First Look: Disney/Pixar’s WALL•E

During WonderCon 2008, ComingSoon.net was privileged to be invited to Pixar Studios for a guided tour, a sneak peek at WALL•E (check FilmoFilia Gallery) and a roundtable interview with writer/director Andrew Stanton. The one thing you come to realize about Pixar is that everything they do is deliberate, focused, and researched. Pixar uses their studio not only as a showcase for their previous movies, but as a way to vet the movie creation process. Thousands upon thousands of panels are drawn storyboarding the plot. Hundreds of frame-able quality art are created of each character, showing profiles, expressions, and movement indicators. Clay sculptures are crafted to show face designs in extreme expressions and body poses. On display that day were story panels and concep art for Finding Nemo and Ratatouille. Clay sculptures from Ratatouille blanketed a set of walls and standing display cases… Read more: ComingSoon