December 10

  John Lasseter, Aantoe Docter, Joe Ranft, and Billy Carson sat in the café near Pixar, sharing ideas in the pleasant, modern, and quiet space that provided them with a warm enviroo talk without too much disturbahey were sketg here and there, and when all the members arrived, the official meeting to produimated films began.

  The café's wide table and blue umbrel were simply beautiful.

  This meeting had taken pce a few months ago for the creation of the film, developed on paper by Andrew and John Lasseter. The idea of "Bugs: An Adventure," which had already been approved as the pany's sed film, was undoubtedly a big produ that had slowly started produ for some teams. However, there were scattered ideas about numerous films that the animation studio, hungry for more, could still pursue, just as they had inally set out to do.

  -I'm starting this meeting without further ado, and I'd like to highlight the cept of mohat hide behind the closet to scare children. They ehrough the closet. Andrew and I have some iing drafts, and I'd like you all to review them, - said John Lasseter.

  -It's a great idea, but we o work on it ih. Once we have the script ready, we create a fantastic character introdu se to provide a mushroom-themed clusion on how we develop the entire movie, - added Peter Docter.

  In trast, the script for "Monsters, Inc." was still in rough drafts, and there were many improvements to be made. However, the cept on paper was astonishingly well articuted, leaving no doubt in anyone's mind that it was a fantastic idea. During a versatioween Andrew and Billy while w oches one evening:

  -Well, I was thinking that the monsters need a reason to scare children, and that reason is energy—the energy that powers their society. Children's screams provide the monster society with enough energy to survive in a resource-scarce world, - Billy said.

  -What a wonderful idea, - John Lasseter remarked.

  -We could even draw a parisohe mohemselves are afraid of the children. For this reason, not just anyone be part of this profession. It's a high-risk occupatiuted by the state, kind of like an intelligence agency, - Billy said.

  -Bravo! - Peter Docter excimed.

  -Great! So, we could suggest that a child ends up in our protagonist's world and they bee friends, - Jon Ranft proposed.

  -Going beyond that, we expin a spiracy reason as to why the young child is there, -- Aanton said, receiving incredulous looks from around the table. -- Billy just said it's a heavily reguted profession. These regutions must be followed strictly. If there's a human child involved, it must be part of some secret pn, - Andrew expined.

  -Our movie should have a vilin. A vilin who exhibits unwful behavior despite existiions but has necessary motives. I believe, with screams being what sustains these cities' growth, it bees insuffit to rely solely on work. They need another source of sustehe vilin could be the owner of the scare pany, someone who will do anything to save the pany, - Billy suggested.

  -Yes! That's amazing! - John Lasseter excimed, jotting down notes as some begag and drawing.

  Billy took advantage of the sketches he remembered from his previous life, and these sketches were likely part of the series he would acquire. All these series would be housed uhe Pixar umbrel, like Cars, Monster Inc., The Incredibles, Wall-E, Up, Finding Nemo, and more. This wasn't just about improving the products; it was also about creating sequels that could have been enhanced and painted ier ways.

  -Alright, does anyone have any other ideas? - Billy asked. After a few more minutes of discussion:

  -Well, I think we could create a deep-sea adventure. What do you all think about a journey across the o? It's a long voyage, full of life, with the marvels of marine creatures living in the depths. From their beauty to the most spine-chilling moments that the sea hides in its depths, - Andrew suggested.

  -I uand you've already discussed the idea with Billy, sidering how the story could go and character designs, - John Lasseter noted.

  -That's correct. We pn to tell the story of a father who loses his son at sea and has to keep sailing to find where he lost him. Billy says it would be fantastic to animate the city of Australia, the fishing life, and a variety of distinctive fish, like the fish, the surgeonfish, the pufferfish, manta rays, sharks, and so much more. We have endless possibilities, - Andrew said, with Billy providing some basic sketches with a pen, pg them oable.

  -That sounds delightful. Do you have a script that I take a look at? Toys that talk, bugs that talk, fish that talk - it would be iing to create sharks that don't want to eat fish," Peter Docter said.

  -Hahahaha! That idea sounds terrific. I believe fog on various marine phenomena be quite helpful," John Lasseter responded.

  -I think the son should be in an aquatic reserve or a fish tank. There, the lost son finds a mentor, and not only that, friends who tio teach him valuable lessons, like teamwork, - Billy proposed.

  -I got it. We've been w with Billy. A few weeks ago, we created some characters, and you see, the storyline is fantastid the characters are too, although bringing this to life through puter animation is quite challenging. I'll send you the script for your input, - Andrew said.

  -You had aoo, didn't you, John? - Billy asked.

  -Well, I'd like to make a movie about cars. However, I don't have many ideas on how to develop it yet. I think it's possible my idea isn't fully formed. I feel that with Toy Story and A Bug's Life, my creativity has run a bit short," -John Lasseter fessed.

  -e on, John, you do better - cars that talk! - Peter Docter excimed, chug.

  -It sounds fantastic. We base it on NASCAR races and front a meic of talking cars, but we deafen their personalities. In a world of cars, rapetitors should be very important, almost like celebrities to people, - Billy suggested.

  John Lasseter's eyes lit up like two headlights.

  -Of course, now I get it. ut them in a differey, take a rag star and make them collide with reality, - John Lasseter said.

  -Exactly. I have some thoughts, but let's start shaping the script that I have in mind. It could be the film after 'A Bug's Adventure,'- Billy said, pulling out the script for "The Ice Age" along with all the drawings from the first film. He had made some signifit design ges that he felt were necessary for its development. He was fident that these geniuses would work wonders with "The Ice Age, - in ways he ohought impossible; they just needed a push.

  They all began reviewing the story, and it was very enjoyable. With some iing tweaks to the Ice Age tale, the journey of the characters, how various animals ended up being friends, including a mammoth, a saber-toothed tiger, and a sloth.

  -.It's brilliant. It has some really good humor. I'll make a few slight corres, but it's very good, - said Peter Docter.

  Aatan also came up with several iing ideas. "The Great Journey" had many possibilities, but there were some things he didn't like, a bit too crude. With some fiuning, it could be gold, he thought.

  -It's wonderful. Starting with this design after 'A Bug's Life' will bring us great qualities. I see you mention the o improve fur teology and human teology. I suppose you have some pns for Ed Camult to start implementing them in the enha department, - John Lasseter said.

  -Now we must get ready. The vacation is the day after tomorrow. See you ime, Billy, - Andrew said.

  -Of course, enjoy the trip. I'll take care of some things, - Billy replied, thinking about the uping journey.

  "Status:"

  The pertage increase from the "Toy Story" film has brought signifit bes, although they are lower than expected.

  Billy Carson:

  Drawing: 31,212

  Literature: 29.53

  Performance: 29.98

  Total Points: 80

  He wenty more points to buy a low-level series or wait another month for the id movie sales to accumute enough points.

  The crucial point is that each series, whether it's 10, 20, or 30 points, represents points of admiration, and admiration points are worth 10 each. So, buying a series requires 300 points. Meanwhile, the state points are ted as avaible points. If he currently had 8 admiration points, 20 appreciation points, and 80 excitement points.

  [15. Take your first lead role in a film - 270 points. To uncover your repressed desire, you must fulfill this one.]

  While promise points are appreciation points worth 4 points each.

  With a fulfilled wish, Billy easily buy four to five series or elevate his drawing, performance, and literature levels.

  ...