New Frozen 2 infos from Annecy about the spirits and the fog
Here’s more of some infos from interview of Marlon West and Becky Breese at Annecy [SPOILERS HERE] (You can read the first part here:https://fansoffrozenyt.tumblr.com/post/185733644097/so-heres-a-little-frozen-2-qa-asked-to-becky)
----------------------THE SPIRITS----------------------
Marlon West: "The Nokk [or Nixe, a water genius in Norse mythology] is one of the biggest challenges we've faced on this film, because it's present under and on the water. He must behave like a horse while also being a spirit. It disintegrates, moves into the shapeless water and then regains its body. Some parts of his body act in a certain way when they are in the open and in another way underwater. It is a translucent horse that swims underwater: how can we see it?
These spirits in relation to the elements [fire, water, wind, earth] are actually quite difficult to animate because they do not correspond to any rigging traditionally used in animation [rigging is a process that allows objects to have a skeleton]. The Nokk looks like a horse, but its tail does not correspond to the rigging.
The spirit of the wind, on the other hand, has no shape: when this character intervenes, it is quite a challenge, because he has a strong personality and we must animate him in the most delicate and subtle way possible, without dialogue, just through clothes that float , leaves that fly away... The spirit of fire, which can be seen in the trailer, also communicates in a different way: it moves like flames, but has been animated like a human being."
----------------------GRAND PABBIE----------------------
Marlon West: “Grand Pabbie was already present in the first film - almost all the characters in the first film make an appearance in the sequel. What's interesting with this character is that the rigging [or skeleton] has been updated. The characters' textures and hair detail are now much more sophisticated than when we made the first movie."
Becky Bresee: "The challenge is that these characters look as much as they did five years ago while improving them graphically thanks to the new technologies that were invented between the two films."
Marlon West: "We learn a lot from working on these kinds of films, and the studio has released four films [Big Hero 6, Zootopia, Moana, Ralph 2.0] since the release of Frozen, and technological advances have been very important. especially for everything related to hair animation."
----------------------CRISTALS----------------------
Marlon West: "They are created by Elsa."
Becky Bresee: "She's getting stronger and stronger ..."
Marlon West: "These symbols that we see in the movie - and on the movie poster - represent the four elements: fire, water, wind, earth, and I know they raises a lot of questions on the Internet, but I try not to look at the speculations of the fans! These crystals emanate from the same place as the ice and snow of Elsa. She has no limits: her magic unfolds with what is surrounding her".
----------------------THE ENCHANTED LANDS----------------------
Becky Bresee: "It's the magic forest where Elsa, Anna and Kristoff come in. That's where the elements are ..."
Marlon West: "The forest is surrounded by a fog that keeps the people inside and outside, but the first Frozen actually took place in the summer. The kingdom of Arendelle was a prisoner of an eternal winter, so the film was covered with ice and snow.The second part is taking place this autumn and so we explored all the ranges of orange.We worked hard so that the environement match both to the world of Frozen and Norway - although Arendelle is a fictional realm, we draw inspiration from reality to create our world, so in the case of Frozen, we were very inspired by Norway, and especially the flora that can be found there.The artistic director of the two Frozen [and many Disney classics like Pocahontas], Michael Giaimo helped us a lot. e for all that is colors and shapes. He excels at finding the perfect color to tell the story. "
----------------------THE MYSTERIOUS FOG----------------------
Marlon West: "We wanted this fog to be both friendly and a little bit threatening, it was our biggest challenge on this stage, and we always try to mix these two aspects to surprise the spectators. Anna and Elsa are drawn to this place, this wall of fog allows the characters to enter and then close on them ... What is there on the other side? We were often asked if Frozen 2 was darker than the first movie The short answer is 'yes', although the film is not much darker than the first film, which already contained rather sad moments, and the second part will have scenes that are both moving and hilarious. "
Becky Bresee: "This mix works very well, you'll feel like you're going to see the first Frozen, the second one just bigger, it's more epic.
Frozen 2 will be a extention of the first Frozen, it will feature a whole story but not meant to draw the line for a 3rd film
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Source: https://people.bfmtv.com/cinema/annecy-2019-la-reine-des-neiges-2-sera-plus-sombre-et-plus-epique-que-le-premier-1712889.html#xtor=AL-68
