Disney’s Frozen “Do You Want to Build A Snowman?” sequence is a perfect example of a montage that isn’t just shots put together, but a story telling of how these girls grew up. Though this montage is to a song, so there is actually a rhythmic sequence happening, unlike how Eisenstein argued it should be.
We can see that the montage is also dialectical. Anna persistently tries to get Ella to come play, but Elsa can’t due to her uncontrolled powers. Anna feels neglected and left in confusion. Both grow up in isolation but in the same house, and we follow them through their teen years and even the passing of their parents, together but separated by this wall.
We can see in this wide long shot of Elsa in her room, how she is still unable to control her powers. Everything being cold, iced, and “frozen”, related to the ideal purpose of the movie and how she feels after just losing her parents. She repeats this mantra which Bazin would consider an “Idee fixe”. Her constant obsession with her powers drives the narrative.
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