Source: http://www.animdesk.com/we-interviewed- ... on-studiosQ: What’s a typical week for you in the studio?
Paul Briggs: I came onto Frozen a little over a year ago and because of the schedule we were turning sequences around really fast. Usually we would issue pages on Monday morning and expect to see a rough pass by Friday. At the end of the week we would look at sequences pitched in the story room and give notes. The directors, Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee and I would meet with the songwriters, Bobby and Kristen Lopez every other day to discuss storytelling in the songwriting. Then we also have editorial meetings where we would look at the latest cut of the sequences that had been previously been turned over. On top of that there are scheduling and management meetings as well as I was also boarding. So on top of everything I would have to get my work done! Yeesh! I love it though. Everyday my job challenges and energizes me, I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.
Source: https://www.animdesk.com/we-interviewed ... on-studiosQ: What are some of your favorite projects you're proud to have been a part of?
Andrew Chesworth: [...] And most recently, Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck's film “Frozen” was a really special film to animate on. It was my first time animating naturalistic human characters in CG, and also my first time animating a Disney princess (and prince!) in a musical setting. I even got to animate them singing to each other! It was like being a part of Cinderella, with all of the vibrant blue and magenta colors and the stately production design. It's a very classy film, with very endearing characters. The people who created the film are very good-natured people themselves, with an appreciation for the great Disney musical fairy tales. It was a very challenging film to animate, and I think everyone learned a great deal from the experience.
Q: Have you ever had a character/scene that was too difficult for you to animate?
Andrew Chesworth: I think every scene is hard. There's always something I don't know how to do and have to figure out. Animating Princess Anna was the hardest challenge I've had to date.
Q: Which film(s) was that on? And how did you tackle that problem(s)?
Andrew Chesworth: That was for “Frozen”. I often used live reference of myself or my girlfriend acting out a particular situation. I tried my best to contain the broad choices in my animation to bring it to the desired level of naturalism. Sometimes I would tone it back too far, to the point that it looked dead and rotoscoped. Then I had to amp some of the caricature back up to find the appeal and simplicity (the reason we like to watch animation in the first place!) It was just a lot of doing it, doing it, doing it until it was right. That's the only way to learn and overcome.
Source: http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/ ... -mean.htmlSteve Hulett wrote:On a related note, a Disney animation staffer last week told me how she came back from family leave and got notice of termination, and I ran into a Frozen animator at the grocery store who had animated his last scene on the picture two days before. He related: "I knew the job was temporary when I started. Disney is paying me through the beginning of September, so I'm happy about that". It's always good to have something to be happy about, even if it's two or three weeks extra pay as you wade into the unemployment line.
Source: http://celebritybabies.people.com/2013/ ... ned-voice/Kristen Bell wrote:“The pregnancy did change my voice. It made it deeper,” she said. “There were more womanly tones when I did one recording while I was extremely pregnant. After I had the baby, I had to go back and re-record those lines so they matched. There was something different about my voice.” She continued, “There was something more ‘Mommy’ about my voice and we had to fix it. I certainly didn’t intend that, and when you heard it, you couldn't really place why it was different but it was. It was one of those hormonal things that happen, I guess.”
Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/171318 ... ovie.jhtmlKristen Bell wrote:"The movie is about a pair of sisters — one who has the power to freeze things, and it happens when she is fearful or angry," Bell said. "And because of feeling terrified to show that to the world, she sort of runs away and freezes the town accidentally. I play the sister Anna, who makes it her mission to travel across these snowy lands and bring her sister back amidst the fact that they're fighting and kind of at that point hate each other. It's kind of how they make up and find love in the end." Bell's voicework on the film isn't limited to dialogue — she sings too! "We're singing the lovely songs of Kristen and Bobby Lopez, who wrote 'Book of Mormon,' " she enthused. "So it's really, really funny music. It's really good music. They're amazing to work for."
Yet, the thing Bell is most proud about when it comes to "Frozen" is embodying a relatable heroine — something you don't always find in your average Disney princess. "I'm really excited to show it to people. I became a part of the kind of movie I wanted to see as a kid," she said. "I always loved Disney animation, but there was something about the females that was unattainable to me. Their posture was too good and they were too well-spoken, and I feel like I really made this girl much more relatable and weirder and scrappier and more excitable and awkward. I'm really proud of that."
Source: http://www.people.com/people/article/0, ... 90,00.htmlKristen Bell wrote:The House of Lies star is busy filming the new season of the Showtime series and also promoting her new Disney animated feature Frozen, which hits theaters Nov. 27. Bell sings and voices the lead character in the movie. Fortunately, Shepard is the film's biggest fan and loves the music. "I would learn the songs at home and play them on my iPod while cooking dinner," said Bell. "I'd sing it and it would get out of my head, but for six weeks he'd sing 'Love is an Open Door' or 'For the First Time in Forever' in a loop."
And what's Shepard's singing voice like? "Terrible!" she revealed. "But no one is more passionate. He is all over the map key wise, but he's really invested in what he sings and that's what makes it tolerable. He's aware of it. When the dogs leave the room, he's aware!"
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