Thursday, Jun. 24

How Pixar Protects Their Vision

Ed Catmull:

I do believe you want a vision, so you start off with a person who has a vision for a story. And we do things to try and protect that vision and its not easy to protect it, because they feel these pressures. They also have misconceptions about the creative process sometimes. We do have these people who we give a chance to on the belief they’re right, and can rise to the occasion, and we are wrong sometimes, because we can’t see what goes on in their heads. And our measure, because we can’t see inside people’s heads, is the team. If the team is functioning well, and healthy, it will solve the problem.

Starting with a person who has a vision for a story and then doing whatever you can to protect that vision? Sounds like a recipe for success to me.