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Stridin' With The Stanton

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Mitch
from PixarPlanet was recently fortunate enough to have attended a seminar hosted by Andrew Stanton, acclaimed director of Finding Nemo and who is now directing WALL-E. Mitch has posted a report of the seminar over at PixarPlanet. Here is a segment from the report…

He showed/described to us a number of things, including how challenging it was to make certain scenes in Toy Story work, how particular scenes in films can evoke a specific and powerful emotion/message, and the various actors that were chosen to play the part of Hopper in A Bug’s Life.

As far as Toy Story was concerned, Mr. Stanton mentioned that it was hard for he and his fellow coworkers to develop the characters so that they and their personalities were likeable and convincing to the audience. They actually had to “tone down” certain characters’ demeanors and such, actually.

You can read the full report, including pictures of the Disney backlot like the one above, here. Thanks Mitch! (PS. I am going to be away till Wednesday, so if you have any news item, please send me an email with a link to it, as it would help me a great deal when I get back.)

Last modified: September 22, 2007