By: Richard Cownie (richard.cownie.delete@this.pobox.com), January 25, 2017 11:36 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Sure. Pixar succeeds not because they have great technology (though they do),
but because they're brilliant at character and story. I attended a talk by
Sanjay Patel about the making of his short "Sanjay's Super Team". Great talk,
great short movie - but the crux of it was that when he discussed his initial
idea with John Lasseter, about a young boy watching shoes outside a temple to
make money to buy a superhero comic - Lasseter talked to him about his
relationship to Hindu culture and to his dad, and then said "tell *your* story".
They're artists, first and foremost. But artists who needs a lot of MFLOPS.
but because they're brilliant at character and story. I attended a talk by
Sanjay Patel about the making of his short "Sanjay's Super Team". Great talk,
great short movie - but the crux of it was that when he discussed his initial
idea with John Lasseter, about a young boy watching shoes outside a temple to
make money to buy a superhero comic - Lasseter talked to him about his
relationship to Hindu culture and to his dad, and then said "tell *your* story".
They're artists, first and foremost. But artists who needs a lot of MFLOPS.
