Frozen is the 53rd Disney animated feature film, directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer
Lee.
It was released on November 27th 2013,and it’s inspired by the fairy tale The Snow
Queen.
The origin of this idea goes back to the 40s, when Walt Disney and Samuel Goldwyn, a famous
producer, considered the posibility of colaborating in a biographical film of the danish author
and poet Hans Christian Andersen.
Goldwyn’s stdio would make the live-action footage of Andersen’s life and Disney would
work on the animated scenes.
The cartoons would show different works of Hans, such as the Little Mermaid, the Ugly
Duckling, and the Snow Queen.
Walt and his animators had a lot of problems with the adaptation - they couldnt find a
way of approaching the Queen’s character, it was too dark and evil for the public at
that time, so the project was canceled.
Goldwin decided to produce his own version in 1952, with the name of Hans Christian Andersen.
Disney on the other side, filed the Snow Queen and other works related to the Andersen’s
stories, including the Little Mermaid, for a possible future.
This future wouldnt come untill march 2010, when Disney started producing the adaptation
of Han’s fairy tale.
On December 22nd 2011, the title of the movie is announced.
A month later, they confirmed they would use computer animation instead of the traditional
animation previously proposed.
In the first versions of the script, the protagonist was gonna be evil, following the original
story.
For this, they thought about a design inspired by Amy Winehouse, but finally ,this idea was
rejected.
The movie tells the story of Elsa, a princess who has magic powers and is unable to control
them.
After her father’s death, on the day of her coronation as the new Queen, she decides
to leave her town, afraid of hurting its people.
Anna, her little sister, with the help of Kristóff, an ice harverster, Svén, his reindeer
and Ólaf, a snowman, go on an adventure to bring her back and save the kingdom of Arendelle
(árendel).
It was a total success, both for the critics and the public.
It raised more than 1THOUSAND 2HUNDRED AND 70 million dollars all around the world, taking
the initial budget and multiplying it by ten.
It ranks as the highest-grossing animated film of all time.
It won 2 Oscars, best animated feature and best original song for “Let it go”.The
video of the song has more than 553 millions visits in Youtube.
Since it was released, the names Anna and Elsa have become very popular among newborns.
The kingdom of Arendelle was inspired by Norway , and flights to this country were increased
by 70%.
As every studio movie, it is full of references to other Disney movies.
In 2015, a short-film was created as a sequel, titled Frozen Fever.
It was shown in movie theaters before the Cinderella Movie, an adaptation of the folk
tale in live-action, released in that same year.
On March 12th 2015, Disney announced that the movie will have a second part, coming
to the movie theaters in November 2019.
there is no doubt Frozen is a total success of the most iconic animation studio in the
world.
It entertained both children and adults, thanks to lovable characters, a high quality animation
and a soundtrack to remember.
We cant wait for Elsa to come back to the big screen!