STORY DEVELOPMENT

After a first draft has been written it’s customary to explore a story and it’s characters visually. Not to get lost or bogged down by too many unnecessary details, this is often done in broad strokes, called "story beats" drawings.

I like to think of it as doing the movie first as an illustrated children’s book.

I have done this kind of work for Tim Burton and at Pixar for John Lasseter and Pete Doctor. Also at Disney Studios I worked in Development along side great story men such as Joe Grant, Vance Gerry and Joe Ranft.

The movie CARS, sprang from my idea and drawings of The Little Yellow Car, that I did while at Pixar in 1995. Joe Ranft and I co-wrote the first draft script for the final movie with John Lasseter as master of ceremonies.