Aisha's role introduction

When Idina Kim Mentzel voiced Aisha, the role setting was modified several times. According to menzel, Aisha was an out-and-out villain at first, but later she became a fragile and multifaceted figure. She further described Aisha as "extremely complicated and misunderstood by the outside world". Director jennifer leigh pointed out that Aisha was greatly driven by fear from the beginning of the film, and menzel added that she was also struggling with the potential to become "a powerful and magical extraordinary woman". Producer john lasseter became the "protector of Elsa" in the production process, insisting on making her more lovely and compassionate. On July 20 13, Disney released the stills and profiles of the main characters in the film, in which Aisha was described as follows:

On the outside, Aisha looks calm, dignified and quiet, but she has been living in fear and trying to hide a big secret-she is born with the power to create ice and snow. This ability is beautiful, but it is also extremely dangerous. When I was a child, the memory of almost killing my sister Anna by magic haunted Aisha, making her isolate herself, and every waking moment suppressed this growing power. A burst of emotion triggered magic and unexpectedly enveloped the whole kingdom in eternal winter, and she was unable to solve this situation. Aisha is worried that she will become a monster, and no one-including her sister-can help her. When Aisha sang Let It Go, she released the pent-up magic.

The production team regarded Aisha's singing "Let Go" as the key to the role change, and she chose to leave behind her fear of using magic at this time. Bill Schwab, director of character design, said, "Before this song came out, Aisha didn't show her inner feelings easily. Her hair was well done and everything was perfect. After singing this song, she allowed herself to be herself, and everything changed ... she was finally free, even though she was alone. " Animators show this change through the change of appearance. Vicky Lin, an animator in Taiwan Province province who designed the 3D model for Aisha, also pointed out in an interview that "Aisha is the character whose model has changed the most before and after the film. She changed from repression and conservatism to releasing pressure and showing magic, and became a different person from the inside out. Aisha wore a dark green and purple robe before she fled from the palace ... Then she not only let her hair loose, but also put on a long silver-blue veil, changing from an ordinary princess to a queen of ice and snow. In addition, her hair has changed from champagne to light gold like snow. " Menzel said that Aisha had become a "brand-new person" after accepting her abilities, and then said, "I have to say, for Disney, she is a very sexy role-they played a little beyond the limit! But her eyes are shining and she walks like a supermodel. Being a blonde is also very interesting to me because I am not in reality. "

When it is determined that Aisha will become the protagonist from traitor, her appearance will change again. The original Aisha was like a typical Disney villain with blue skin and black hair. Later, lasseter exerted influence to make the final version of Aisha look softer, especially to make her a woman with light blonde hair, but this kind of hair is also difficult for animators to design. Michael Guillaume, artistic director, said that when the animation team worked out several strategies to create Aisha's hair, lasseter would urge them to continue to improve, saying, "This is not ideal. We hope people will think that this kind of hair is a beautiful declaration." . Later, a new "hair care" animation program (Tonic) was developed to perform this task. Finally, Aisha's hair always needs 400,000 3D hairs. By contrast, Pei Le in Rapunzel only spent 27,000 yuan. In fact, "Let It Go" is a scene in which Aisha begins to become evil in the initial setting. Robert lopez, who co-wrote this song with his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez, explained: "At that time, Aisha was about to change from a perfect princess who tried to keep her personality all her life to saying' Whatever, I want to be myself' loudly." They want to use this song to let the audience know Aisha better and understand what she will look like when she is no longer afraid of being alive. The final result is to make her more. The final version of the lyrics and menzel's technique of "sudden change from delicate to energetic singing" reversed the plot and turned Aisha into a more decent character. At first, she tried to transcend her magic to avoid hurting others, especially when she hurt Anna when she was a child, but once she left the kingdom to protect the people around her, she didn't need to do it again. Paul Briggs, the chief screenwriter, said that after Aisha revealed her secret to the public, what she needed most was Anna's support. He said, "The affection between family members makes the whole story so powerful. Because it is a pro-help, you can ignore her magic and stand between her and the world when necessary. "

Since Aisha was only a little girl when she appeared in the credits, the animator hoped that the magic she released at the beginning could also reflect her innocent mind at that time, including that the first snowflake she created had only a simple crystal pattern. When Aisha came of age, her snowflakes became more complicated. Marlon West, the director of special effects, explained: "When Aisha is finally released and really has her own magic, we hope that the ice and snow she turned out can convey the impression that she has grown up and become a beautiful, elegant and confident young woman."

Aisha created the Ice Palace when she sang Let Her Go, aiming at depicting her mature and vigorous strength and "showing her feelings about the world". The palace was beautiful and bright at first, but after Aisha discovered that the country was frozen because of herself, and she was condemned and hunted down, the inner shake made the whole ice palace darker and distorted, and many sharp ice cones were born on the wall. Lasseter suggested that when animators draw the Ice Palace, they should take snowflakes as a reference for building structure and interior and exterior decoration. For example, a palace based on a large number of snowflakes will become hexagonal. Lasseter also hoped that Aisha's method of building an ice palace would be more influenced by the crystal patterns on snowflakes. Dale Mayeda, another special effects director, said: "Snowflakes are tiny ice crystals formed in mid-air. When the temperature and humidity change, they will start to separate, fix and shape into patterns." "(lasseter) once said,' Ladies and gentlemen, when Aisha builds an ice palace, if the castle can be built out of thin air, it will be amazing-it will expand and shape like this, and it will continue to expand and shape'".

The drama Aisha Gaibing Palace has always involved 50 animators, and each photo needs 30 hours of imaging. Later, they applied similar techniques to Aisha's clothes. Different from the clothes designed for Aisha by the Norwegian traditional folk art "Lesmelin" in the early part of the film, the sky-blue ice robe she wore after building the ice palace matched the style of the palace, and the appearance was deeply influenced by snowflakes. In fact, her shawl itself is a large snowflake.