I'm watching "The Incredibles" (yes, it took me this long to see it) and cross-referencing with IMDB and am surprised how many of the roles were played by Pixar employees. And played well. It makes me wonder what more one can do to stand out, to hone one's craft when it's that "easy" for people not directly in the field to get gigs.
Just idly musing here...
Just idly musing here...
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Re: Small Fish in a Biiiiiiig Pond
Sat, April 23, 2005 - 12:26 AMMaybe get a job at Pixar for a start.
Joking aside, were you able to determine from IMDB whether those folks had a lot of prior voice work experience? They may have done a lot of student films for themselves or friends while at CalArts, or whereever. IMDB is a pretty good knowledge bank, but they don't have everything.
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Re: Small Fish in a Biiiiiiig Pond
Sat, April 23, 2005 - 1:15 AMI can speak to this directly, since I'm an employee of Pixar as well as an actor.
Often what happens is that when stories are being developed, employees will be used as scratch tracks, just quick filler tracks recorded on the fly while things are still being storyboarded. It makes sense to use employees since they're easiest to record quickly. Sometimes the directors get attached to those particular voices and they end up being cast as the official voices.
I was lucky enough to get a line in Bug's Life, but even among Pixar Employees, real lines are few and far between. -
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Re: Small Fish in a Biiiiiiig Pond
Sat, April 23, 2005 - 9:10 AMWell, I was impressed by the voicework of Pixar employees that made it into the film.
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Re: Small Fish in a Biiiiiiig Pond
Sat, April 23, 2005 - 9:12 AM> Maybe get a job at Pixar for a start.
Heh! Given that I don't animate, my chances are slim. But they'd be a great job for me as I live close by (hell, I used to live just a couple blocks from their campus), I'm a Mac head, I'm creative, yadda yadda... Me and a million others...
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