Obviously, this is easier said than done but I have to say after listening to this young man tell me how much those movies affected not only his childhood but his bridge into adulthood as well, it’s inspired me to rethink everything I want to make, from here on out. I can get emotional when I watch something that even remotely resembles my own life experiences so to hear him say “thats exactly what he went through”, was truly inspirational to me as a filmmaker! I thought to myself, how can I portray true emotions like that in my work? How can I tie the audience into my films or commercials or ads so that when they see it they not only appreciate it and think it’s well made but that they connect with it… I’ve always loved movies that progress in real time and even if the movies don’t always pull them off, I love the idea of it! Recent examples would be TRON, Indiana Jones and Rocky.
So what he was watching on the screen is something that was beyond emotional to him, it was real, it was pearing into his soul, so to speak. haha) He told me that he experienced not only having to get rid of some of his old toys but specifically his Woody and Buzz Lightyear toys. ( UPDATE: After my neighbor read this blog post he told me that he did not “tear up” as I mentioned, he said that he “cried like a baby!” And that after recently watching it again, he “cried harder than anytime before’. Then he went on to tell me that since the films progressed in “real time”, he is the same age as as Andy’s character who is now having to go off to college and having to “give up his childish things” and that he teared up during that part of Toy Story 3.
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So for him, the movie was immersive, it was watching his imaginations play out on the screen and then he could continue the story at home in his room with his own toys. Shortly after it was released I was driving one of my neighbors home after an event, he’s a junior in high school and he loves film! We started talking about how amazing Pixar’s films has been and then he started to tell me that when the first Toy Story came out in 1995, he was the same age as Andy, the young boy in the movie and that he had purchased the same toys as the boy (Woody, Buzz Lightyear, etc).
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Personally, one of my favorite things about this movie was they came full circle with the generation it was created for. So we thought we’d share it with you here… It has some great insight on how Toy Story 3 came about and it looks into the writing process taking you behind the scenes of Pixar Animated Studios.īefore we dive into the interview I’d like to share a few of my (Adam Sutton) own thoughts about the blockbuster movie. Occasionally we’re going to write industry related Tips and Tricks articles and we figured what better way to start off our very first one with talking about about our absolute favorite studio, PIXAR! We came across this great article from indiewire about how Michael Arndt went from not even having a screenplay produced to writing one of the biggest animated films of all time. Recently he was commissioned to write Episode 7 of the Star Wars series. Since then, he has written a Tom Cruise movie and the second installment of Hunger Games. Before that, his screenplay of Little Miss Sunshine was nominated for an Oscar. The first page of the story is the Editor’s Note and it is followed by a long interview with Michael Arndt.
The following is from Red Letter Studios. Tips & Tricks: PIXAR Writing Emotions into Toy Story 3