Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Expo view
Expo view
The corridors were full of attendees lining up for the talks. There was a dealer floor where all manner of how-to books on screenwriting could be sampled. And writing software, lets not forget. Didnt get to take as many photos as I wanted. Bumped into many L.A. friends, it was like a reunion.
Da Story. The Pixar day of panels were well attended and we had a blast doing the talks. My brother Louie made it, as well as friends Glen and Vyvan. I missed Andrews talk but thats only because it was packed. Later that evening I had dinner with my son, Geo, whos already on his first year in UC Irvine.
The Pixar talks were not rehearsed and all resonated the same thing: The structure of leadership in the company revolves around the concept that Pixars projects are director-driven. The movies are made by those storytellers. It starts there. Oh, by the way, its about story, story, story. Nobody knows everything and not everything is precise, being human after all. We all do the best we can. My view is that the company provides the conditions where making mistakes is not a career ending gaff but is viewed as par for the course in order for all to contribute openly.
Soap box off. Be well, all.
Animation Guild blog on Andrew Stantons Keynote talk.
Random Anomalies post.
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UPDATE. Jeremy Bernstein did caricatures of, well, almost anyone in sight. Check out his post on the days activities. Below is his rendition of our Storyboard talk. Thanks, Jeremy. Romney Marino sent me a jpeg. Had to post here, hope you dont mind.
Cartoon Brew post about the drawings.
Captain Yolk blog
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