1 00:00:05,588 --> 00:00:09,178 We thought this was our moment to write the '80s power ballad 2 00:00:09,259 --> 00:00:10,549 we've always wanted to write. 3 00:00:10,635 --> 00:00:12,345 ♪ Who am I ♪ 4 00:00:14,514 --> 00:00:16,854 ♪ If I'm not your guy? ♪ 5 00:00:16,933 --> 00:00:19,943 [Lee] We're still struggling with "Show Yourself." 6 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:22,770 We don't feel like it's gonna be solved for the screening. 7 00:00:22,856 --> 00:00:24,976 It seems like, "Maybe this isn't the song." 8 00:00:25,066 --> 00:00:29,236 I mean, the last thing we want to do is change a song this late, 9 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,320 but it can be done, if that's what the story needs. 10 00:00:39,748 --> 00:00:40,828 [chattering] 11 00:00:41,499 --> 00:00:42,829 [no audible dialogue] 12 00:00:59,517 --> 00:01:01,097 [Del Vecho] Is Jenn-- Have you seen Jenn yet? 13 00:01:01,186 --> 00:01:02,896 She's laying down. 14 00:01:02,979 --> 00:01:04,269 Hi. You feeling okay? 15 00:01:05,148 --> 00:01:06,398 All right. Good. 16 00:01:07,442 --> 00:01:09,192 Is she coming? [chuckles] 17 00:01:09,277 --> 00:01:11,147 No. She decided she's leaving this one for you. 18 00:01:11,237 --> 00:01:13,737 -[chuckles] Okay, it's all-- -We're going to divide and conquer. 19 00:01:13,823 --> 00:01:15,083 [Buck] This one's all mine. Okay. 20 00:01:16,451 --> 00:01:20,001 Today is screening number five. Five of six screenings. 21 00:01:21,247 --> 00:01:23,667 We're getting down to the wire here. 22 00:01:23,750 --> 00:01:25,790 I don't particularly like the lull before the storm. 23 00:01:25,877 --> 00:01:27,417 The screening's not till 10:30. 24 00:01:27,504 --> 00:01:31,224 I came in at 7:30, and I don't know why I did that to myself. 25 00:01:33,510 --> 00:01:38,260 Hopefully we have the movie, that we don't have to blow it up 26 00:01:38,348 --> 00:01:40,638 and revise a lot of things. 27 00:01:40,725 --> 00:01:43,185 There is so much in production already. 28 00:01:44,688 --> 00:01:46,398 We're gonna do this? I guess we have to. 29 00:01:48,233 --> 00:01:49,823 [Buck laughs] 30 00:01:49,901 --> 00:01:52,651 -I didn't blame you this time. Yeah. -You signed up for it. 31 00:01:53,363 --> 00:01:55,163 [Del Vecho] This is a critical screening for us. 32 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:56,780 Everything is at risk. 33 00:01:56,866 --> 00:02:00,906 I would say Elsa's song, "Show Yourself," is a big moment. 34 00:02:00,995 --> 00:02:02,745 We have some new songs. 35 00:02:02,831 --> 00:02:09,051 One is "See The Sky," which is the way we introduce Mattias and the Northuldra. 36 00:02:09,129 --> 00:02:10,379 That's new for this screening. 37 00:02:10,463 --> 00:02:13,053 I think that's the area that still needs the most focus. 38 00:02:17,220 --> 00:02:18,390 [Anderson-Lopez] This is always a scary part. 39 00:02:18,471 --> 00:02:21,391 This is that moment where you see it all and really go, 40 00:02:21,474 --> 00:02:25,404 "Okay. Did we do this right, or do we need to write a new song?" 41 00:02:25,478 --> 00:02:26,478 Those are-- 42 00:02:28,023 --> 00:02:29,443 [Anderson-Lopez] Or cut a song. 43 00:02:29,524 --> 00:02:31,484 We all had a nail-biter of a weekend, 44 00:02:31,568 --> 00:02:34,448 -where my eye didn't stop twitching. -[chuckles] 45 00:02:34,529 --> 00:02:37,739 And I'd had a moment of doubt with "Show Yourself," 46 00:02:37,824 --> 00:02:41,244 where I wanted to cut it back in February. 47 00:02:41,327 --> 00:02:45,667 Now, the question is, will the whole movie add up to that song? 48 00:02:45,749 --> 00:02:47,329 [Lee] You know it's gonna hurt. 49 00:02:47,417 --> 00:02:50,877 I always look ahead to a week from now, and where the movie is going to go, 50 00:02:50,962 --> 00:02:53,472 -from here to here, because of it. -Yeah. Yeah. 51 00:02:53,548 --> 00:02:57,008 And then I just told everyone to keep texting me to breathe. 52 00:02:57,093 --> 00:02:59,013 [chattering] 53 00:02:59,095 --> 00:03:02,635 On Frozen I, we were, sort of, building with this, uh, 54 00:03:03,141 --> 00:03:07,691 freedom of not having a million eyes on us, not having expectations, 55 00:03:07,771 --> 00:03:11,271 and I think now I feel very exposed and very vulnerable. 56 00:03:12,692 --> 00:03:18,822 [female and male singers] ♪ ...solution Suddenly our hopes are high ♪ 57 00:03:18,907 --> 00:03:21,697 ♪ We almost see the sky... ♪ 58 00:03:21,785 --> 00:03:24,245 [Kristoff] ♪ ...Forever ♪ 59 00:03:24,329 --> 00:03:27,539 ♪ Now I know you're my true North ♪ 60 00:03:27,624 --> 00:03:31,004 ♪ 'Cause I am lost in the woods... ♪ 61 00:03:31,086 --> 00:03:35,046 [Elsa] ♪ ...hide Show yourself ♪ 62 00:03:35,131 --> 00:03:38,511 ♪ I'm dying to meet you ♪ 63 00:03:38,593 --> 00:03:41,513 ♪ Show yourself ♪ 64 00:03:41,596 --> 00:03:43,516 ♪ It's your turn... ♪ 65 00:03:45,016 --> 00:03:50,186 [chorus harmonizing] 66 00:03:50,980 --> 00:03:53,570 [applause] 67 00:03:58,571 --> 00:04:00,121 -Nice. -We're getting there. 68 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:09,870 [Lee] Yeah. 69 00:04:12,127 --> 00:04:13,747 [Lee] 70 00:04:19,092 --> 00:04:22,432 [chattering, laughing] 71 00:04:25,557 --> 00:04:28,937 This is the film, but yet there's room to keep making it better. 72 00:04:29,019 --> 00:04:31,269 We have to talk about setting up "See The Sky." 73 00:04:31,354 --> 00:04:34,194 What would you guys say is the main thrust of why that song is in there? 74 00:04:34,274 --> 00:04:37,114 Basically, to add two more groups of people 75 00:04:37,193 --> 00:04:40,283 that Elsa has to sacrifice herself for... 76 00:04:40,363 --> 00:04:42,703 -Pressure. -...and to put pressure on Elsa. 77 00:04:42,782 --> 00:04:45,992 But I think with the song having come in, that's the area, for me, 78 00:04:46,077 --> 00:04:50,077 where I'm feeling like all the orders of events are making it really cluttered. 79 00:04:50,165 --> 00:04:52,625 I'm like, "What's happening?" 80 00:04:58,882 --> 00:05:02,842 Got it. We are trying to earn Elsa's journey with "Show Yourself." 81 00:05:02,927 --> 00:05:04,927 and if there are any thoughts on that... 82 00:05:05,388 --> 00:05:07,058 -Yes. Thank you. -I thought it was super successful. 83 00:05:07,140 --> 00:05:10,480 I thought I was really, really excited when you guys got to that song 84 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:12,150 'cause I know there was a back-and-forth. 85 00:05:12,228 --> 00:05:14,768 And I would maybe have a couple more spots earlier in the movie 86 00:05:14,856 --> 00:05:17,856 -where she wants to find out who she is. -That's why I think we were leaning into, 87 00:05:17,942 --> 00:05:21,782 "I'm being called by someone or some--" It's a spirit though. It's an entity. 88 00:05:21,863 --> 00:05:23,703 [Del Vecho] So coming out of the screening, 89 00:05:23,782 --> 00:05:28,372 "See The Sky" didn't land the way we hoped it would. 90 00:05:28,453 --> 00:05:31,293 So clearly, there is more work to do there. 91 00:05:31,373 --> 00:05:35,503 "Show Yourself" really landed the importance of that song. 92 00:05:35,585 --> 00:05:38,165 I think we have a major question still to answer 93 00:05:38,254 --> 00:05:40,674 in whose voice is it that's calling Elsa? 94 00:05:40,757 --> 00:05:43,047 With "Show Yourself," I'm really stoked of where we are. 95 00:05:43,134 --> 00:05:45,054 I think one of the things we wanna talk about too 96 00:05:45,136 --> 00:05:46,506 is now you've seen the whole movie, 97 00:05:46,596 --> 00:05:49,846 let's just look one last-- Let's work together. 98 00:05:49,933 --> 00:05:51,433 [Anderson-Lopez] We should look at the ending. 99 00:05:51,518 --> 00:05:53,978 -Something is not quite right. -[Lee] Something's a little off. 100 00:05:54,062 --> 00:05:56,652 We need to change the ending of "Show Yourself." 101 00:05:56,731 --> 00:05:59,441 We'll probably need to go in and change lyrics. 102 00:05:59,526 --> 00:06:02,606 And then also the other complementary note 103 00:06:02,696 --> 00:06:05,026 of the idea that Elsa is trying to find a person. 104 00:06:05,115 --> 00:06:08,695 So "Show Yourself," it made it. 105 00:06:08,785 --> 00:06:12,205 It's such a thrilling thing though, 106 00:06:12,288 --> 00:06:15,748 'cause I think of all the songs in all of the Frozen, 107 00:06:15,834 --> 00:06:18,134 from Frozen I to Frozen II, is the hardest one of all. 108 00:06:18,211 --> 00:06:20,961 But there's a debate going on on who the voice is, 109 00:06:21,047 --> 00:06:22,797 so we need to decide. 110 00:06:32,767 --> 00:06:35,187 After we got all the notes for the screening, 111 00:06:35,270 --> 00:06:39,570 Jenn went through and tried to implement the changes in the script. 112 00:06:39,649 --> 00:06:45,409 She went through and tried to evaluate what would affect production immediately. 113 00:06:45,488 --> 00:06:48,158 We got a lot of notes about "See The Sky." 114 00:06:48,241 --> 00:06:49,701 Whether it's the right song. 115 00:06:49,784 --> 00:06:53,004 Whether the tone of the song is correct for where we are in the movie. 116 00:06:53,913 --> 00:06:57,753 [female and male singers] ♪ Our words and weapons do no good ♪ 117 00:06:57,834 --> 00:07:01,344 ♪ You're the answer to a riddle ♪ 118 00:07:01,421 --> 00:07:05,051 ♪ We never understood ♪ 119 00:07:05,133 --> 00:07:06,973 -[Mattias] She's just one person. -[Anna] Right? 120 00:07:07,052 --> 00:07:10,392 As of now, we made the decision that "See The Sky" is out of the film. 121 00:07:11,765 --> 00:07:15,515 So Jonny's gonna do the official alert. 122 00:07:15,602 --> 00:07:17,022 Going through my process. 123 00:07:17,354 --> 00:07:21,024 Just writing out a huge e-mail to the whole crew, 124 00:07:21,107 --> 00:07:24,437 and just let them know that we're losing "See The Sky." 125 00:07:24,527 --> 00:07:30,947 I do dark graying out of it all, and now it is out of picture. 126 00:07:31,618 --> 00:07:33,908 [chattering] 127 00:07:35,288 --> 00:07:36,868 [Buck] You'll be doing some of those today. 128 00:07:36,956 --> 00:07:38,916 You'll be doing some that are just some pick-ups. 129 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,000 [Brown] Okay. No song today? 130 00:07:41,836 --> 00:07:43,086 [Buck] No song. 131 00:07:43,171 --> 00:07:46,421 "See The Sky" was conceived 132 00:07:46,508 --> 00:07:52,098 to do some big story heavy lifting before it got cut. 133 00:07:52,806 --> 00:07:56,136 Each rewrite makes the story a bit stronger, 134 00:07:56,226 --> 00:08:00,396 so we have to bring the actors in to do those new lines. 135 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:02,400 -Hello. -[Lee] How are you? 136 00:08:02,482 --> 00:08:03,862 -How're you doing? -I'm good. 137 00:08:03,942 --> 00:08:05,822 -[laughs] Great to see you. -Good to see you too. 138 00:08:05,902 --> 00:08:08,612 I was just explaining-- He said, "No song today?" and I went... 139 00:08:08,697 --> 00:08:10,867 -[inhales, laughs] -[groans] 140 00:08:10,949 --> 00:08:11,949 Song got cut. 141 00:08:12,033 --> 00:08:13,543 -The song got cut. -What happened? 142 00:08:13,618 --> 00:08:16,908 But this other song we thought was gonna get cut, didn't get cut. 143 00:08:16,996 --> 00:08:19,616 I mean, the sad thing is, if this were a Broadway musical, 144 00:08:19,708 --> 00:08:21,958 -it'd be fine because there'd be 22 songs. -Right. Sure. 145 00:08:22,627 --> 00:08:25,837 [Brown] I was gonna sing a song. I had to sing for the audition. 146 00:08:25,922 --> 00:08:27,052 My song got cut. 147 00:08:27,132 --> 00:08:28,842 Maybe in Frozen III. 148 00:08:28,925 --> 00:08:32,595 You trust that Jenn and Chris have an overall vision 149 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:34,429 for what the story needs to be. 150 00:08:34,514 --> 00:08:37,394 And if it didn't fit in the story that they are now telling, 151 00:08:37,475 --> 00:08:39,265 then you're like, "Okay, it didn't fit in the story." 152 00:08:39,352 --> 00:08:41,902 But you mourn. You know, you're like, "Ah, that was so much fun." 153 00:08:41,980 --> 00:08:42,810 And you're like, "Oh, well." 154 00:08:42,897 --> 00:08:44,977 And then they come up with something else that's really, really fun. 155 00:08:45,483 --> 00:08:46,823 Is it only the highlighted? 156 00:08:46,901 --> 00:08:50,991 Yeah. But what we can-- It's only this-- We call them pick-ups. It's our pick-ups. 157 00:08:51,072 --> 00:08:53,742 -Okay. -This is mostly a pick-ups pass. 158 00:08:53,825 --> 00:08:56,115 -Do you have line ten there? -I do. 159 00:08:56,202 --> 00:08:57,622 [Lee] So we're just softening it because-- 160 00:08:57,704 --> 00:08:59,504 [Brown] So, this is more just in awe of the situation? 161 00:08:59,581 --> 00:09:02,421 Yeah, like you've literally fallen back. 162 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:04,290 -And you're in just complete shock. -Got it. 163 00:09:04,377 --> 00:09:09,167 Just seen Elsa's powers and, again, she's someone from Arendelle. 164 00:09:09,257 --> 00:09:11,177 -[Brown] Got it. -[woman] Sterling K. Brown as Mattias. 165 00:09:11,259 --> 00:09:13,509 Sequence 210. Slate 2493. Take one. 166 00:09:16,890 --> 00:09:17,890 [wheezes] 167 00:09:18,767 --> 00:09:21,847 That was magic. Did you see that? 168 00:09:22,354 --> 00:09:26,274 [panting, wheezes] 169 00:09:26,358 --> 00:09:29,358 That was magic. Did you see that? 170 00:09:29,444 --> 00:09:31,454 [panting] 171 00:09:31,613 --> 00:09:33,743 -Louder? -[Lee] Just to shake it up to have-- 172 00:09:33,823 --> 00:09:34,663 Sure. 173 00:09:34,741 --> 00:09:36,951 "Did you just see the coolest thing in the world that I just saw?" 174 00:09:37,035 --> 00:09:39,115 -[Brown] "Did you see?" Yeah, yeah, yeah. -Just 'cause we've never tried it. 175 00:09:39,204 --> 00:09:42,874 It's going. [wheezes] 176 00:09:42,957 --> 00:09:44,327 That was magic. 177 00:09:45,168 --> 00:09:48,548 Did you see that? [wheezes] 178 00:09:48,630 --> 00:09:50,840 -[laughs] -[Lee laughs] 179 00:09:50,924 --> 00:09:53,514 This thing that they call "efforting." 180 00:09:53,593 --> 00:09:56,263 Like, it's all the running that the character does in the movie 181 00:09:56,346 --> 00:09:58,886 and the jumping and the grasping and-- 182 00:09:58,973 --> 00:10:01,353 So you have to animate that, and you're running through the woods, 183 00:10:01,434 --> 00:10:03,354 and you're like, [pants] "Yo. Man, that was tired." 184 00:10:03,436 --> 00:10:05,976 [hums, inhales sharply] 185 00:10:06,064 --> 00:10:08,074 [grunting] 186 00:10:08,650 --> 00:10:11,610 [panting] 187 00:10:11,695 --> 00:10:13,025 I've got her. 188 00:10:13,113 --> 00:10:16,533 [pants, groans] 189 00:10:17,867 --> 00:10:19,867 [grunts, exhales deeply] 190 00:10:20,578 --> 00:10:21,578 [sighs] 191 00:10:21,663 --> 00:10:22,713 -Cool. -[Lee] We got it. We got it. 192 00:10:22,789 --> 00:10:24,869 -[Buck] Breathe, breathe. Breathe. -Yeah, don't faint. 193 00:10:24,958 --> 00:10:26,878 [Lee laughing] 194 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:30,800 Look, this may not have it animated, but let's see what we got. 195 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:32,380 -Sure. -[woman] Some of it is. I saw. 196 00:10:32,465 --> 00:10:33,465 [Kristoff] We'll meet you around. 197 00:10:33,550 --> 00:10:34,510 [Anna grunts] 198 00:10:36,428 --> 00:10:37,798 [pants] 199 00:10:37,887 --> 00:10:39,057 Lieutenant Mattias. 200 00:10:39,139 --> 00:10:41,429 Your Highness, what are you doing? 201 00:10:42,392 --> 00:10:46,902 It's really cool because you can tell they used my face, right? 202 00:10:46,980 --> 00:10:50,940 Like, the way that he'll smile sometimes or laugh, 203 00:10:51,026 --> 00:10:52,526 and it'll have, like, these cheeks. 204 00:10:52,610 --> 00:10:58,450 So I am tickled pink to be, um... 205 00:10:58,533 --> 00:11:02,753 like, the first animated character that is of African descent in this world. 206 00:11:02,829 --> 00:11:05,789 And it is interesting because when I watch it, it's like, 207 00:11:05,874 --> 00:11:08,424 "Yeah, he fits. He belongs." 208 00:11:09,753 --> 00:11:11,963 Ah, it's going to be good. It's gonna be a good movie. 209 00:11:18,094 --> 00:11:19,104 Hey, good morning. 210 00:11:24,976 --> 00:11:27,476 [Lee] We've had a major breakthrough on "Show Yourself." 211 00:11:28,104 --> 00:11:30,984 -All right, so here we go. Are we ready? -[woman] Yes. [chuckles] 212 00:11:31,066 --> 00:11:32,856 [Lee] Bob and Kristen called. 213 00:11:32,942 --> 00:11:36,952 They have a new idea for how to handle "Show Yourself." 214 00:11:37,030 --> 00:11:38,870 I think the key to cracking "Show Yourself" 215 00:11:38,948 --> 00:11:42,488 really came with us finally making a decision about the voice. 216 00:11:42,577 --> 00:11:44,947 Bobby and Kristen went back, 217 00:11:45,038 --> 00:11:50,458 and they actually put a reprise in of the lullaby. 218 00:11:50,543 --> 00:11:54,053 And so we all agreed definitively, 219 00:11:54,130 --> 00:11:56,130 we're going to answer that the voice is the mother. 220 00:11:56,216 --> 00:12:00,096 From the, "Ah," to the end of the song, 221 00:12:00,178 --> 00:12:02,718 -and they sang it for me, and I cried. -Okay, cool. 222 00:12:02,806 --> 00:12:03,926 -Oh, good. Yay. -[Del Vecho] I love it. 223 00:12:04,015 --> 00:12:07,805 [Lee] The amazing thing is she steps in, and all the memories are there. 224 00:12:07,894 --> 00:12:09,354 -[Del Vecho] Yeah. -And they sing, 225 00:12:09,437 --> 00:12:10,437 ♪ Where the north-- ♪ 226 00:12:10,522 --> 00:12:11,822 When this big chorus, 227 00:12:11,898 --> 00:12:14,778 ♪ Meets the sea There's a river full of memories ♪ 228 00:12:14,859 --> 00:12:17,569 Then it all goes down to the mother alone. 229 00:12:17,654 --> 00:12:20,074 ♪ Come, my darling, homeward bound ♪ 230 00:12:20,156 --> 00:12:22,156 [Smith] That's great. That gives me the chills. 231 00:12:22,242 --> 00:12:24,912 And then Elsa breaks into tears, and then she just goes, 232 00:12:24,994 --> 00:12:26,834 ♪ I am found ♪ 233 00:12:26,913 --> 00:12:29,333 and then Show Yourself, and she becomes herself. 234 00:12:29,416 --> 00:12:31,286 I mean, they do it in a better way than that. 235 00:12:31,376 --> 00:12:33,286 -Oh, yeah. The mom, it brings it back. -That's great. 236 00:12:33,378 --> 00:12:37,298 It's the lullaby, but that's where you know it punctuates it. 237 00:12:37,382 --> 00:12:38,222 [Buck] That's awesome. 238 00:12:38,299 --> 00:12:43,349 I get chills, 'cause the whole journey feels like it's all coming together. 239 00:12:46,599 --> 00:12:50,399 [chorus] ♪ Where the Northwind ♪ 240 00:12:50,478 --> 00:12:54,268 -♪ Meets the sea ♪ -[angelic voice vocalizes] 241 00:12:54,357 --> 00:12:57,067 -♪ There's a river... ♪ -[angelic voice vocalizes] 242 00:12:57,152 --> 00:13:02,242 We started the movie off with this lullaby that Mom sung to the girls. 243 00:13:02,323 --> 00:13:06,543 And now we're bringing it back in. 244 00:13:06,619 --> 00:13:10,079 Right when Elsa needs her mother the most, she's still there for her. 245 00:13:10,165 --> 00:13:16,585 I just love it. I guess, it unifies the movie in a way 246 00:13:16,671 --> 00:13:20,091 that I feel is gonna be really powerful. 247 00:13:20,175 --> 00:13:23,425 -[Lee] I never get to see you. -I know. How are you? Good to see you. 248 00:13:23,511 --> 00:13:25,891 -Good. I'm so excited for... -Yeah. Hi. 249 00:13:25,972 --> 00:13:27,562 -...having you on "Show Yourself." -[Buck] Right? 250 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:28,770 -Good to see you. -How's it going? 251 00:13:28,850 --> 00:13:30,980 -Good. Good. Good. -Hi, everyone. 252 00:13:31,061 --> 00:13:34,811 The next coolest thing to being a Disney princess is being a Disney mother. 253 00:13:34,898 --> 00:13:39,148 So to be able to come and lend my voice to a Disney lullaby 254 00:13:39,235 --> 00:13:42,315 is certainly one for the books. [chuckles] 255 00:13:42,405 --> 00:13:44,775 ♪ Ah ah ah ah ♪ 256 00:13:44,866 --> 00:13:45,866 Cool. 257 00:13:45,950 --> 00:13:49,370 ♪ Ah ah ah ah ♪ 258 00:13:49,454 --> 00:13:53,334 It's not just coming in and saying lines and getting it recorded. 259 00:13:53,416 --> 00:13:57,086 I mean, we're all really on this journey with the characters 260 00:13:57,170 --> 00:14:01,720 and trying to feel every moment and make things as authentic as possible. 261 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:06,470 I was just curious if there was anything to having her sing 262 00:14:06,554 --> 00:14:10,024 one time, like, going into "Come, my darling, homeward bound." 263 00:14:10,100 --> 00:14:12,600 [Wood] Working with Jenn as a female director, 264 00:14:12,686 --> 00:14:18,896 she understands what goes on internally with young women and with mothers, 265 00:14:18,983 --> 00:14:25,623 and so you do get some directions from her that you might not normally get 266 00:14:25,699 --> 00:14:28,619 just because she's so connected to it. 267 00:14:28,702 --> 00:14:29,702 [Lopez] Okay. 268 00:14:30,912 --> 00:14:31,752 Hello, Evan. 269 00:14:31,830 --> 00:14:33,790 -[Wood] Hi. -[Lopez] Hey. 270 00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:35,713 -[Anderson-Lopez laughs] -[laughs] 271 00:14:35,792 --> 00:14:37,342 -How's it going? -[Anderson-Lopez] Good! 272 00:14:37,419 --> 00:14:39,549 We're so excited to get you on this. 273 00:14:39,629 --> 00:14:41,259 Yeah. I'm excited too. 274 00:14:41,339 --> 00:14:45,469 This solves the song. We're so grateful that you're gonna sing it. 275 00:14:45,552 --> 00:14:49,852 I think there's things about both of the girls that everybody can relate to. 276 00:14:49,931 --> 00:14:52,601 You know, they've been through a tremendous loss, 277 00:14:52,684 --> 00:14:57,694 but they always are able to overcome the worst that life has to offer 278 00:14:57,772 --> 00:14:59,232 because they have each other 279 00:14:59,315 --> 00:15:03,735 and because they've had this incredible bond with their family 280 00:15:03,820 --> 00:15:06,700 that carries on even after they're all gone. 281 00:15:06,781 --> 00:15:10,241 That bond is just unbreakable, no matter what happens. 282 00:15:10,326 --> 00:15:13,496 [chorus] ♪ Full of memory ♪ 283 00:15:13,580 --> 00:15:18,960 ♪ Come, my darling, homeward bound ♪ 284 00:15:19,044 --> 00:15:23,514 [Elsa on recording] ♪ I am found ♪ 285 00:15:23,590 --> 00:15:26,470 -♪ Show yourself ♪ -[Elsa] ♪ Show yourself ♪ 286 00:15:26,551 --> 00:15:29,141 ♪ Step into your power ♪ 287 00:15:29,220 --> 00:15:35,440 ♪ Grow yourself Into something new ♪ 288 00:15:35,518 --> 00:15:39,398 ♪ You are the one You've been waiting for ♪ 289 00:15:39,481 --> 00:15:42,401 ♪ All of your life... ♪ 290 00:15:43,234 --> 00:15:45,864 -[Anderson-Lopez] I love it. Love it. -[Lopez] Loved the sound of that one. 291 00:15:45,945 --> 00:15:47,025 -Thanks, you guys. -[man cheers] 292 00:15:47,113 --> 00:15:48,203 Yay, Evan! 293 00:15:48,823 --> 00:15:51,243 [man whistles] You don't need a touch-up. You're beautiful! 294 00:15:51,326 --> 00:15:52,696 -That was incredible. -I started to cry. 295 00:15:52,786 --> 00:15:55,746 -I was like, "Oh, my God." -[Wood] Oh, good! 296 00:15:55,830 --> 00:16:01,090 [Iduna] ♪ Come, my darling, Homeward bound ♪ 297 00:16:01,169 --> 00:16:05,169 [Elsa] ♪ I am found ♪ 298 00:16:05,256 --> 00:16:12,006 The big thing about it now is we've got to build Ahtohallan, this glacier. 299 00:16:12,097 --> 00:16:16,727 Instead of building a single ice palace, we're building an entire natural world 300 00:16:16,810 --> 00:16:21,150 that will respond to her magically. [chuckles] So, it should be easy. 301 00:16:21,231 --> 00:16:22,611 [laughs] 302 00:16:29,447 --> 00:16:32,117 Ahtohallan has been incredibly challenging. 303 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:34,990 We are dealing with a glacier 304 00:16:35,078 --> 00:16:39,748 which is, again, extremely grand and large in many ways, 305 00:16:39,833 --> 00:16:43,383 not only in its exterior facade and in the interior. 306 00:16:43,461 --> 00:16:45,591 We're dealing with properties of ice. 307 00:16:45,672 --> 00:16:49,432 We're dealing with things that refract and reflect, 308 00:16:49,509 --> 00:16:51,429 and how do we create that? 309 00:16:54,431 --> 00:16:58,891 You can research in your office for days, 310 00:16:58,977 --> 00:17:04,017 but until you go to the place and really see it for yourself, 311 00:17:04,107 --> 00:17:06,897 you will not understand the impact that it might have. 312 00:17:06,985 --> 00:17:11,105 Three years ago, we went to Norway, Finland and Iceland on a research trip. 313 00:17:16,786 --> 00:17:22,876 The Dark Sea came directly out of a shoreline in Iceland. Directly. 314 00:17:27,047 --> 00:17:30,127 In Iceland, we got the opportunity to walk on a glacier. 315 00:17:30,216 --> 00:17:34,176 There was a power and an energy to standing on this glacier, 316 00:17:34,262 --> 00:17:38,062 and to know was something crazy, 1,000 feet deep below us, 317 00:17:38,141 --> 00:17:41,771 and this vibrant blue that reminded me of Elsa. 318 00:17:42,103 --> 00:17:43,613 [cameraman] How's it going, Chris? 319 00:17:46,566 --> 00:17:51,736 It was so incredibly haunting and mystifying. 320 00:17:51,821 --> 00:17:55,781 And I think for Jenn, as a writer, standing there on the shores, 321 00:17:55,867 --> 00:17:58,287 that's what you find out on a research trip. 322 00:17:58,370 --> 00:18:01,330 That was a profound moment. It was profound for all of us. 323 00:18:08,922 --> 00:18:12,302 [Lee] We just had this epiphany that this would be-- 324 00:18:12,384 --> 00:18:14,224 How would this make Elsa feel? 325 00:18:14,302 --> 00:18:16,642 And it would be like-- It would be like coming home. 326 00:18:17,514 --> 00:18:21,644 Her ice connecting with ice that was thousands of years old. 327 00:18:21,726 --> 00:18:25,976 Ice that was of nature fully. It would speak to her. 328 00:18:26,064 --> 00:18:28,574 It would probably be quite an emotional experience. 329 00:18:28,650 --> 00:18:30,780 'Cause we were finding it emotional. 330 00:18:30,860 --> 00:18:32,950 -[camerawoman] Jenn, what did you think? -It's good. 331 00:18:33,780 --> 00:18:36,030 -Elsa would be proud. -[camerawoman] Aw. 332 00:18:36,116 --> 00:18:40,656 We're now two and a half months, roughly, 333 00:18:40,745 --> 00:18:43,285 roughly, from completion of this film, 334 00:18:43,373 --> 00:18:46,133 and there is so much work to do on Ahtohallan. 335 00:18:46,668 --> 00:18:47,668 [chuckles] 336 00:18:48,253 --> 00:18:49,093 So much. 337 00:18:53,883 --> 00:18:54,843 Let's take that out. 338 00:18:56,261 --> 00:18:57,721 Ice wall itself is great. 339 00:18:58,972 --> 00:19:00,932 I'm the art director of environments. 340 00:19:02,475 --> 00:19:07,475 What we're doing is we're trying to create a couple of sequences for the movie 341 00:19:07,564 --> 00:19:10,534 that take place inside and directly outside 342 00:19:10,608 --> 00:19:12,938 this massive glacier called Ahtohallan. 343 00:19:13,028 --> 00:19:14,488 Yeah. That's nice actually. 344 00:19:16,031 --> 00:19:18,071 Is there any space behind them at all? 345 00:19:18,158 --> 00:19:21,908 They're going into the wall at the bottom, but there is a bit of a slope. 346 00:19:21,995 --> 00:19:24,865 I think what we should do is just push them back a little bit more into the wall. 347 00:19:24,956 --> 00:19:27,286 -[Womersley] Just so we don't have as-- -So we don't see the space up here. 348 00:19:27,375 --> 00:19:29,205 So they don't cast as big a shadow at the top. 349 00:19:29,294 --> 00:19:31,304 So they still feel like they're a little separate. 350 00:19:31,379 --> 00:19:35,009 And there are a lot of moving parts of which I'm one. 351 00:19:35,091 --> 00:19:40,971 And, you know, that time is always ticking. 352 00:19:41,056 --> 00:19:42,306 [clock ticking] 353 00:19:43,433 --> 00:19:46,273 My team and I can finally make some decisions 354 00:19:46,353 --> 00:19:49,613 on what the exterior of Ahtohallan is going to be 355 00:19:49,689 --> 00:19:52,359 as Elsa approaches it from the Dark Sea. 356 00:19:52,442 --> 00:19:55,492 Equally a challenge is the interior of it. 357 00:19:57,238 --> 00:20:02,988 We enlisted Brittney Lee to come in and just give us much more detail. 358 00:20:03,078 --> 00:20:05,538 [Brittney] The challenge is definitely finishing it in time. 359 00:20:05,622 --> 00:20:09,252 I think everybody is, kind of, holding their breath 360 00:20:09,334 --> 00:20:12,594 trying to figure out how we do it 361 00:20:12,671 --> 00:20:18,591 because it's such a choreographed sequence including effects, including animation. 362 00:20:18,677 --> 00:20:22,217 Everybody touches it in order to get it done in time. 363 00:20:23,348 --> 00:20:26,138 We've always known that Ahtohallan would be a glacier, 364 00:20:26,226 --> 00:20:31,356 but it wasn't until we had the song and we could hear what Elsa's going through, 365 00:20:31,439 --> 00:20:36,699 that we had a better idea of what the space inside needed to be 366 00:20:36,778 --> 00:20:38,948 and how she needed to move through it. 367 00:20:49,999 --> 00:20:52,089 This is some design visual for Ahtohallan. 368 00:20:52,168 --> 00:20:53,088 Okay. 369 00:20:53,169 --> 00:20:55,669 Imagery that is evocative of-- Feels familiar. It feels like Elsa. 370 00:20:55,755 --> 00:20:58,425 It's the ice palace language. 371 00:20:58,925 --> 00:21:04,505 Because there is a section of the song that turns into Iduna singing the lullaby. 372 00:21:05,348 --> 00:21:07,888 Which, for us, is the key moment. 373 00:21:07,976 --> 00:21:09,016 -[Jenkins] Right, yeah. -[Giaimo] Okay. 374 00:21:09,102 --> 00:21:11,602 This is the last real design challenge of the film. 375 00:21:11,688 --> 00:21:14,318 -This has been... -Yeah. It's not a small one, no. 376 00:21:14,399 --> 00:21:16,939 -This has been problematic from day one. -Yeah. 377 00:21:17,027 --> 00:21:19,817 Trees and rocks seem so easy compared to this. 378 00:21:19,904 --> 00:21:22,624 Yeah. Yeah, I was thinking that. Yeah, that's very cool. 379 00:21:22,699 --> 00:21:24,119 -Thank you for that. -Thank you, Brittney. 380 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:25,910 -Thanks for doing it. -Thank you. Of course. 381 00:21:28,038 --> 00:21:30,708 [chattering] 382 00:21:36,171 --> 00:21:42,471 Today we're pitching our concepts for "Show Yourself" to Chris and Jenn. 383 00:21:42,552 --> 00:21:47,142 I don't have a good sense of how this will land. 384 00:21:47,223 --> 00:21:49,233 So, I'm a little nervous. 385 00:21:58,777 --> 00:22:01,817 The overall take, on my end for most of this, 386 00:22:01,905 --> 00:22:04,445 is that she's really being led by those lights 387 00:22:04,532 --> 00:22:07,832 that you've seen in the past, that represent the elements, 388 00:22:07,911 --> 00:22:13,171 and this is, sort of, their, "Hey. Welcome, Elsa. Come this way." 389 00:22:13,249 --> 00:22:16,839 ♪ Oh, come to me now ♪ 390 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:20,720 ♪ Open your door ♪ 391 00:22:20,799 --> 00:22:24,139 ♪ Don't make me wait ♪ 392 00:22:24,219 --> 00:22:25,219 [Lee] It's beautiful. 393 00:22:25,303 --> 00:22:29,473 ♪ One moment more ♪ 394 00:22:29,557 --> 00:22:34,767 I fundamentally have believed in this moment where Elsa arrives at the glacier. 395 00:22:35,313 --> 00:22:39,233 [chorus] ♪ Where the Northwind ♪ 396 00:22:39,317 --> 00:22:41,737 -♪ Meets the sea ♪ -[angelic voice vocalizes] 397 00:22:41,820 --> 00:22:44,990 [Lee] She's at home with her powers and in nature. 398 00:22:46,074 --> 00:22:49,914 I could feel how right that felt for her. 399 00:22:50,954 --> 00:22:52,164 It's like she's coming home. 400 00:22:52,247 --> 00:22:55,707 So I always knew this moment could be something beautiful and extraordinary. 401 00:22:55,792 --> 00:22:58,922 [Elsa] ♪ I am found ♪ 402 00:22:59,004 --> 00:23:01,214 -[Buck] Oh, cool. -[Lee] So great. 403 00:23:05,385 --> 00:23:07,595 'Cause those diamonds are then gonna form her dress, 404 00:23:07,679 --> 00:23:11,809 so there's something about using the diamonds to create the spirits. 405 00:23:12,308 --> 00:23:15,478 That then when they become part of her dress, that she's connected to them. 406 00:23:15,562 --> 00:23:16,562 It's incredible. 407 00:23:18,189 --> 00:23:21,399 -I haven't seen anything like this so far. -[Buck] Yeah, it's all connective tissue. 408 00:23:21,901 --> 00:23:23,151 -I mean, it's beautiful. -It's lovely. 409 00:23:23,236 --> 00:23:24,946 -[Lee] Thank you. -Yeah. Thank you. 410 00:23:25,447 --> 00:23:27,277 -So beautiful. -Go, go, go. 411 00:23:27,365 --> 00:23:29,235 [audience applauds] 412 00:23:35,832 --> 00:23:37,792 [Lee] Elsa was such an interesting challenge 413 00:23:37,876 --> 00:23:41,546 because she continued to put herself in situations 414 00:23:41,629 --> 00:23:43,969 that made her carry more and more burden. 415 00:23:44,299 --> 00:23:45,299 [yelps] 416 00:23:46,843 --> 00:23:48,473 And then I look at these two sisters 417 00:23:48,553 --> 00:23:51,223 and say how different they are from each other. 418 00:23:51,306 --> 00:23:55,306 We have always feared Elsa's powers were too much for this world. 419 00:23:55,393 --> 00:23:58,733 Now we must pray they are enough. 420 00:23:58,813 --> 00:24:00,483 [sighs] 421 00:24:00,565 --> 00:24:02,145 I won't let anything happen to her. 422 00:24:02,233 --> 00:24:05,613 If you think of Anna now, in the first film, she's fearless. 423 00:24:05,695 --> 00:24:08,735 She had nothing to lose, but now she has everything to lose. 424 00:24:08,823 --> 00:24:10,833 You can't just follow me into fire. 425 00:24:10,909 --> 00:24:15,749 You don't want me to follow you into fire, then don't run into fire. 426 00:24:15,830 --> 00:24:18,830 And what does that feel like? How do you wrestle with that anxiety? 427 00:24:19,626 --> 00:24:20,786 [sobs] 428 00:24:21,294 --> 00:24:23,134 [sniffles] 429 00:24:23,213 --> 00:24:24,963 I like warm hugs. 430 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:27,050 [sighs] 431 00:24:29,427 --> 00:24:33,967 Anna is a lot sadder in this film than she is in the last film 432 00:24:34,057 --> 00:24:36,557 so she's hitting a lot more brow shapes 433 00:24:36,643 --> 00:24:40,693 that she really didn't hit a lot in the first film. 434 00:24:40,772 --> 00:24:45,402 So, the human face, there's so many, like, muscles and nerves and everything, 435 00:24:45,485 --> 00:24:48,405 and it's such a complicated, intricate system. 436 00:24:48,488 --> 00:24:52,238 Then we have to actually really work with it a lot 437 00:24:52,325 --> 00:24:56,865 to get it to simulate what a real human body does. 438 00:24:56,955 --> 00:25:00,285 So, the brow comes down a lot, 439 00:25:00,375 --> 00:25:04,085 then, at some point it starts building a bit of a little shelf here. 440 00:25:05,171 --> 00:25:09,761 When I saw that they were really trying to take Anna to this place where 441 00:25:09,843 --> 00:25:14,393 she has to fall so deep into herself, 442 00:25:14,472 --> 00:25:17,392 and then, you know, how to dig herself out of it, 443 00:25:17,475 --> 00:25:23,645 that was meaningful for me, in that I had a really bad struggle with depression. 444 00:25:23,732 --> 00:25:26,442 I was in a really, really bad place, 445 00:25:26,526 --> 00:25:29,696 and one of the people that was the biggest inspiration for me 446 00:25:29,779 --> 00:25:32,989 during the really dark times is actually Kristen Bell. 447 00:25:33,867 --> 00:25:38,037 ♪ ...has a gravity It pulls me down ♪ 448 00:25:38,121 --> 00:25:39,911 [Kriger] Breathe. Then you have two beats after "tiny voice." 449 00:25:39,998 --> 00:25:41,578 One, two. 450 00:25:41,666 --> 00:25:45,836 [both] ♪ Whispers in my mind ♪ 451 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:47,300 One, two, three. 452 00:25:47,380 --> 00:25:48,880 [Bell] ♪ You are lost ♪ 453 00:25:48,965 --> 00:25:49,965 [Kriger] There you go. 454 00:25:50,050 --> 00:25:52,550 When Anna thinks 455 00:25:53,261 --> 00:25:57,311 everyone around her has perished, 456 00:25:58,725 --> 00:26:04,145 she has to look inward and realize what else is there to live for. 457 00:26:04,230 --> 00:26:08,610 And this mantra of "Do the next right thing" 458 00:26:08,693 --> 00:26:11,613 came out of a conversation that Jenn and I had really early on 459 00:26:11,696 --> 00:26:14,026 about my anxiety and depression. 460 00:26:16,659 --> 00:26:18,409 [Anna on recording] ♪ You are lost ♪ 461 00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:20,710 ♪ Hope is gone ♪ 462 00:26:21,790 --> 00:26:25,750 ♪ But you must go on ♪ 463 00:26:26,294 --> 00:26:27,384 [sobs] 464 00:26:27,462 --> 00:26:31,052 ♪ And do the next right thing ♪ 465 00:26:34,177 --> 00:26:37,057 The first time, by saying, "You must go on and do the next right thing," 466 00:26:37,138 --> 00:26:39,888 it's not what she wants. It's not a mantra yet. 467 00:26:39,974 --> 00:26:41,604 -[Bell] Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Totally. -And that's all. 468 00:26:41,685 --> 00:26:45,805 And so that we feel how hard that is, and then even arresting the song 469 00:26:45,897 --> 00:26:49,607 when the audience expects it to go for that moment of... [inhales] 470 00:26:49,693 --> 00:26:52,823 -"It has a gravity. It pulls me down." -Yeah. Yeah. 471 00:26:52,904 --> 00:26:54,414 [sighs] And you're like... 472 00:26:54,864 --> 00:26:57,664 It may not be that in the-- I don't know if they wanna do that on the score, but-- 473 00:26:57,742 --> 00:27:00,752 It's cool though. It really makes you question whether she's shattered. 474 00:27:00,829 --> 00:27:04,289 And I think "Do the next right thing," 475 00:27:04,374 --> 00:27:09,214 it really is for anyone who is feeling low and struggling 476 00:27:09,295 --> 00:27:10,915 and does not know what to do. 477 00:27:11,006 --> 00:27:16,256 Because the only thing you can do at those lowest moments is one step at a time. 478 00:27:18,013 --> 00:27:19,393 -Wanna give it a try? -Yeah. 479 00:27:19,472 --> 00:27:20,682 [Kriger] All right, here it comes. Bar 21. 480 00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:24,980 [Anna on recording] ♪ Whispers in my mind ♪ 481 00:27:27,605 --> 00:27:29,185 ♪ You are lost ♪ 482 00:27:29,858 --> 00:27:31,608 ♪ Hope is gone ♪ 483 00:27:32,569 --> 00:27:36,819 ♪ But you must go on ♪ 484 00:27:38,324 --> 00:27:41,544 ♪ And do the next right thing ♪ 485 00:27:43,955 --> 00:27:45,665 Oh, my God. Okay. 486 00:27:46,207 --> 00:27:48,127 -Okay. [sniffs] -[Buck] You all right? 487 00:27:49,919 --> 00:27:52,919 ♪ It's too much for me to take ♪ 488 00:27:53,006 --> 00:27:56,086 When I'm experiencing that, 489 00:27:56,593 --> 00:28:00,353 for me, if I wake up and I'm feeling very low, 490 00:28:01,139 --> 00:28:03,349 all I gotta do is step out of bed, 491 00:28:04,059 --> 00:28:06,689 and then just, the next right thing is to brush my teeth. 492 00:28:06,770 --> 00:28:09,480 And the next right thing is to go and have a cup of coffee. 493 00:28:09,564 --> 00:28:11,984 And the next right thing is to wake my kids up. 494 00:28:12,067 --> 00:28:17,697 ♪ This next choice is one That I can make! ♪ 495 00:28:18,239 --> 00:28:20,449 [Bell] And I take those steps incrementally 496 00:28:20,533 --> 00:28:25,123 when the world and its problems seem too big for me to handle. 497 00:28:28,958 --> 00:28:30,958 Anna's the character for me 498 00:28:31,044 --> 00:28:34,424 that always has this element of things I coped with growing up. 499 00:28:34,506 --> 00:28:39,636 Things I've coped with in life that I never saw quite on screen 500 00:28:39,719 --> 00:28:43,719 the way I wished I could've known as a child, 501 00:28:43,807 --> 00:28:47,727 and so I talk a lot about Cinderella being that for me when I was bullied. 502 00:28:48,228 --> 00:28:50,978 [Cinderella gasps] What? It's my... 503 00:28:51,064 --> 00:28:53,984 Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! 504 00:28:54,067 --> 00:28:57,027 And I put it on every day while I was doing homework, 505 00:28:57,112 --> 00:29:00,162 or I'd have her voice in the background, and she was such a good person, 506 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,540 and it would say, "Don't believe the bullies. Don't-- You've got this." 507 00:29:03,618 --> 00:29:06,158 [Fairy Godmother] Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo. 508 00:29:08,039 --> 00:29:09,709 [Kriger] Okay, here we go. Take seven. 509 00:29:10,709 --> 00:29:12,289 [Anna on recording] ♪ But a tiny voice ♪ 510 00:29:12,377 --> 00:29:13,417 [sobs] 511 00:29:13,503 --> 00:29:16,383 ♪ Whispers in my mind ♪ 512 00:29:18,758 --> 00:29:20,338 ♪ You are lost ♪ 513 00:29:21,219 --> 00:29:22,849 ♪ Hope is gone ♪ 514 00:29:23,888 --> 00:29:28,138 ♪ But you must go on ♪ 515 00:29:29,477 --> 00:29:33,437 ♪ And do the next right thing ♪ 516 00:29:34,691 --> 00:29:35,901 [sobs] 517 00:29:37,986 --> 00:29:39,236 -[Lee] That was beautiful. -[man] Yeah. 518 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:40,610 [Lee] That, that hit it. 519 00:29:41,698 --> 00:29:44,368 Thank you so much. It was amazing. 520 00:29:45,201 --> 00:29:51,421 And it's a song that will affect me in my bones forever. 521 00:29:51,499 --> 00:29:54,089 ♪ And with the dawn ♪ 522 00:29:54,169 --> 00:29:56,129 ♪ What comes then? ♪ 523 00:29:56,212 --> 00:29:59,052 ♪ When it's clear that everything ♪ 524 00:29:59,132 --> 00:30:03,142 ♪ Will never be the same again? ♪ 525 00:30:05,638 --> 00:30:07,808 ♪ Then I'll make the choice ♪ 526 00:30:08,808 --> 00:30:11,598 ♪ To hear that voice ♪ 527 00:30:12,312 --> 00:30:14,732 ♪ And do ♪ 528 00:30:15,357 --> 00:30:19,527 ♪ The next right thing ♪ 529 00:30:19,611 --> 00:30:22,741 [Lee] We built these characters from sitting in rooms 530 00:30:22,822 --> 00:30:25,242 sharing our own personal journeys. 531 00:30:25,325 --> 00:30:29,155 We built them from this very deep emotional place. 532 00:30:29,245 --> 00:30:32,455 And one of the biggest inspirations, of course, 533 00:30:32,540 --> 00:30:37,500 and something that has a huge impact on everyone, 534 00:30:37,587 --> 00:30:41,167 was Chris's loss of his son, Ryder. 535 00:30:44,302 --> 00:30:45,972 Sorry. That's hard to talk about. 536 00:30:51,226 --> 00:30:54,396 [Buck] I lost my son on the first movie. 537 00:30:54,479 --> 00:30:58,229 Right at the end of the first movie, he was killed in a car accident. 538 00:31:02,696 --> 00:31:04,986 People were very excited about the movie, 539 00:31:05,573 --> 00:31:08,123 and the wrap party was the weirdest thing for me. 540 00:31:08,201 --> 00:31:11,451 One moment people would come up and say, "I love this movie," 541 00:31:11,538 --> 00:31:14,368 and then ten seconds later say, "And I'm so sorry." 542 00:31:14,457 --> 00:31:15,997 And I got that all night. 543 00:31:16,084 --> 00:31:17,254 It was the high, and the low, 544 00:31:17,335 --> 00:31:18,875 and the high, and the low, and the high, and the low. 545 00:31:18,962 --> 00:31:22,972 For me this-- The strength of Anna and the power of that song, 546 00:31:23,049 --> 00:31:25,509 and how she does get up off the floor 547 00:31:25,593 --> 00:31:28,263 and is able to put one step and just keep going 548 00:31:28,346 --> 00:31:29,756 and do the next right thing, 549 00:31:31,224 --> 00:31:35,104 that is a huge moment for me. It's very powerful. 550 00:31:35,562 --> 00:31:38,612 When the Oscars came, they asked me and said, 551 00:31:38,690 --> 00:31:41,280 "Do you wanna say something?" And I said, "Yeah. I do." 552 00:31:41,985 --> 00:31:45,445 And finally, we'd like to dedicate this to our guardian angel, 553 00:31:45,530 --> 00:31:47,530 that's my son, Ryder Buck. 554 00:31:47,615 --> 00:31:48,615 -Thank you, Ryder. -Thank you. 555 00:31:49,743 --> 00:31:53,163 Yeah, I just wanted to keep it very short, very brief. 556 00:31:53,830 --> 00:31:57,670 And, but, yeah, sort of-- You know, I felt like he was looking out for us, 557 00:31:57,751 --> 00:31:59,041 looking out for the movie. 558 00:32:07,844 --> 00:32:09,724 [Shelley] This was Ryder's favorite spot. 559 00:32:09,804 --> 00:32:14,604 He came up here and meditated, played his guitar, sang. 560 00:32:17,645 --> 00:32:22,065 Well, we put his picture up here right after he passed, 561 00:32:22,150 --> 00:32:26,150 and there are things that are here from then, so five and a half years. 562 00:32:26,821 --> 00:32:31,741 Sometimes we'll come up here and there'll be coins and another little statue. 563 00:32:33,620 --> 00:32:35,830 Yeah, this is Ryder's peak. 564 00:32:38,249 --> 00:32:41,339 [Ryder Buck] ♪ Rowing out, with the tide ♪ 565 00:32:42,587 --> 00:32:47,297 [Buck] There was so much hope that he gave people. He was just one of those spirits. 566 00:32:48,093 --> 00:32:51,893 We didn't know until after he passed how many people he had affected 567 00:32:51,971 --> 00:32:54,101 and what he'd brought to the world. 568 00:32:54,182 --> 00:32:55,562 I mean, we loved his music, 569 00:32:55,642 --> 00:33:00,402 and we knew that he lit the place up when he was on stage, um... 570 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:03,480 but we didn't know how many lives he'd affected. 571 00:33:04,234 --> 00:33:08,074 People with depression or that were suicidal, 572 00:33:08,488 --> 00:33:10,618 and, you know, he brought 'em back. 573 00:33:11,991 --> 00:33:14,161 I got those letters from those people. 574 00:33:17,288 --> 00:33:18,288 Very sweet. 575 00:33:19,082 --> 00:33:20,082 [Buck] Yeah. 576 00:33:20,166 --> 00:33:24,206 It was, um... it was pretty amazing. 577 00:33:24,754 --> 00:33:29,684 I know that, with Ryder, just one person, how he could touch all these people 578 00:33:29,759 --> 00:33:31,179 and sometimes save a life. 579 00:33:32,554 --> 00:33:36,684 And then, with this movie, with Frozen II, 580 00:33:36,766 --> 00:33:40,516 Jenn was the one that, you know, she asked me was it okay 581 00:33:40,603 --> 00:33:43,573 if we named one of the characters Ryder, and I said, "Of course." 582 00:33:44,691 --> 00:33:46,031 -Name's Ryder. -Kristoff. 583 00:33:46,609 --> 00:33:49,319 It's interesting as we've been developing Ryder 584 00:33:49,404 --> 00:33:51,954 and even just within the past couple weeks. 585 00:33:52,032 --> 00:33:55,122 Well, you're in luck. I know nothing about women. 586 00:33:55,201 --> 00:33:59,121 We've given him more to do because he's a very light spirit. 587 00:33:59,205 --> 00:34:01,875 He's a very positive character. 588 00:34:01,958 --> 00:34:02,958 [as reindeer] Ready! 589 00:34:03,043 --> 00:34:04,133 I could use a rehearsal. 590 00:34:04,210 --> 00:34:05,300 I love love. 591 00:34:05,378 --> 00:34:10,338 He's actually a really fun, really, like I said, kind of hopeful character. 592 00:34:10,425 --> 00:34:12,215 I didn't know this. That's cool. 593 00:34:13,053 --> 00:34:14,723 I wasn't gonna tell you, but now you know. 594 00:34:14,804 --> 00:34:15,814 [laughs] 595 00:34:42,582 --> 00:34:45,002 [Shelley] We've been getting ready for this for weeks. 596 00:34:45,085 --> 00:34:47,295 This is in honor of my son, Ryder, 597 00:34:47,379 --> 00:34:50,339 and the scholarship that we set up for him. 598 00:34:50,423 --> 00:34:51,723 So it's a fundraiser. 599 00:34:52,175 --> 00:34:54,795 It's a scholarship fund for people who are interested in music. 600 00:34:55,470 --> 00:34:58,310 I think it's definitely a celebration of Ryder's life and his message 601 00:34:58,390 --> 00:35:01,810 and how love can bring that out. 602 00:35:06,439 --> 00:35:09,189 [chattering, laughing] 603 00:35:17,158 --> 00:35:18,738 [Buck] I'm singing one of Ryder's songs. 604 00:35:18,827 --> 00:35:21,997 It's actually the first song that he ever wrote. 605 00:35:24,124 --> 00:35:26,134 Tonight we honor Ryder 606 00:35:26,209 --> 00:35:29,549 but also all the recipients of the Ryder Buck Scholarship. 607 00:35:29,629 --> 00:35:34,259 They are, and will be, doing exactly what Ryder is still doing tonight, 608 00:35:34,801 --> 00:35:36,891 sharing the love through music. 609 00:35:38,221 --> 00:35:42,431 I know that my son would be very proud of this movie and what we have all done. 610 00:35:44,769 --> 00:35:49,319 And then my hope was that this movie will do what he did with his life, 611 00:35:49,399 --> 00:35:51,069 and that it will give people hope. 612 00:35:51,151 --> 00:35:54,401 You know, and I think that that's what a lot of Disney movies do... 613 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:57,490 give them that hope to move on. 614 00:35:59,993 --> 00:36:04,043 [Lee] Chris and I have been directing partners since 2012. 615 00:36:04,122 --> 00:36:07,582 We've gone through so much together as directors but also friends, 616 00:36:07,667 --> 00:36:08,997 all of us really. 617 00:36:09,085 --> 00:36:13,375 We have been there through losses, small triumphs, 618 00:36:13,465 --> 00:36:17,085 and I think you become a family in your own way. 619 00:36:17,969 --> 00:36:20,219 [Reed] If you're not listening to the music now or watching, 620 00:36:20,305 --> 00:36:21,465 you guys should get up here soon 621 00:36:21,556 --> 00:36:24,806 because Christopher Buck is about to embarrass himself. 622 00:36:27,395 --> 00:36:31,435 ♪ Eyes green like ocean waves ♪ 623 00:36:31,524 --> 00:36:34,194 ♪ See me through those long days ♪ 624 00:36:34,277 --> 00:36:36,647 ♪ Leave your light on, baby ♪ 625 00:36:36,738 --> 00:36:38,528 [band] ♪ Leave your light on, baby ♪ 626 00:36:38,615 --> 00:36:40,525 ♪ Leave your light on, baby ♪ 627 00:36:40,617 --> 00:36:42,367 [band] ♪ Leave your light on, baby ♪ 628 00:36:42,452 --> 00:36:44,872 ♪ You know my loving's free If you just ♪ 629 00:36:44,954 --> 00:36:46,214 [band] ♪ Leave your light on ♪ 630 00:36:46,289 --> 00:36:48,959 ♪ I said my loving's free If you just ♪ 631 00:36:49,042 --> 00:36:50,632 [band] ♪ Leave your light on ♪ 632 00:36:50,710 --> 00:36:52,130 ♪ I said my loving's free ♪ 633 00:36:52,212 --> 00:36:57,682 ♪ You gotta keep your light on for me Yeah ♪ 634 00:36:57,759 --> 00:36:59,299 [cheering, applause] 635 00:36:59,386 --> 00:37:00,796 [woman] Chris Buck! 636 00:37:04,307 --> 00:37:05,807 [cheering continues] 637 00:37:09,646 --> 00:37:13,106 ["Leave Your Light On" by Ryder Buck playing]