In a city where fire, water, earth and air all live together in a New York-like melting pot, laid-back Wade and fiery Ember forge an unlikely bond in “Elemental.”Pixar’s new movie “Elemental” presented its Emeryville-based team with one of its toughest technical challenges yet – in a history of challenging assignments — anthropomorphizing those nebulous classical elements of nature: fire, water, air and earth.
But while it was an intense feature to pull off due to various reasons, it was also of primary importance for director and co-writer Peter Sohn and Ream to get the details right and reflect the large diversity of the immigrant experience. “It was incredible to hear from people from all over the world with so many similar experiences,” Ream said. “And it was very emotional and moving. For a lot of these people it was the first time for them to come together and talk to others that had a similar experience.”“I remember Denise and I talked about how we have to respect and honor all these stories as best as we can in the film,” said Sohn, who lives in Piedmont. “And it was a burden that we were very proud to carry.
All of it proved challenging on a production that was technically complex and required numerous consultations. “I kept thinking of laughs and tears,” said Sohn, who worked with Ream on 2015’s “The Good Dinosaur” and has been with Pixar for more than two decades, contributing to some of the studio’s biggest hits.“There was so much joy when — out of the black holes of displays where a character on fire comes alive and blinks for the first time,” Sohn recalled. “And then the next day that we can only do four close-ups because this is so hard to do … . We just felt that sort of balance.
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