8 de junho de 2011
Bloom
Going from suck to nonsuck
Pixar's Motto: Going From Suck to Nonsuck
In a world that is obsessed with preventing errors and perfection, perhaps it's ironic that despite 11 straight blockbuster movies, Pixar cofounder and President Ed Catmull describes Pixar's creative process as "going from suck to nonsuck."
That's because Catmull and Pixar's directors think it's better to fix problems than to prevent errors. "My strategy has always been: be wrong as fast as we can," says Andrew Stanton, Director of Finding Nemo and WALL-E, "Which basically means, we're gonna screw up, let's just admit that. Let's not be afraid of that." We can all work this way more often.
So, for instance, Pixar does not begin new movies with a script. Far from it. Film ideas begin on rough storyboards until they work through thousands of problems throughout the process in order to take films from suck to nonsuck.
People at Pixar describe storyboards as the "hand-drawn comic book version" of a movie, a blueprint for the characters and actions. Storyboards are three-by-eight inch sheets of white paper upon which Pixar's story artists sketch ideas. As Joe Ranft, who was one of Pixar's master storyboard artists described it, "Sometimes the first try works, while other times a dozen or more passes are required."
They must persist. Pixar used 27,565 storyboards on A Bug's Life, 43,536 for Finding Nemo, 69,562 for Ratatouille, and 98,173 for WALL-E.
This process of rigorous critique, and even major change, doesn't end once the initial script has been approved and the first version of the film has been created on what are called "reels." Reels contain the work-in-progress storyboards, combined with a voice track, that are shown internally before Pixar moves to the expensive digital animation phase.
"Every time we show a film for the first time, it sucks," Catmull will say. People then email their comments to the director to explain what they liked, what they didn't, and why, and substantial changes are made.
In fact, directors say that Pixar's films will suck virtually until the last stage of production--problems are constantly identified and fixed. Finding Nemo had a massive problem with a series of flashbacks that test audiences didn't get that had to be fixed, while Toy Story 2 had to be completely rewritten a year before it was released. (Pixar film release dates are set in stone, which serves as a constraint.)
What we see is not effortless genius. Through tireless iteration, toil, and (often) sleepless nights, the films start to come together.
Depending on the form it takes, perfectionism is not necessarily a block to creativity. A growing body of research in psychology has revealed that there are two forms of perfectionism: healthy or unhealthy. Characteristics of what psychologists view as healthy perfectionism include striving for excellence and holding others to similar standards, planning ahead, and strong organizational skills. Healthy perfectionism is internally driven in the sense that it's motivated by strong personal values. Conversely, unhealthy perfectionism is externally driven. External concerns show up over perceived parental pressures, needing approval, a tendency to ruminate over past performances, or an intense worry about making mistakes. Healthy perfectionists exhibit a low concern for these outside factors.
Pixar's culture is defined by a pursuit of excellence and quality. Being able to go from suck to nonsuck when developing a new film is a process of ongoing prototyping, a process that facilitates experimentation by the animators as it allows for a rigorous and continual scrutiny of the work in progress, enabling Pixar to practice healthy perfectionism.
The point of describing Pixar's creative process is not to say that we should all implement such a process on our own. It is not always possible to have people assemble regularly to offer feedback, for example. But finding ways to fail quickly, to invest less emotion and less time in any particular idea or prototype or piece of work, is a consistent feature of the work methods of successful creators. Despite the myths, it's hard work.
As Pixar's chief creative officer John Lasseter expresses his perfectionism, "We don't actually finish our films, we release them."
Poor Biff
7 de junho de 2011
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(fonte: http://9gag.com/gag/135325/)Site dica do dia: http://9gag.com/
Pff
Charlie Brown
I stole a key,
Took a car downtown where the lost boys meet,
I took a car downtown and took what they offered me.
To set me free,
I saw the lights go down at the end of the scene,
I saw the lights go down and they're standing in front of me.
My scarecrow dreams,
When they smashed my heart into smitharines,
I be a bright red rose come bursting the concrete.
Be the cartoon heart,
Light a fire, light a spark,
Light a fire, a flame in my heart.
We'll run wild,
We'll be glow-in-the-dark.
All the boys, all the girls,
All the mess in the world
All the boys, all the girls,
All the mess that occurs.
All the high's, all the low's,
We'll run wild,
We'll start glowing-in-the-dark.
So we'll run wild,
We'll be glow-in-the-dark.
Brigadeiros e bexigas
6 de junho de 2011
Big bag room
trilha sonora: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMEpaVL_WsU
Herança de 2010
(indico MUITO esse tumblr, aliás: http://justlittlethings.tumblr.com)Mary Jo - Brazos
Sleep all summer - The National and St Vicent
Get better - Mates of state
Sometimes around midnight - The airbone toxic event
Better not look down - BB King
Miracle drug - U2
Eet - Regina Spektor
Surf - Lanterna
Missed the boat - Modest Mouse
Little motel - Modest Mouse
The allman brothers band - seven turns
Tonight we flight - The divine comedy
Las transeuntes - Jorge Drexler
I don't worry about a thing - Jorge Drexler
Flying over bus stops - Athlete
Wild West - Gregory and the Hawk
Wishing Well - The airbone toxic event
Are you there - Mono
Odessa - Rome
Pinpointing the problem - Henrik Jose
Gong - Sigur Ros
I miss you - Incubus
Symphonies - Dan Black
The Echelon Effect
Touch, peel and stand - Days of the new
Mountain of God - Third Day
Perfect - Smashing Pumpkins
Nine Lives - Midnight Juggernauts
Tonight i have to leave it - Shout out Louds
Kid A - John Mayer
True love waits - Radiohead
My new friend - Maia Hirasawa
Burial - Miike Snow
Black and Blue - Miike Snow
My city of ruins - Eddie Vedder
Numbered days - Eels
I'm on fire - John Mayer
World News - Local Natives
When it comes to you - Ida Maria
Queen of the world - Ida Maria
Ride - Vapour Trail
June - Pete Yorn
Valentine - Kina Grannis
Falling down - Joe Purdy
The letter - Midnight Youth
Bad Sun - The Bravery
Free to go - The Folk Implosion
Age - Angel Taylor
Before i knew - Basia Bulat
Hopefully yours - Stina Nordenstam
I'm leaving - Blue Roses
:)
4 de junho de 2011
3 de junho de 2011
Not cold at all
Nova música do Coldplay - Every teardrop is a waterfall (boa já pelo nome)
I turn the music up, I got my records on
I shut the world outside until the lights come on
Maybe the streets alight, Maybe the trees are gone
I feel my heart start beating to my favourite song
And all the kids they dance, All the kids all night
Until monday mornig feels another life
I turn the music up
I'm on a roll this time
And heaven is in sight
I turn the music up, I got my records on
From underneath the rubble, sing a rebel song
Don't want to see another generation drop
I'd rather be a comma than a full stop
Maybe I'm in the black, Maybe I'm on my knees
Maybe I'm in the gap between the two trapezes
But my heart is beating and my pulses start
Cathedrals in my heart
And we saw oh this light I swear you, emerge blinking into
To tell me it's alright
As we soar walls, Every siren is a symphony
And every tear's a waterfall
Is a Waterfall
Oh
Is a Waterfall
Oh Oh Oh
Is a, Is a Waterfall
Every tear
Is a Waterfall
Oh Oh Oh
So you can hurt, hurt me bad
But still I'll raise the flag
Oh
It was a wa wa wa wa wa-aterfall
A wa wa wa wa wa-aterfall
Every tear
Every tear
Every teardrop is a Waterfall
Every tear
Every tear
Every teardrop is a Waterfall
Obrigada pelo presente Luuuuuuuuuu! :)
I love sky timelapse
1 de junho de 2011
Unpredictable
Will always be better
Everyone gets what they want too fast, these days
No one knows the way to make things last."

