Thread:Dragonboy6491/@comment-25389622-20140907210809/@comment-25389622-20140928225726

I'll look into the New Scientist thing at some point. I think that they’ll be a limit on what you can write and stuff like that but I’ll get back to you on it.

I do kind of get worried about having another slump or even worse. I often end up burdening myself with a lot of what’s ugly in this world, but then I also balance it with the good, and Frozen is definitely the part of that good :-)  I think I’ve said this before but even a mind founded on objectivity (as I think I kind of am) needs to find joy out of film, music, and books – the more subjective side of life. Not just these; I like to think that I’ll do some travelling over my lifetime and experience what it is to be human, truly. Film and 'art' is part of that, but you need to have other great experiences as well. Not just stuck in the same place and doing the same things day after day.

That’s interesting about Japan. I have to say though that I don’t agree with how far even a company like Disney goes to producing so much merchandise. I get why it’s done, but at the same time I question the principle of it. It is nice to see though a country endorsing and getting the most out of something :-) I guess as long as people love it and love the products then it can't be a bad thing.

I’ll see about the books… Maybe I might buy one when I’m at university and just keep it to myself ;-) Part of me already feels like buying a great big poster and pinning it up. To be honest I’ll probably design my own and have it printed, as it’d be my own unique piece; something more sentimental.

As far as Photoshop goes I haven’t really used it properly before. I fond the best thing to do is learn how to do things as you go along, like with the lettering. I find that the quick selection tool is the best way to cut something out of an image and then use ‘refine edge’ to, well, refine the edges.

I completely agree with what you said about the We Were So Close scene; I love the way Elsa’s smile seems to grow and grow when she sees Anna. The way she emerges is kind of funny as well because it’s as if she didn’t really expect anyone to see her in her lovely new dress in her own magnificent ice palace. And that score piece is one of the best with regards to emotion being displayed; the mood really changes towards the end, but the whole way through there’s fluctuations of happiness, uncertainty, nostalgia, and pure love. It’s also true about what you said about not crying the first time – no one ever truly understands a film on a first viewing. It’s the thinking through the themes and emotions and then reinforcing them by watching the film again (and Aagain) that really makes you love a piece of work. And Olaf is brilliant. It’s true what Jennifer Lee said about him earning his place in the film – he really did :-)

Frozen Radio <span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;"> sounds like a really good idea but I’m not too sure what the set up will be… It’d be great if you could find out who made it and what they hope for it. I have a few questions to ask them myself. I'll messagfe you tomorrow now about it but just say to me 'Score Demo' and that should remind me :-) I enjoy our chats but I don't want to ramble on for too long and bombard you with loads of topics.

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