Report from Last Weekend's Pixar Talk
Animation Guild president Kevin Koch visited the screenwriting seminar mentioned Saturday that involved Andrew Stanton and others. Very much enjoyed seeing his report.
By the way, I happened upon the site for that conference when I was looking for a picture of Joe Ranft for Wikipedia’s article on the legend among story men. I wrote the first draft of it when I was at Luxoflux on the sad day when the news of his death circulated. I was displeased that there was no entry on Wikipedia for reporters or the like to refer to, so I wrote one. But I couldn’t find a picture of him that meets Wikipedia’s strict terms for publication. I think one of the press-release photos from Toy Story 2 or Finding Nemo might qualify, but if anyone reading this has a personal photo of him to put on Wikipedia, let me know. Email zach at this domain, naturally.
Anyway, I’m really enjoying the bits from Andrew Stanton’s talk. I’ve listened to the incredibly fantastic interview with him on Spline Doctors like six times (it really is animation gold!). I keep meaning to go over this fascinating interview as well as Clay Kaytis’s fascinating interview with Glen Keane and pick apart every detail. Someday.