{"id":5929,"date":"2018-05-31T12:40:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T16:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/?p=5929"},"modified":"2018-05-31T12:40:28","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T16:40:28","slug":"how-pixar-employees-utilized-their-archives-for-the-incredibles-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/how-pixar-employees-utilized-their-archives-for-the-incredibles-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How Pixar Employees Utilized Their Archives for The Incredibles 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

During my most recent visit to Pixar for an Incredibles 2<\/em> press event, which was a massive thrill in itself,\u00a0 I was given an exclusive tour of their new archive facility. And it was definitely the cherry on top of a very fabulous two days at the studio. Inside the archives I learned how Brad Bird and his team went back in time to research the designs and characters for the Incredibles 2<\/em>.
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\nPixar itself is a magical place, and I don’t have enough room in this post to write about how it meant to visit the studio for the first time (stay-tuned for an upcoming post about just that), but the archives are really something special.
\nJust think of your favorite Pixar film and then think about all the hard work that went into making it. All of the designs that were created in the 3+ years of developing the film are all archived\u00a0in their new 15,000 square foot facility.
\nOriginally the building was just a raw cement warehouse, but the folks at Pixar spent a few years making it perfect and customizing it to accommodate all of the designs. The facility is now a working space where\u00a0employees\u00a0from Pixar can come to visit and pull designs for their research.
\nThe archives is\u00a0so big that it could get a little creepy when you\u2019re there by yourself; every time someone enters through the main door there\u2019s a cute little doorbell that rings, which alerts whoever\u2019s working that someone has entered the premises. *Cue dramatic music*<\/strong>
\nI wanted to spend days, hours, WEEKS in that building looking at each and every piece of art work but alas, I only had less than an hour inside.
\nArchives Manager, Juliet Roth, led the tour and\u00a0has been with Pixar for 15 years.\u00a0Everyone who works in the archives has a master\u2019s degree in library science with an archive focus, or something similar. According to Juliet, “this is as much my job as a story artist is an artist that draws storyboards, we work really closely with the art and story teams in production, that\u2019s where the majority of the materials are coming from. We also collect scripts from editorial, some animation drawings, and we also have a historical collection; which is more about the history of Pixar as a company, sort of what is culturally unique. What makes Pixar Pixar<\/em>?\u201d
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(Photo by Marc Flores)<\/p><\/div>
\nSo, what does the Pixar Archives\u00a0house exactly? And how did going back through the old designs help the artists prepare for the\u00a0Incredibles 2<\/em>?<\/p>\n