One of my favorite things is watching voice actors as they perform their lines. It’s sooo cool! This is a two-part video. Part 1 is a great video of the cats of Pixar’s newest film, Inside Out, acting out their emotional lines. Director Pete Docter is there with them to help. Lewis Black is amazing, btw! Part 2 focuses on the animators world of sketches, models, and computer animation. Enjoy 🙂
The Disney Insider released a personal look into the inside story of Pixar’s upcoming movie, Inside Out. Director Pete Docter and producer Jonas Rivera are interviewed together. It’s very sweet and after reading this, I’m even more excited to see the movie!
Excerpts from the article are below, and can also be read in full here.
Pete started talking about his daughter Elie. (Pixar fans will recognize Elie as the namesake and one of the voices for Carl’s wife in Up.) He talked about how outgoing and silly she was as a child, the friendly sort of girl who would introduce herself to strangers without fear: “Hi, I’m Elie! What’s your name?” At age 11, however, Pete observed that Elie’s “childhood joy took a vacation.” As he reflected on the changes that every parent must see in their growing children, he couldn’t help but wonder what was going on in inside her head, and thus, the world of Inside Out was born.
As Jonas explained: “The minute he pitched it about her [Elie] changing, I thought, ‘Oh gosh, I’m right behind you, man.’ My daughter’s nine now and I’m seeing it. And I thought, everyone’s either had a kid or been a kid—there’s something that will resonate with everyone. So, it really became this exercise of parenting and us three [Pete, Jonas, and co-director Ronnie del Carmen] talking ourselves through that.”
More than just an exercise in parenting, Inside Out helped Pete work through his own childhood memories. “I still have, sort of, remnant issues from having difficult times in junior high. I think to some degree that’s why I’m in animation, you know, because it was so hard talking to other people. It’s a lot easier to sit in my room and draw, because you still have something to say…so all those things kind of came together to make it a very personal film. Watching my daughter sparked memories of my own childhood.”
To give you a sense of how long this process has been, Elie Docter is now 16. What began as an observation from Pete is now a fully developed world of the mind, complete with the starring emotions of Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust. Every human in the film has this roster of five emotions, but uses them in different order, which in a simple way, explains how “childhood joy” can take the backseat as we grow up. As Pete said, “That’s what the film is about. It’s probably one of the more difficult things in our lives, is growing up.”
The movie comes out on June 19th. Perfect timing for the drive-in theater! Who will be seeing this movie in theaters? 🙂
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