‘Elemental’ Craftspeople On “Exploiting The Elemental Nature” Of Characters & Creating A Collaborative Workflow
deadline.comFor Elemental, Pixar’s creative team quickly realized that they needed a new approach to streamline their animation process.
While each department generally worked alone, an early collaboration was needed to animate characters that were comprised of so many visual effects. “It was all about collaborating, not just with the people making the characters and building the environments, but with what the render would look like and how we could change that to help support the characters and the way they looked,” says production designer Don Shank.
Elemental, directed by Peter Sohn, takes place in Element City, a sprawling metropolis filled with residents made of fire, water, earth and air.
The story follows Ember (Leah Lewis), a fire resident working in her parents’ market, whose fiery temper leads her to a chance meeting with Wade (Mamoudou Athie), a sappy water resident working as a city inspector.
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