WEBVTT 00:00:03.425 --> 00:00:07.494 - Hi, I'm Valerie Lapointe and I'm a story artist at Pixar. 00:00:07.494 --> 00:00:09.207 I'm going to be your host for our 00:00:09.207 --> 00:00:12.594 first lesson on storytelling, designed to introduce you 00:00:12.594 --> 00:00:14.530 to how we tell stories at Pixar. 00:00:14.530 --> 00:00:16.208 Throughout the next six lessons 00:00:16.208 --> 00:00:18.534 you'll have a chance to create your own stories 00:00:18.534 --> 00:00:20.227 and you'll go from a rough idea 00:00:20.227 --> 00:00:23.068 to having real storyboards like we use at Pixar. 00:00:23.068 --> 00:00:25.397 Each lesson features Pixar story artists 00:00:25.397 --> 00:00:28.357 sharing their insights about the story development process. 00:00:28.357 --> 00:00:31.913 - My name is Domee Shi and I'm a story artist. 00:00:31.913 --> 00:00:33.209 - Hi, my name is Sanjay Patel. 00:00:33.209 --> 00:00:34.739 I'm an animator and storyboard artist. 00:00:34.739 --> 00:00:35.898 - I'm Kristen Lester. 00:00:35.898 --> 00:00:37.248 I'm as storyboard artist. 00:00:37.248 --> 00:00:38.829 - Hello, my name is Mark Andrews and 00:00:38.829 --> 00:00:41.950 I'm a director at Pixar Animation Studios. 00:00:41.950 --> 00:00:43.858 The goal of this video is to remind you 00:00:43.858 --> 00:00:46.938 that you already are a storyteller. 00:00:46.938 --> 00:00:48.500 It's something we do naturally, 00:00:48.500 --> 00:00:50.456 and start doing as children. 00:00:50.456 --> 00:00:52.779 To kick this lesson off, let's hear how 00:00:52.779 --> 00:00:54.572 some of Pixar's storytellers first 00:00:54.572 --> 00:00:57.405 started telling their own stories. 00:00:58.980 --> 00:01:00.962 - Out on the playground where you're 00:01:00.962 --> 00:01:03.485 making up stories or playing in the backyard 00:01:03.485 --> 00:01:05.892 where we're making up whole worlds. 00:01:05.892 --> 00:01:08.516 From then on I started drawing my own comic books 00:01:08.516 --> 00:01:12.231 and I would fake being sick to stay home from school 00:01:12.231 --> 00:01:15.900 so I could draw my comic books and come up with my stories. 00:01:15.900 --> 00:01:18.371 - What I did is I would take a drawing 00:01:18.371 --> 00:01:20.354 of Betty and Veronica that was in the comic books 00:01:20.354 --> 00:01:22.517 and I would trace it, and then I would draw 00:01:22.517 --> 00:01:24.847 fashion on them, and I did this thing 00:01:24.847 --> 00:01:26.932 called Betty and Veronica Fashions. 00:01:26.932 --> 00:01:28.971 Somewhere in my mother's basement there are 00:01:28.971 --> 00:01:30.830 thousands and thousands and thousands 00:01:30.830 --> 00:01:32.944 of these drawings of Betty and Veronica. 00:01:32.944 --> 00:01:35.082 - These poster assignments that my 00:01:35.082 --> 00:01:37.030 art teacher would give me in high school, 00:01:37.030 --> 00:01:38.926 and even in junior high school as well, 00:01:38.926 --> 00:01:40.790 they were always around a theme 00:01:40.790 --> 00:01:43.741 of American history, and so the idea 00:01:43.741 --> 00:01:45.462 of this kinda homework of doing 00:01:45.462 --> 00:01:48.032 American history in a visual form 00:01:48.032 --> 00:01:49.465 was the kinda the first avenue 00:01:49.465 --> 00:01:52.915 into telling stories in just one picture. 00:01:52.915 --> 00:01:54.032 - When I was really young I would 00:01:54.032 --> 00:01:57.012 draw pictures and I would show them to people 00:01:57.012 --> 00:01:59.971 and they would react, and I'd really like that. 00:01:59.971 --> 00:02:01.896 Like I'd love getting reactions out of people 00:02:01.896 --> 00:02:05.523 with the things that drew and the stories that I tell, 00:02:05.523 --> 00:02:08.268 and I wanted to get more reactions out of people 00:02:08.268 --> 00:02:11.018 so I drew more and more and more. 00:02:13.445 --> 00:02:15.381 - I have to say, like growing up I felt like 00:02:15.381 --> 00:02:17.555 I had no ideas, like I was just the most 00:02:17.555 --> 00:02:19.945 unoriginal, like, I always felt like artists 00:02:19.945 --> 00:02:22.431 have to have like these kinda waterfalls of ideas, 00:02:22.431 --> 00:02:25.039 endless amount of ideas, and I had like zero I felt. 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:29.574 - So I get most of my stories and my ideas from my life. 00:02:29.574 --> 00:02:32.796 I think about a lot of stuff that's happened to me, 00:02:32.796 --> 00:02:36.311 like when was the last time I was happy? 00:02:36.311 --> 00:02:39.386 When was the last time I felt really sad? 00:02:39.386 --> 00:02:43.974 When was the last time I cried or got really angry? 00:02:43.974 --> 00:02:47.491 - Most of my stories originate from 00:02:47.491 --> 00:02:50.529 my own personal experiences, and I think 00:02:50.529 --> 00:02:54.271 there's a touchstone there that is very important 00:02:54.271 --> 00:02:59.225 to the storyteller to find because it makes us honest. 00:02:59.225 --> 00:03:01.388 I'm not just gathering kind of ideas 00:03:01.388 --> 00:03:03.675 and chucking them together and there's a story. 00:03:03.675 --> 00:03:06.002 No story comes ready made. 00:03:06.002 --> 00:03:09.015 - One way is that I think long and hard 00:03:09.015 --> 00:03:11.862 about my experiences in life and 00:03:11.862 --> 00:03:15.023 moments in my life where I've had 00:03:15.023 --> 00:03:19.267 what I kind of consider to be an epiphany. 00:03:19.267 --> 00:03:21.679 I have gained some sort of insight 00:03:21.679 --> 00:03:24.747 or learned something that I think 00:03:24.747 --> 00:03:27.406 is really important to share with the world. 00:03:27.406 --> 00:03:28.828 I think those are the kind of stories 00:03:28.828 --> 00:03:30.394 that are really fun because they 00:03:30.394 --> 00:03:33.730 only can come from you and your experience. 00:03:33.730 --> 00:03:35.972 Nobody else can have the same insights 00:03:35.972 --> 00:03:38.305 as you because they haven't lived the same life as you. 00:03:38.305 --> 00:03:40.670 - No two people will experience life the same, 00:03:40.670 --> 00:03:43.533 so no two people will tell a story the same way. 00:03:43.533 --> 00:03:46.192 Think of this as a superpower we all have, 00:03:46.192 --> 00:03:48.846 your unique perspective. 00:03:48.846 --> 00:03:51.145 Only you see the world this way. 00:03:51.145 --> 00:03:53.705 Now I want you to think about a memory you have. 00:03:53.705 --> 00:03:56.405 It can be your most embarrassing memory, 00:03:56.405 --> 00:04:00.323 a frightening memory, or a time you were very surprised. 00:04:00.323 --> 00:04:04.164 Whatever it is, it's a memory you remember vividly. 00:04:04.164 --> 00:04:05.922 In this first exercise you'll have a chance 00:04:05.922 --> 00:04:09.172 to express this memory in various ways.