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<\/a>The title of this post might as well be "Upcoming Pixar Visits the Bay Area, Pixar, WonderCon and Watches Toy Story 3 with Some Surprises Along the Way", but I figured it looked better shortened.<\/p>\n

The folks at Pixar set us up on an extremely thorough tour which I can’t possibly write about in just one post. So here’s my attempt at summarizing the adventure while leaving much to talk about for later.<\/p>\n

Our first day was preceded by something else I’ll get to soon, but the studio visit on Wednesday consisted of a special screening of Pixar’s 11th masterpiece. I’m sure you’re all excited to hear about Toy Story 3<\/a> which was shown to us in an almost finished form sans Randy Newman’s score. <\/p>\n

I can’t get into specific details, for obvious reasons, but I can tell you how I felt about the third installment. Toy Story 3 is the perfect way to end the trilogy and has all the humor and heart of the last two films! In fact, it felt like classic Pixar, if you know what I mean. Definitely bring tissues and get prepared for epic stuff!<\/p>\n

<\/a>That’s just the tip of the iceberg. On the following day we were treated to presentations, tours, and roundtables by Lee Unkrich<\/a>, Darla K. Anderson, Bob Whitehill, Bobby Podesta<\/a>, Mike Venturini, and Christine Freeman! Stick around for proper intros and upcoming posts focusing on each facet of the tour.<\/p>\n

Being able to delve all the way into the animator’s and technical director’s "quarters" was wonderful, but the most rewarding part of the trip was meeting a plethora of super friendly Pixarians, bloggers, and other reps around the building. Honorable mentions go out to Ed Catmull<\/a>, Linsday VanderGalien<\/a>, Cat Hicks<\/a>, Oren Jacob<\/a>, Jonas Rivera, Bob Peterson, Chris Ford, Renee Lamri (cool RenderMan<\/a> folks) and, oh yeah, Victor Navone<\/a>! That too is another story for another day.<\/p>\n

After the interviews came to a close, we entered the Pixar theatre once again. This time, John Lasseter introduced Teddy Newton and Kevin Reher after an interesting chat. In turn, the duo introduced Pixar’s new short film, Day & Night. All I can say is that it’s like nothing I’ve seen before and it will blow your mind! It’s possibly one of my favorite shorts and works perfectly in 3D.<\/p>\n

Following our Pixar trip, Thomas from Upcoming Pixar attended WonderCon so I’m sure we’ll get his reaction soon. For now you can check out some pictures from the event<\/a> over at Stitch Kingdom<\/a> and a great video<\/a> of the panel by our friends at HeyUGuys.co.uk<\/a>! <\/p>\n

To wrap this post I have to thank Chris Wiggum and the entire Pixar Publicity team for setting this up! The team did a phenomenal job introducing us to an assortment of talent and taking us around the studio. It means so much!<\/p>\n

For more, check back soon. I had to delete much of what I’ve written because the post was getting too long. There’s so much more to tell! I’m open for questions, so ask away!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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