Pixar - What Makes a Story Relatable

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A quick look at Pixar's approach to storytelling and character development.

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Every Pixar movie has a reason to exist. Inside Out exists to teach kids about emotions, Finding Nemo exists to teach parents to let their kids grow up, and Cars exists to sell toys.

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22 rules for great storytelling

1. You admire a character for trying more than for their successes .
2. You gotta keep in mind what’s interesting to you as an audience, not what’s fun to do as a writer. They can be very different.
3. Trying for theme is important, but you won’t see what the story is actually about ‘til you’re at the end of it. Now rewrite.
4. Once upon a time there was…every day…one day…because of that…because of that…until finally…
5. Simplify. Focus. Combine characters. Over detours. You’ll feel like you’re losing valuable stuff but it sets you free.
6. What is your character good at, comfortable with? Throw the polar opposite at them. Challenge them. How do they deal?
7. Come up with your ending before you figure out your middle. Seriously. Endings are hard, get yours working up front.
8. Finish your story, let go even if it’s not perfect in an ideal world you have both, but move on, do better next time.
9. When you’re stuck: make a list of what wouldn’t happen next. Lots of times the material to get you unstuck will show up.
10. Pull apart the stories you like. What you like in them is a part of you; you’ve got to recognize it before you can use it.
11. Putting it on paper lets you start fixing it. If it says in your head, a perfect idea, you’ll never share it with anyone.
12. Discount the 1st thing that comes to mind. And the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th… get the obvioud out of the way. Surprise yourself.
13. Give your characters opinions. Passive / malleable might seem likeable to you as you write, but it’s poison to the audience.
14. Why must you tell this story? What’s the belief burning within you that your story feeds off of? That’s the heart of it.
15. If you were your character, in this situation, how would you feel? Honesty lends credibility to unbelievable situations.
16. What are the stakes? Give us reason to root for the character. What happens if they don’t succeed? Stack the odds against.
17. No work is ever wasted. If it’s not working, let go and move on. It’ll come back around to be useful later.
18. You have to know yourself: the difference between doing your best and fussing. Story is testing, not refining.
19. Coincidences to get characters into trouble are great; coincidences to get them out of it are cheating.
20. Exercise. Take the building blocks of a movie you dislike. How’d you rearrange them into what you do like?
21. You gotta identify with your situation characters, can’t just write “cool”. What would make you act that way?
22. What’s the essence of your story? Most economical telling of it? If you know that, you can build out from there.

mare

"Woody is the antagonist" My jaw dropped. I was like oh my god you're right.

Murrison

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ccayco

I love that you classify how films like the hand drawn Disney classics are good, but not as relatable or applicable. People tend to forget that films can be appreciated at different levels and for different aspects that don't necessarily have to do with the film's quality. I appreciate that, as well as everything else in this video and your entire channel. Best animation channel on YouTube.

jorgeortiz

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ClosedOnFridays

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StonerTourism

Inside Out theme still makes me tear up

thomeiser

Since we're on the subject of animation, I'd love a video from you on Studio Ghibli!

I always wish your videos were a tad longer too! This one went by so quick! Great job with the videos!

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masonrandle

i can't imagine how long this took to edit :O

BuildMineSurvive

I’ve always idolized Pixar more than Disney. Their stories just always hit deeper. While I like a mix of animation and live action, I like how Pixar furthered the “animation can be art” statement.

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