HamptonRoads.com via Animated-News introduces Valerie LaPointe, A Pixar
story artist. She talks abot an unknown upcoming
movie.
Intere
sting read.
Valerie
doesn’t really say anything about the unknown movie. The article focuses more on telling her
story.
~~=oP
Yeah, she doesn’t say much save one line concerning this
“unnamed project”. Heck, it might not even be Pixar-related…though it does sound like it. It can’t
be WALL-E, so perhaps it really is another Pixar movie? Toy Story 3…maybe?
On the plus side, I suppose we should congratulate her for landing a job in one of the most well-known
animation studios of all time (besides Disney). Kinda cool…considering that she is a storyboard artist – my
dad just might know Ms. LaPointe. In any case, I’ll keep an eye out for her name in upcoming Pixar projects.
Do you think that she could be the director of a Pixar film that is set to be realeased after
Toy Story 3?
TSS- I somehow doubt it. It seems to me she just started "working her way up the
ladder" so to speek.
The Star Swordsman - Nah, I don’t think so. She said the project
is secret…that it “could be anything”, and – as Gasduude said – she
just landed the job only recently. It’s highly unlikely that she would start such an advanced project as that
right out of the box, especially when she might not even know what it is.
Congrats to getting into
Pixar! Future project? Most likely this will be after Toy Story 3, or even
Wall-E. You never know. I would actually like to see a female director for a
change.
But I would imagine that she would
play some sort of important rule in the next Pixar film.
But TSS, she [i]just
got[/i] the job. Story artist is an entry level position, which is why
I’m applying for it soon. But anyway, you don’t gain a title like director that
quickly.
Take Brad Bird for example. He started out as an animator, but he didn’t direct a major film
until 19 years later. And this is Brad Bird I’m
talking about here. The man is a genius, but genius isn’t enough to get somebody to the top. He had to work
his butt off.
I don’t want to condone Valerie’s talent because she must have a great deal of it to have
landed a job at Pixar, but, you’re thinking too highly of her too soon. 
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My point exactly. The same situation goes for my dad as well, who has been in the animation business for over
40-50 years as a storyboard artist/animator, but it still took him a while before he landed a job as director. It
takes some time for these things to happen – just learning to draw fluently steals a good ten years or more of
your life.
PixarVixen - By the way, PV, I know this isn’t relevant to
what we’re talking about, but I just have to say that I love your new avatar and
signature.
Heheh. Thanks,
Mitch! I love my new avatar, too. <img src=“{SMILIES_PATH}/love2.gif” alt=“:loves:” title="In
Love" />
I decided to make it permanent,
because nothin’ signifies PixarVixen better than Tony Rydinger. 
But um,
ahem, back to Valerie…
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PixarVixen - You are most welcome! To tell you the truth, I’ve
been waiting for you to get a Tony Rydinger-related avatar since I first met you on [i]Pixar
Planet[/i]. I thought to myself, "If she loves Tony so much then where is the avatar for
it?". (snigger) It looks very cute, PV. 
But yes, back to Valerie… 