Attended a special Guardian Masterclass event - An evening with Pixar - http://www.theguardian.com/guardian-masterclasses/an-evening-with-pixar-animation-masterclass. Includes a screening of Monsters University, a presentation from the filmmakers, an extended Q&A and a post-event drinks reception, giving guests the rare opportunity to mingle with the filmmakers

1. My evening with Pixar

3. Trailer

4. The idea

5. Little Mike with big dreams...
"Like Mike, you have to
look past who you want
to be to discover who
you can be"
@MrDanScanlon

6. “I love the idea that it’s never
too late to change what you
want to be.”
Dan Scanlon

7. “Animators at Pixar show
their original Pixar rejection
letters like badges of honour”
Dan Scanlon

8. The story

9. Mike and Sulley
didn’t start off as
BFFs...

10. The movie

11. “Making a movie at the
Studio is never a straight line”
Kori Rae

12. Research & Ideation

13. Sketches & iteration

14. For Sulley they also went through a series of
di!erent iterations...

15. Dean Hardscrabble

17. Monsters University

18. The Pixar pipeline...

19. 1. Storyboarding
100,856 in total

20. 2. Concept boarding

21. 3. Modelling

22. 4. Layout

23. 5. Animation & Crowd simulation

24. 5. Final lighting