DANIEL LÓPEZ MUÑOZ Digital painting
Photo © copyright Pixar, taken by Deborah Coleman
After we screen a version of the story reels, we get notes from the studio and head back into the story room with the director to chart out the next REWRITES of the film. In this case, we were tasked with rewriting and boarding act 3, which went through many revisions. In order to organize all of the ideas and directions of the story, we write the “beats” of the scene on index cards and pin them up. This is a very flexible process where we can add, change, or discard ideas as we shape the scene. Gags or other drawings can help clarify the ideas presented. Once the ideas are pinned up and pitched, we then start writing the script pages and get back into boarding the scene.
— Max Brace, Story Supervisor
