‘Frozen 2’: How Production Design engaged Elsa’s change as the Snow Queen
Rarely design helps drive the account in activity, however when generation architect Michael Giaimo had a brainstorm for the four natural spirits of fire, earth, wind, and water in "Frozen 2," it changed the animation and prompted a definitive change of Elsa (Idina Menzel) as the Snow Queen.
"From the very beginning, there was this idea of Elsa connecting with the elements of nature," said Giaimo, who was assigned for his work on "Frozen 2" by the Art Directors Guild Awards. "But it was actually slow in growing, narratively, that there would be four elements and how they would be described. It wasn’t a given at the beginning that they would be exemplified by living creatures. But it all evolved. And I would say the art department played a major role in helping to develop that elementa...