Week 1 | Story Xperiential

Week 1 | Due Sunday, March 13

Your job for this week is to create a "What if" teaser with 3 different ideas.

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Kickoff Video

Week 1 Deliverable: "What if" Teaser (1 hour)

Part A: Come up with a sentence for each of your "what if" ideas:

What if _________________________
What if _________________________
What if _________________________

Part B: Draw simple visuals to represent each of your ideas.

Part C: Make a teaser for your three "what if" statements by reading your ideas over each corresponding image.

Need video editing help? See orientation.

Past Week 1 Submissions

Each team should upload one Week 1 deliverable below.

Only one individual from each team needs to do this upload.

Be sure to include a thumbnail image for your video so that it looks great in the gallery.

THSI IS ONLY FOR WEEK 1 SUBMISSIONS, IF YOU ARE UPLOADING WEEK 2 GO TO THE WEEK 2 PAGE.

This exercise is designed to help you succeed with your weekly deliverable.

Now it’s time to create your Week 1 Deliverable.

No need to commit to any one story idea yet, just have fun brainstorming!

Each team should create & upload one submission.

Exercise: What if? (1 hour)

There is no “right way” to come up with your “what if” statements—just find ideas that excite you! The more ideas, the merrier!

Watch the video, and try out some of Derek’s suggestions to get your ideas flowing:

make a list of worlds
make a list of objects or things
mix, match, or randomize to see what happens

Advice

Here's some inspirational words from a few of our Pixar storytellers!

Your host for Week 8: Connie He! Join the final livestream on Monday, April 25th @ 5pm PT/8pm ET

Connie He is currently a story artist on an upcoming film at Pixar Animation Studios. She was born and raised in Shanghai, China. She graduated from Ringling College of Art and Design in 2018, where she learned storytelling and CG animation. Her graduation film Watermelon: A Cautionary Tale has won 33 international film awards. Her animation career began as a CG artist on Netflix's series Love, Death & Robot. After that, she focused on pursuing storyboarding, which led to feature film development at Taiko Animation Studios. She joined Pixar in 2021 and is now working on a new Pixar film coming out in 2024.