Um…Samis are CAUCASIAN, bub.

Well, when CGI artists report “rendering took X hours”, it has a different meaning than for portraiture artists working with oils. In this case, the artist sets up the scene, usually in wire-frame or very low resolution, then pushes the scene as a series of frames to the “render farm” – racks of computers that change each outlined frame to the finished version – complete with lighting, visual effects, etc. The more detail that is included – more characters, huge and complicated backgrounds, etc, the longer it takes to “render” – or bring each frame from low detail to the high detail needed for a movie.

Video games do this on the fly, using the graphics processor in the computer to compute “X frames per second”. But they are forced to render in much less detail, in order to keep things moving along. There are people that have created animated films entirely on a single computer, but generally, animation studios use racks full of computers called “render farms” – so that one or more computers works on each frame of the movie, and gets the work done faster.

Notice they never say what became of said reindeer.
That is because…
[SPOILER alert — NO KIDS past this point, mmkay? Break their little hearts]
…he was made into reindeer steaks.
Yep, grilled and barbecued for the wrap party.
I know this cause my second cousin’s ex-girlfriend’s kid brother’s best friend’s Cub Scout Den Mother cleans the toilets there on the night shift.
He was really tasty, too, apparently.
HEY — don’t shoot the damn messenger.
You got a problem, take it up with the cafeteria ladies at Disney studios.

it’s hard for a person from USA to understand the differences from one european zone to another european zone, even inside the same country. You better assume that any film made in the USA will use regional features to create a country-like environment that matches the idea of that country that any person from the USA may have. Do not try to locate Arendale in Norway or any other counrty.

I was watching Frozen, and thought of that too! I am from Norway, and I’ve certainly never seen it here. Only on pictures from midsummer in Sweden. But I read that it has been used in Norway before, but it was never nearly as popular as in Sweden or Denmark. The film is absolutely not just inspired by Norway, but more Scandinavia as a hole I think. There are of course more elements from Norway, even the name (Arendelle – Arendal, a city in Norway), but still, elements from Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Iceland are all included

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I agree on what your saying, I also believe that they took alot from other countries and not just Norway. I’m from the northen part of Sweden and with the swedish names and the midsummerpole it’s not hard to think it’s based on many more countries and not just Norway. They should have mentioned that. I’m actually Sami and I’m white and blonde so I think they wasn’t really wrong but it depends more on where you live and where your roots are. Even if Frozen isn’t following “real life” it shouldn’t really matter, it’s a movie. In the end I found Frozen really enjoyable and the songs get stuck in the head for the rest of the day, so enjoy! 😀