Enrico's blog

Here’s a brainstorm in process …
Eh eh, joke aside I do usually need to move around at lunch break, either run, swim or do some yoga … it gives me time to process information and either make decisions or come up with new ideas/solutions. We are very lucky to be at a Studio that support such lunch breaks!

Here’s a check in with Ed Robbins, La Luna’s character modeler and cloth simulation man! It’s his job to turn the sculpts of the characters (done by the amazing Greg Dikstra) into geometry on a computer! The applications he used to model our Bambino, Papa and Nonno are Maya, are Mudbox, Maya and a lot of Pixar proprietary software.
He’s also a goofball … as you can see.

Recording and mixing the right sounds for a film is an art. Lucky for us we had an amazing sound designer on our side, Justin Pearson. We do a mixing session/review and then Justin shows us where one of the key sound effect we heard comes from: a homemade wind chime made of tiles.

Checking the progress on animator extraordinaire Robb Denovan’s latest shot. Rob animated some of my favorite shots in La Luna.

Time for the first meeting, an editorial session with Steve Bloom. Timing boards, music, dialogue and figuring out how to make the best story reels for La Luna.

A brisk fifteen minute ride to work on my Bianchi. Gotta support the italian economy how I can.

Tomorrow I am gonna try a little experiment and post/tweet in “almost real time” a little photographic essay of a day in my life during the production of La Luna. The photos you’ll see were shot by Debby Coleman at Pixar with a couple of crappy shots from my iphone added in the mix as well. As always I’ll be trying to avoid any spoilers … so, that’s it … I hope you enjoy it and I’ll do my best to answer any questions if you have any.

Warning the image at the following link is a spoiler (mild one), if you haven’t seen La Luna and you want a nice clean slate, skip this.
But … Regardless of the outcome, THIS is something to celebrate. I feel very proud … and also very lucky to have this honor. Yay La Luna!

I love THIS! My good friend Dice Tsutsumi just finished this wonderful touching short film about SketchTravel. He painted all this on photoshop!!! Such a painstaking process, a real labor of love! And it’s all for a great cause, build libraries in third world countries! Congratulations Dice!!! I can’t wait to celebrate SketchTravel next week in Brussels!! I feel very fortunate to be able to be there for the Art Auction. If you want to keep up with the upcoming SketchTravel events check this page on FB out. Cheers!

I’d like to share with you an important project I’ve had the luck to help in a small way. I’m sure you’ve heard about it by now: SketchTravel!
Sketchtravel is a unique international charity project brainchild of my good friend Dice Tsutsumi and Gerald Guerlais. The idea is to benefit Room to Read, an international non-profit dedicated to increasing child literacy in developing countries. You can find all the wonderful details about the SketchTravel adventure and its final Art Auction coming on October 17th in Brussels at their brand new SketchTravel website. One of the important things SketchTravel has done is pull together a diverse and amazing community of artists from all around the world, even more importantly the project’s goal is to build one library ($20k) and sponsor one local children’s book publishing ($15k). I ask you kindly to support in anyway you can this wonderful project. There are different ways to give a hand:
1) Donate to Room to Read.
2) Visit and “like” SketchTravel’s Facebook page.
3) Re-share this information to spread the word.
Thank you for your support everyone!