“The idea kind of started with me just thinking about what would be fun to see in animation, you know - what have I not seen? For some reason, I got thinking about the human body and realizing, well, I've seen, like, traveling through the bloodstream and into the, you know, stomach and things.” ThinkingKnowsHumansWellsKindIdeasReasonBodyWould BeFunRealizingStomachHuman BodyAnimation Author:Pete Docter
“Well, what if we did this in the mind as opposed to the brain? So instead of blood vessels and dendrites, what if it was consciousness and dream production? And that would allow us to have characters that represent emotions. And that felt like, man, that's exactly what animation does best - strong, opinionated, caricatured personalities. And that just got me excited.” IfsMenMindWellsDoeCharacterDreamStrongFeltEmotionBrainConsciousnessBloodPersonalityProductionsExcitedWhat IfVesselAnimationOpinionatedBlood Vessels Author:Pete Docter
“Well, we try to - we definitely try to have a balance. And I think things have gotten a lot better at Pixar. When we did "Toy Story," that was an all hands on deck situation that really was time intensive.” ThinkingTryingWellsStoriesHandsSituationBalanceToysDeckPixar Author:Pete Docter
“Well, the film initially - we had decided to pair joy with fear because I don't know about you - for me fear was a major motivator in junior high. So we thought there's probably some good stuff there... As the film went on, we had developed all these great scenes that were really funny, but in the third act, it wasn't adding up to anything.” KnowsWellsFilmJoyStuffSceneMajorsDecidedThirdsPairsJuniorsJunior High Author:Pete Docter
“And in part that's good but then, like any emotion - and this is something we learned from the research as well - there are positive and negative aspects to all of these.” WellsEmotionResearchNegativeAspect Author:Pete Docter
“Well, what we do is we have a script, of course. But for us, writing is also like storyboarding. It's drawing. And so we will cut all of those drawings together with music, sound effects and dialogue. And we screen this kind of stick-figure version of the film.” WritingWellsKindTogetherFilmCoursesSoundCuttingEffectsFiguresSticksScriptsScreensDrawingDialogueVersionsSound EffectsStoryboarding Author:Pete Docter
