwork that served the story, Giaimo said. That included avoiding the color pink in the movie, except for a deep magenta on Anna's cape, he said. "I wanted to stay away from a Barbie world," he said. "The sisters were coming off so strong and distinctive and provocative — I didn't want them to be associated with a palette that is so out there in the world in every way."

Some of the creative decisions added to the story but increased the cost of manufacturing products, Giaimo said. Anna's dress, for example, features long-stemmed flowers that appear only in the bottom third of the skirt. That kind of "engineered print" requires that the cloth be cut a certain way, and some fabric is wasted — extra costs that licensees do not favor. "They don't like to do a lot of engineered prints, but we had to challenge them and say, 'You are going to have to find a way to make these,'" he said. "Otherwise it would be like some country did a knockoff version that wasn't licensed to us."

Source: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-f ... story.html

[Atlantica]

Love that poster !! Finally Elsa with no smirk ! Massive yay !

And wow, never knew the two departments worked so closely together .... Sometimes can explain a lot I guess.

[Disney's Divinity]

I think Disney started being that way more following The Lion King, but even worse now that Lasseter is there. WIR always seemed very product-driven; a little funny that it's all but vanished now. I'm of two minds about the pink thing. On one hand, I know they're trying to avoid being merch-bait like the Princess line, but what's so wrong with pink when we get down to it? It's "girly," I guess, and that's an anathema for Disney now.

I don't really care for the poster. Something about Elsa's smile/mouth seems really off.

[unprincess]

And wow, never knew the two departments worked so closely together .... Sometimes can explain a lot I guess.

this has been suspected for a while now(remember reading about how Mattel suggested a scene where Meeko braid Poca's hair so they could make a hair braiding doll). But it seems to have become more blatant with the more recent crop of films. Certainly it explains the more generic doll-like designs of the human characters and the avoidance of long stretches ofdark atmosphere and subject matter(ala Hunchback) throughout the films.

as for the poster, well its a nice generic poster for what will probably be a nice generic short...

[DisneyFan09]

A preview of "Frozen Fever's" score; http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/f ... tes-780263

The article says that Beck used indigenous Scandinavian instruments, to give people a sense of time and place that felt new and unique to Frozen, but with a more traditional symphonic backbone providing that classic Disney feeling. Yeah, right. Beck's score was a huge, generic dissapointment and a missed opportunity to create a real, authentic Norwegian score. The only redeeming thing was a Norwegian flute, but even that was vaguely played out. Even the movie version of "Vuelie" replaced the actual sami-joiking and the drums.

[Atlantica]

The song is now up for purchase on iTunes .... Have to say I'm not a fan ? Maybe it's a grower. Elsa's signing seemed kinda .... Strained ? Or is that the point as she's poorly ?

[Sotiris]

Have to say I'm not a fan?

I agree. It's awful. But that doesn't really surprise me. I found Frozen's soundtrack very uneven. The only songs I liked were "Let It Go", "For the First Time in Forever" (& its reprise), and "Do You Wanna Built a Snowman" (if you consider that a real song). I can't stand the rest of them, to be honest.

[disneyprincess11]

Elsa's signing seemed kinda .... Strained ? Or is that the point as she's poorly ?

She's supposed to. She's sick.

[DisneyFan09]

After listening to the song, I found it to be cute, actually.

I found Frozen's soundtrack very uneven. The only songs I liked were "Let It Go", "For the First Time in Forever" (& its reprise), and "Do You Wanna Built a Snowman" (if you consider that a real song). I can't stand the rest of them, to be honest.

I liked "Let It Go", "For the First Time in Forever" and "Frozen Heart". Rest of them were forgettable. Both "Fixer Upper" and "Love Is An Open Door" sounds as they were straight from "High School Musical" franchise.

Sorry for nagging Sotiris, but why haven't you replied my previous questions?

[sunhuntin]

love the poster and book cover... elsa with no smirk and cocked eyebrow, a refreshing change. both girls look awesome in green too, especially love elsas hair... tips from rapunzel perhaps?