2“Story, Story, Story…”Edi-storial
The way we work at Pixar is we write the script but then we quickly move on into Story Reel…all in an effort to basically sit in the theatre…and watch the movie before we shoot it.1
—Pete Docter (Monsters, Inc., Up, Inside Out, Soul)
Origins of Story: The Screenplay and the Pitch
Live-action editors are often said to be the final writers of a film—shaping the story based on their reactions to footage arising from countless choices and chances on sets and locations. In animation, editors were historically left out of the story development process for many good reasons. But a creative environment open to new roles, combined with the powerful, new application of digital tools ...
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