6/21/2023 0 Comments Pixar renderman environment![]() ![]() Then there was Jack-Jack in The Incredibles who goes on fire. I remember seeing Ghost Rider as a kid and going, ‘A character with a fiery head.’ The fire was so realistic and meant to be scary. “Ember was the most challenging to get to her look. One of the hardest aspects was to make sure that the characters actually look like they are made from their designated element, such as “Ember and Wade as our main characters, Fire and Water,” states Sohn. I went in knowing the gameplan of what we were going to get to do, but because my parents had died, I was like, ‘This is to honor them! We’ve got to go further.’ The crew has been a tremendous support in this process, and they have lifted the film in ways that I will forever be grateful for.” ![]() I pulled back on a lot of that in the middle of last year. “There were lots of articles last year about how tremendously difficult the hours can be in the visual effects industry, and with so many projects going into streaming and features getting so big, that there were some eye-opening ways to produce this material that I was guilty of. ![]() Given the nature of the characters, effects were an essential aspect of their design, with Sohn having to readjust his expectations. It has been this interesting emotional ride.” “I lost both of my parents during the making of Elemental, and this film has a great deal to do with appreciating our parents and the sacrifices that they make for us. “To make the pitch more acceptable to everyone, I boiled it down to the classical elements fire, water, earth and air.” The subject matter is personal in nature, he reveals. “When I looked at the Periodic Table, all I could see was this apartment complex,” chuckles filmmaker Peter Sohn ( The Good Dinosaur). The story was inspired in part by a science class joke. Hardly elementary to put together is the original romantic comedy Elemental from Pixar, where a new arrival to a city inhabited by Water, Earth, Air and Fire enters into a relationship that crosses the class divide. ![]()
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