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Summary of D23’s Frozen Article - “A Winter’s Tale” (courtesy of Sarah Smith)

-Director Chris Buck has brought experience from Pocahontas, The Little mermaid, and Tarzan

-Director Jennifer Lee has brought experience from Wreck-it Ralph

-Walt Disney himself originally came up with the concept, but it wasn’t until Chris Buck pitched it again in 2008 that it became a reality

-Research was conducted in Canada and Norway to come up with the aesthetic foundations of Frozen

-Elsa will be performing a song called “Let it Go,” and is “not a traditional villain in any way. She’s so much more complex.”

-Kristen Bell (voice of Anna) describes Anna as “excitable, clumsy, and heartfelt.” She also says that - while the film features a love story - the primary theme of the film is the importance of family, as well as overcoming fears, and not taking yourself too seriously.

-Idina Menzel (voice of Elsa) describes Elsa as “powerful, vulnerable, reborn, painter, sculptor of snow and ice.” She praises Elsa’s song “Let it Go,” and (in regards of the film) says that “It’s important not to compromise who we are. The more we’re in touch with our own truth and the less we hide, the stronger we can be for others. An act of true love can come in many forms, but first we have to be honest with ourselves.”

-“Frozen is the most elaborate costume-animated CG film to date. The detail is incredible.”

-Lino DiSalvo - head of animation - says that “We got into animation because of films like The Little Mermaid and The Lion King. Those are the iconic films. We’re working on the type of film this studio was built on. It’s a very big movie with an epic feel. The characters feel bigger than life. It’s just special. And I can’t wait for Disney fans to see this film.”

jazzflower92 wrote:So, it is true that Disney himself wanted to make a story about the Snow Queen. It makes me wonder how many adaptions of stories that Walt wanted to do in his lifetime but never could do? You know what if they could adapt another Hans Anderson story I hope its the Little Fir Tree. I could see it working as a short and because I saw some footage of abandoned plans to adapt it.

While I don’t have the song for you today, because it was released at the D23 Expo in a no photography and no recording session, I can give you a sense of the style. The song was a combination of slapstick and vaudeville style comedy that has Josh Gad, the voice of Olaf, singing about how much sense it makes for extreme hot and cold to mix.

At one point in the song Olaf walks up to a puddle and starts to look a little sad, but then he just yells out something like, “what’s that?” and goes back to singing.

tomakpo wrote:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF*CK I was just readin THE FIRST PAGE and BUM a spoiler. I should stop

TsWade2 wrote:

tomakpo wrote:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF*CK I was just readin THE FIRST PAGE and BUM a spoiler. I should stop

Um....are we not suppose to say the f-word?

FinerFrenzy wrote:So I'm confused, I think I missed something, this line from the novelization: 'Did I mention I has a single streak of white hair? I was born with it, although I dreamed I was kissed by a troll. Was this something I just missed?

Another day of FROZEN!!!

At the Mouse, I was once again in the hat building, and a second-floor staffer related:

"The lighters and finalers are doing seven-day weeks now, getting Frozen finished. The rest of us are on regular schedules, since production on the picture is over for us [last of Frozen's animators have pretty well wrapped]. The newer shows are just ramping up. ..."

Other feature players tell me that "production is going to be stretched out on the next couple of features. The production time on Wreck-It Ralph and Frozen was pretty compressed."

Mobje wrote:I know this has been posted earlier, but thought i'd share the image in it's original size.

Mobje wrote:I know this has been posted earlier, but thought i'd share the image in it's orignal size