How Frozen was made
Frozen is an American movie produced with the help of computer animation technology. It was created at the Walt Disney Animation Studio in 2013. The theme of Frozen was influenced by a fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen. The name of the original story is The Snow Queen.
The story has two heroines. They are Elsa and Anna. Elsa has a magical icy power in the winter. She goes on a journey with the Iceman, reindeer, and the snowman to help the snow man to find his sister.
How Frozen was presented to the world
Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck were the co-directors of the Frozen screen play. It was ready to be screened by 2011. But it was tested several times by the Walt Disney Studio before it was screened for children. The film was voiced by Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, and Santino Fontana. Christopher Beck produced the music and Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez wrote the songs. Finally, the film was released on November 27,2013.
It was praised for the visuals, music, screen play, voice and acting. It is believed to be the best film produced by Disney Studios after it had its renaissance. Frozen won two awards at 86th Academy Awards. It won many more awards as well. It holds the earning of $1.280 billion box office revenue records too. Eventually, Frozen became a series of stories.
King Agnarr and Queen Iduna of Arendelle, have two daughters. They are princesses Elsa and Anna. The elder sister Elsa had a power of controlling snow in the world. She used to play with her younger sister Anna, with snow. One day, Elsa lost her control and hit Anna with a snowball made from the magical power she had. Little Anna was cured but forgot about this snow play.
Stormy sea
Their parents, the King and the Queen protected the two princesses with walls around the castle. They wanted to keep the magic as a secret forever. Later, the King and the Queen passed away during a voyage on a stormy sea.
But the two sisters remained inside the castle. The two sisters did not spend a happy time together.
The two sisters grew up. The time came for Elsa, the elder sister to take over the kingdom. She became Queen Elsa. The new Queen tried her best to hide her magical power from the people.
It was on the day of the coronation, that Elsa tried talking to Anna in a friendly manner. It was the first time after the snowball incident that Elsa did so. By that time Anna had started dancing with a handsome prince. Elsa didn’t like this friendship. Elsa got angry and couldn’t control herself. She hit Anna once again with a snowball. So, people came to know about the magical power Elsa had because Anna had removed Elsa’s glove during their argument. Elsa got very excited and fled to the mountains. Once again, Anna was so sad about her sister.
Anna went to the mountains looking for her sister. Hans, the princes she admired, had a hidden wish to be the king of Arendelle. So, he helped people and got ready to win their hearts.
Why Frozen is famous and popular among children
Frozen was released in 2013. It earned $1.28 billons and set a box office record. 
It became the highest-grossing animated feature in the history of the animation industry. Why is Frozen famous? It is because it has two princesses. They are heroines and one of them becomes a villainess in different phases of the story.
The theme music of the movie Let it go, let it go set children the world over singing. It became the favourite tune of children within a short period of time.
During the production of Frozen, all the plots were developed in a way that children like. It’s a musical movie.
The movie has a good sense of humour. The bumbling snowman Olaf – and the iceman Kristoff and his reindeer Sven are the comic characters who add much laughter to the movie. Disney traditions are the all-time favourites of children worldwide. It is a mix of traditional folk stories too.
Frozen, the all-time favourite
The Walt Disney movie of Frozen, has become the most popular children’s movie these day as it has all the qualities with characters, voice, songs, stories and the music suited for any time and any occasion.
Words and illustrations by
Siyathee Ekmalee Ekanayake.
Grade 9
Vidura College
Colombo