- Do you know how they came up with Olaf's name?
- I actually don't.
- Olaf's name is meant to sound like, "oh laugh,"
since he's such a funny character.
- Oh, now I love it even more.
- Hey! He said that in Frozen! - Yep
- What? Hey, whoa! Oh I love it even more.
(whimsical music)
- Hi!
- Welcome to the Frozen Friends Club. I'm Nare...
- and I'm Melissa.
Today we'll be sharing some pretty cool facts
about my favorite snowman.
- He's my favorite snowman too.
- That's true. Our favorite snowman.
Actually, let's just say everyone's favorite snowman.
- Good idea. We'll be sharing some fun facts about...
- Olaf!
I'm really excited to hear the fun facts you found.
- I found some good ones and I'm sure you did too.
- You know it.
So let's get started.
- [Both Girls] Fact number one!
When the frozen team was developing the character Olaf,
they had to ask themselves how would a snowman think?
So they decided that Olaf should be pure and honest.
His humor ultimately comes from the innocent way
that he thinks.
- That makes a lot of sense.
And Olaf also is very inquisitive.
- Yeah. That's one of the things I love about him.
- [Olaf] Did you know gorillas burp when they're happy?
Did you know we blink 4 million times a day?
Did you know wombats poop squares?
- I also heard that in Olaf's early design stages
he was supposed to be a penguin.
- No way!
Do you wanna build a... Penguin?
(girls laugh)
- I think snowman works a little better.
- Yeah. So do I.
- [Both Girls] Fact number two.
- Do you know how they came up with Olaf's name?
- Hmm, that's a great question. I actually don't.
- Olaf's name is meant to sound like "oh laugh,"
since he's such a funny character.
- Oh, now I love it even more.
- Hey, he said that in frozen.
- Yep.
- What? Hey, whoa. Oh, I love it even more.
- [Both Girls] Fact number three.
- Olaf's height is two feet
nine inches to the top of his head.
If you add on his hair which is made of sticks,
he'd be three feet, five inches.
- I always thought he was a bit taller.
(computing noise)
Well, what we do know is that he's shorter than us.
- Exactly.
- [Both Girls] Fact number four.
- Olaf was built on the sisterly love between Anna and Elsa.
So he is deeply connected to them.
- I can tell. And they're really connected to him.
He's like their little brother in a sense.
Yeah, because family isn't just the people
you're directly related to.
It can be anyone you choose to love.
- [Audience] Aww!
- [Both Girls] Fact number five.
- Alyssa and I are really excited to share this one.
- Ooh, is this the one about-
- Yes! Yes!
- This is such a good one.
- Filmmakers called on the technology team to
create a special software which allowed artists to
deconstruct and rebuild Olaf.
The animation team thought of Olaf as being a giant toy box.
- Ola is made up of three balls of snow that can break apart
and come together in different ways.
His eyes can move around, his nose can slide in and out
and off, his stick arms come off.
Animators could do anything they could imagine with him.
- They also used another software which allowed artists to
add extra movement to Olaf, like the jiggle
of the twigs on top of Olaf's head.
- Or when he pretended to be Elsa on game night.
(girls laugh)
- Oh, Elsa!
- [Both Girls] Fact number six.
- One of the challenges animators faced was making Olaf,
a snowman, stands out from the rest of the
snowy environment.
So they used something called a bounced rim light to
help him look different.
- I just realized that Olaf never blended in with the snowy
environment. They did a great job!
(girls giggle)
- [Both Girls] Fact number seven.
- Can you guess Olaf's favorite season?
- Hmm. I believe it's summer.
- Ding ding ding! A snowman's favorite season is summer.
That's kinda funny.
(both laugh)
- That's very funny actually. I wonder if his
least favorite season's winter.
(both laugh)
- [Both Girls] Fact number eight.
- This is the end of our facts. For now.
There are way more facts, but we'll stop at eight.
- Why eight? Is it because the number shaped like Olaf?
- How did you know?
(both laugh)
- So one of my favorite moments from Frozen two is when
Olaf gets lost.
There, he says a line that isn't even part of the script.
- The actor that voiced Olaf actually improvised his
hilarious Samantha line from Frozen two.
It wasn't even a part of the original script, but
since it was so funny and random, they had to leave it in.
- Anna? Elsa?
Sven? Samantha?
- (laughing) I don't even know a Samantha.
- Between this moment and when he recaps the first
Frozen movie to everyone in the enchanted forest,
I can't choose, which is my favorite Olaf scene.
- Ola is the best storyteller.
I love the two moments you chose.
But I think my favorite Olaf scene is when
he's trying to learn Sven and Kristoff's name.
- Who's the funky looking donkey over there?
- That's Sven.
- Uh huh. And who's the reindeer?
- Sven.
- Oh the, oh, okay. Make things easier for me.
(girls laugh)
- Sharing Olaf's fun facts was really fun.
Which fact was your favorite?
- My favorite fact is learning about Olaf's favorite season.
What about you?
- My favorite is where we learn about Olaf's name
because I never knew what his name meant before
but now that I know it makes a lot
of sense because Olaf is such a funny character.
- Well, that's all the time we have today.
Hopefully you enjoyed all the facts.
- Thank you for watching this very special episode
of the Frozen Friends Club,
where we go into the unknown and always find something fun.
I'm Alyssa...
- And I'm Nare.
- [Both Girls] Bye!
- Talking about all these Olaf facts makes me wanna
read about his journey!
- Yeah, great idea!
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