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Pixar’s rules of storytelling

io9 has a list of the 22 rules of storytelling compiled by Pixar storyboard artist Emma Coats — the “nuggets of narrative wisdom she’s received working for the animation studio…

Stanton talks storytelling

“Mitch” at Pixar Planet describes her recent attendance to a seminar hosted by Pixar Animation Studios’ Andrew Stanton. The report includes numerous notes from Stanton’s lecture, as well as photos…

Video series to examine Pixar’s successful storytelling rules
Trolls Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

…musicals can be a lot of fun. But more often then not, they’re merely a collection of songs thrown togethr without really being beneficial to the storytelling. Sometimes they don’t…

A History of DreamWorks Animation: Part Two – There Is Now A Level Zero

…where Katzenberg had been fired just a few years before. To further set themselves apart, DreamWorks Animation pushed for more mature and dramatic storytelling that was seen as absent from…

Wonder Woman

…it needs to be good. Fortunately, director Patty Jenkins has delivered such a film and perhaps a little more. The storytelling is nicely done. It does enough to weave together…

The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning

…company and shutting down the division. In many ways, they were right to do this: the films are mostly money-making franchise extensions, and the claim of feeble storytelling can mostly…

2016: Animated Views’ Review Of The Year!

…with talking animals and entertained with that alone, but they went above expectations by delivering some of their most sophisticated storytelling to date and essentially producing an animated neo-noir thriller….

Oliver & Company: 25th Anniversary Edition

…Aladdin, the Broadway infused blockbusters whose success was very much down to Ashman’s storytelling songs. And that whole attitude begins at the start of Oliver & Company: where else will…

Up: 3D Edition

storytelling that the giant leap of WALL-E provided the previous year. But what do I know, right? Each and every time on re-watches since, the opening of the film continues…

Flip The Frog: The Complete Series

…series progressed, the shorts became better realized and more polished. Boring farmyard or nature-based antics gave way to more urban adventures, and other genres were explored. The storytelling got stronger,…

A History of DreamWorks Animation: Part One – Ogres Are Like Onions!

…Sea. The Prince of Egypt was the film that, more than anything, announced the arrival of DreamWorks: a beautifully made feature with rich animation, great storytelling, wonderful music, and a…

Oliver & Company: 20th Anniversary Edition

…such following films as The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast and Aladdin, the Broadway infused blockbusters whose success was very much down to Ashman’s storytelling songs. And that whole…

DreamWorks, Aardman split official

…with Peter Lord, David Sproxton, Nick Park and the Aardman team for almost ten years and highly respect their storytelling and filmmaking talents. I am proud of the work we…

2017: Animated Views’ Review Of The Year!

…year was the superhero film. The standout may have been Wonder Woman, which wowed virtually everyone with its terrific action sequences and great storytelling. The very R-rated Logan, meanwhile, proved…

DuckTales: Volume 1

…my appreciation for comics and storytelling in all forms. I paged through that digest dozens of times before I could even understand the words; and when I did learn to…

Enrico Casarosa’s The Venice Chronicles

…and clever sense of storytelling, not so far removed from Miyazaki’s evaluation of details from everyday life. It was such a pleasure chatting with Enrico again about that touching creation…

A History of DreamWorks Animation: Part Three – We Have…Dragons!

…now, but it was not without its flaws. Being a parody, the storytelling was intentionally conceived to be lame enough that it would be funny, and the star-studded cast, headlined…

Legend Quest

…it does illustrate how the early episodes get things off to a rough start. What I like about the show is how dramatic the storytelling is overall. There is even…

Get Enchanted! Chapter Four: Artists Harald Siepermann and Troy Quane

…together. I did all the characters and storytelling and Hans did all the colors and the backgrounds. He’s a genius for that! AV: Another Disney artist, who you happened to…

Flash Gordon: The Complete Series

…and the frequent use of stock footage, balanced out by frequently entertaining scripts and a moralistic approach to storytelling. Those of us who grew up in that era have our…

Author Tim Hauser’s “axioms” on The Art Of WALL•E

…matter of movie production, what do you think makes Wall•E special? TH: Through its engaging use of pantomime, WALL•E continues the traditions of visual storytelling that stretch back through the…

Early Man

…is forced from their land by bronze-age interlopers, the cavemen challenge their fitter brethren to the beautiful game in a bid for survival. Aardman has a unique flair for storytelling

Ratatouille: The Adventure at Disneyland Paris: Pixar Creative Director Roger Gould talks about an “animated” attraction

It was not by chance that Disney first chose to open its European flagship in France — a land whose cultural heritage and storytelling tradition have inspired generations. Disneyland Paris…

Get Enchanted! Chapter Six: Director Kevin Lima and exec producer Chris Chase

storytelling. So it was really a good start for me because I was practicing all of those forms very early on. It also was helpful in that it was within…

Cruising with Hotel Transylvania 3 vis dev artist Lizzie Nichols

…versus cool contrast lighting effect. AV: The film has less dialog than the two previous ones. Does it mean that the visual aspect is more instrumental to the storytelling? LN:…

2018 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive

…I can. It’s more than because I’m a fan of the series, with it’s impressive storytelling that is attractive to audiences of all ages and genders as well as some…

A Duet with Glen Keane

…to create a new canvas for the next generation of storytelling. Duet tells the story of Mia and Tosh and how their individual paths in life weave together to create…

Floyd Norman: Story Of A Storyman

…Disney Studios has always developed their stories on the storyboard rather than on script pages. It’s known as visual storytelling, and that is instead of a writer describing the story…