017 Chris Horne Interview, Technical Director at Pixar Animation Studios

Morgan and Mason interview Chris Horne, a technical director at Pixar! They talk about Chris’s journey to Pixar; his work on Brave, Finding Nemo 3D and other films; and his advice for aspiring animation students. Highlights: ■ Thoughts on the hilarious stop-motion shorts, Creature Comforts ■ Interview: Pixar’s Chris Horne ■ Chris’s background: how he got interested in animation, Pixar, the college years ■ What’s the process of getting hired by a big studio like Pixar?  ■ Chris on being a Pixar fanboy working for Pixar. ■ About the lighting, rendering and Lightspeed departments ■ What do the lighting and rendering departments actually do? ■ Chris talks about crazy and hilarious software glitches, bloopers and malfunctions! ■ New animation software: Presto ■ Lighting an animated shot: balancing realism vs. cartoony ■ What part of Brave he worked on: the hardest scene Pixar’s ever done, cake cauldron scene,  ■ Hair simulation ■ Every character has its own posse of lights ■ How big is the team that worked on the 3D conversion of Finding Nemo 3D? ■ What is “bit rot”? ■ Must see 3D movies: Avatar and Finding Nemo 3D ■ Nerdy questions: pizza planet truck, the witch’s inspired by Zelda?, who would win in a fight: King Fergus or Stoick the Vast? ■ What is Chris working on now? What’s the deal with Finding Nemo 2? ■ Where he wants to go from here/career goals ■ How important is a demo reel? Advice for animation students Runtime: 1:08:01, 32.7 MB Where to Find Us: ■ Find us on the web: therotoscopers.com, twitter, facebook, YouTube, tumblr, hypable & Animated Views ■ Mason Smith: This Animated Life Blog, Twitter ■ Chelsea Robson: Facebook, Twitter ■ Morgan Stradling: Twitter, Instagram ■ Visit our sponsors: Netflix, Audible, Amazon ■ Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an email at [email protected] ■ Send us a voicemail at therotoscopers.com/voicemail Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices