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unprincess wrote:all those kids have the exact same face.

Mooky wrote: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 wrote:

unprincess wrote:all those kids have the exact same face.

Maybe they all have the same father.

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."

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

Atlantica wrote:Have to say I'm not a fan?

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

Sotiris wrote: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.