Animation had been done before, but stories were never told.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world.
Animation is a technique, not a genre.
Animation is very singular. Like, even the 'Toy Story' movies. People will go, 'Oh, gosh, you're so lucky, getting to play opposite Tom Hanks!' And it's, like, 'It may have appeared to be that, but we were never in the room together.'
Storytelling is as old as speech. It existed before humans first began to carve shapes in stones and press their hands upon the rocky walls of caves.
What we were in on, really, was the invention of animation.
In terms of writing characters or stories, at least initially, there's no difference between live-action and animation. A good story is a good story, whatever the medium.
My brothers were the ones who taught me about mythology and storytelling, and showed me how to do stop-motion animation.
Doing an animation is nothing like anything you could ever experience. You get to be a kid again and just play dress up in a movie studio.
I brought in the stories many times. I don't just do animation.
Animation is the one type of movie that really does play for the entire audience. Our challenge is to make stories that connect for kids and adults.