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7 things we learned during Disney’s Frozen 2 press event

By Kristen Lopez

From the Academy Award®-winning team—directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, and producer Peter Del Vecho—and featuring the voices of Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad, and the music of Oscar®-winning songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Frozen 2” opens in U.S. theaters on Nov. 22, 2019.©2019 Disney. All Rights Reserved.
From the Academy Award®-winning team—directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, and producer Peter Del Vecho—and featuring the voices of Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad, and the music of Oscar®-winning songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Frozen 2” opens in U.S. theaters on Nov. 22, 2019.©2019 Disney. All Rights Reserved. /
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WHEN I AM OLDER – When Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and Olaf find themselves in the enchanted forest in “Frozen 2,” Olaf faces a series of inexplicable events, illustrated in the song “When I Am Older.” Despite the mystery and dangerous realities coming to life before his eyes, the lovable snowman is convinced that one day, it’ll all make sense. Featuring Josh Gad as the voice of Olaf, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Frozen 2” opens in U.S. theaters on Nov. 22, 2019. © 2019 Disney. All Rights Reserved.
WHEN I AM OLDER – When Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and Olaf find themselves in the enchanted forest in “Frozen 2,” Olaf faces a series of inexplicable events, illustrated in the song “When I Am Older.” Despite the mystery and dangerous realities coming to life before his eyes, the lovable snowman is convinced that one day, it’ll all make sense. Featuring Josh Gad as the voice of Olaf, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Frozen 2” opens in U.S. theaters on Nov. 22, 2019. © 2019 Disney. All Rights Reserved. /

Arendelle without snow is a whole new world

Something simple as a change of season requires Disney’s animators to practically start from scratch. Such was the case in transitioning Arendelle from winter to autumn. “We start with basically an empty sound stage in the computer, and we have to build everything,” explained Frozen  2’s head of environments, Sean Jenkins. “You know, so we have to build kinda the entire universe, the entire world.” Though Arendelle’s footprint had previously been created and audiences saw some of it, there was a need to build on top of it.

Removing the snow from Arendelle’s animated landscape allowed them to transition away from jeweled tones into the fall color range. Production designer Lisa Keene explained, “Dealing with fall was a completely different palette for us. When you look at  the fall color range, it’s everything from yellow to dark reds and browns, and it was all on the warm side of the spectrum.”

The animators always made sure to remain authentic to Arendelle’s Scandanavian origins, and as Keene explained, it wasn’t enough to put fall in the buildings; it had to go in the ground as well. This even includes the foliage when Elsa, Anna, and friends travel into the Enchanted Forest, a misty place filled with new and unique characters. The trees and ground are filled with warm oranges, reds, and a hint of yellow.

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