Frozen II Documentary Series

 


Recently I watched Into The Unknown: Making of Frozen II on Disney+. It is a six-episode documentary series showcasing the process it took to make Frozen II. Now, I unironically love Frozen. Of course I had a phase where I found it quite annoying like so many others do, but it's really grown on me in recent years. I listened to Let It Go for the first time in forever (lol) and to my surprise, got really emotional over it.

But anyway, the docuseries follows directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck as well as an entire team of very talented people as they race to finish the very high-expected sequel to 2013's Frozen. If it interests you enough to watch through the series, be my guest, but I will sum up what stood out to me the most and what my takeaway was from watching it. When you watch an animated movie like this, or any movie for that matter, the directors, writers, producers, and cast are usually who stand out to you the most. They are the ones who do interviews, promos, and pretty much have their faces and names out front and center. As they should because they all play important roles in these movies and deserve that attention. And of course you know that there are so many other people who work on these movies but have you ever really thought about it? What exactly it is that they do? Frozen II's documentary series is a great eye-opener into seeing just how many people are involved and specifically what role they play in the film. 

You have the musical composers, storyboard artists, animators, orchestra, visual production, effects animators, the list goes on. It's amazing to see the countless amount of hard work these people do. There's trials and errors, setbacks and having to come up with a creative way to make a scene work or the story to work. Everyone who is a part of this movie works together. Communication is key and their talent really shines through when you watch it. My favorite part is that before the world premiere of the film with the whole red carpet shebang, the crew who worked on it get to have their own premiere. Everyone dresses to the nines and sits in a theatre to watch their creation before anyone else does. I can only imagine how fun that must have been.

Perhaps it could just be my own excitement seeing as how my passion is art and animation. I'd love to work at a studio like this one day, so getting that inside look only fuels my passion even further. Watching this docuseries really showed me and made me understand better all these other people who work so hard on making these films. I can appreciate a lot more than I used to when I watch animated movies now. 

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  1. Akiko DJune 23, 2021 at 5:17 PM

    I would love to watch this documentary series, thanks for sharing! I can imagine how behind the scenes must be exciting too. I visited Ghibli Museum in Tokyo and felt the excitement of creating a work together in a team. It must be a very special feeling of accomplishment!

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