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Frozen

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Notes about the film:

When Anna first meets Hans, she fell helplessly in love with him

Hans was first trying to have Elsa as his wife, but then moved on to take Anna instead

We think that Anna has found her happily ever after.

Notes about the creation of the movie:

·         Released on April 30^th in 2015

·         Directed by Chris Buck, head animator

·         Directed by Jennifer Lee

·         Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale ‘The Snow Queen’.

·         Written by Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Shane Morris

·         Produced by Peter Del Vecho

·         Production company Walt Disney Animation Studios

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An interview with the two directors of Frozen:

What were the biggest differences in the story, from when you first conceived this to what you see now?

"LEE:  It’s totally different, in many ways.  It’s easier to say what stayed, which was the end.  Chris pitched a very special ending that no one has ever seen before.  When I came on, they said, “If you can earn that ending, this will be something special.  If you can’t, it’s gonna suck.”  And to earn that ending was a huge undertaking that changed everything, really, including Elsa.  She was a villain, and she’s much more complex than that now.  In a good way, things have to evolve.  You expect the complexity of that.                

BUCK:  The theme didn’t change.  It gelled more, and then Jen articulated it so well later.  But, there was the love versus fear thing. 

LEE:  It shifted from romantic love, as a throughline, to fear versus love.  That was the biggest shift in it.  So, we had that ending, but everything else changed.  But, all the qualities of what Chris pitched initially that resonated are there.  I wasn’t there when he pitched it in 2008 or 2009, but we just re-read it."

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Radish, C. (2013, October 7th) Co-Directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee Talks Disney’s FROZEN, Dividing the Workload, Creating a Grounded Princess, Changes to the Film, and More. Retrieved from  http://collider.com/chris-buck-jennifer-lee-frozen-interview/

Yuri on Ice

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Notes about the anime:

In the beginning, Victor had a loud and confident personality

Whereas, Yuuri had low self-esteem and a timid personality

Yuuri gains a lot more confidence in himself, while Victor become less self-absorbed
Very clear character development

Information about the creation of the anime:

·         The original TV series of Yuri on Ice aired on TV Asahi from October 6 to December 22, 2016.

·         The anime was produced by MAPPA

·         Directed by Sayo Yamamoto

·         Written by Mitsurō Kubo

·         Character design by Tadashi Hiramatsu

·         Music by Taro Umebayashi and Taku Matsushiba

·         Figure-skating choreography by Kenji Miyamoto.

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An interview with the Director, Writer, and Character design artist of Yuri!!! On Ice:

“ANN: When you first decided you wanted to make an anime about ice skating, did you also know that you wanted to tell a love story? At what point in imagining Yuri!!! on Ice did you discover that element?

SAYO YAMAMOTO: My intent with Yuri!!! on Ice was not to be a "love story" in the narrow sense of a "love affair," or "carnal love." At least when you say "rabu sutorii" in Japanese, that would be the context of those English words. The whole answer to this question is answered by Yuuri in his speech at the end of episode 5, leading into the Grand Prix Series.

MITSUROU KUBO: Our idea about love in the context of Yuri!!! on Ice, as expressed by Yuuri Katsuki in episode 5, was already written before production began. So the theme has always been there in terms of what love means to the context of Yuri!!! on Ice as a whole.

TADASHI HIRAMATSU: This theme would not be in the context of coupling specific characters together, but the very general concept of what love is for each character.”

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Bridges, B. & Chapman, J. (2017, September 28th) Interview: The staff behind Yuri on Ice. Retrieved from https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2017-09-27/interview-the-staff-behind-yuri-on-ice/.120717