Returned to DreamWorks about a year ago to jump in on story for Boss Baby 2. It's my second time working with director Tom McGrath, the first being MegaMind about 10 years ago. Tom's a smart guy ...
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In this last installment, Ravana, in a heated argument with his heads is interrupted by two captives that are brought to his chambers. It's subtle joke, but I wanted to show the patchy irrita...
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Back waxing gags were trending in movies at the time so this was in that vein. Problem is that, given the time it takes to complete an animated feature; by the time the movie is released the tre...
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While reading the latest draft of the script I remember thinking-- "I hope I don't get this back waxing scene!". Come time for the director, Kevin Lima, to issue scenes-- what do I get? Demon Ba...
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In this last installment, the director praises Ravana's performance, although this time he wants to shoot the scene from the top with all the heads in it. He then turns to his female lead, Shanda...
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In this section we learn something new about Ravana. He is not just an ordinary demon, but a ten-headed demon! Triggered by his insecurity at Sita's rejection, nine more heads are spawned from th...
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Like any serious actress, Shandani stops the scene to question the director about her character's motivation. It just doesn't feel right to her. The director tries to convince her to go on by des...
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Actress Shandani is forced to improvise her scene with Ravana during the filming of a Bollywood musical. She is clueless, however, that the actor playing Ravana is no actor at all, but the actual...
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The conceit of this scene is that while filming a Bollywood musical of the Sanskrit epic the Ramayana, the actual demon Ravana appears and is mistaken for the actor who is playing him in the mov...
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After exploring the ancient tomb of Ravana, sibling primates Raj and Deepu decide it's now safe to return to the surface, taking the Golden Arrow with them as a souvenir. Little do they know wha...
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Raj decides it's time to teach his little brother a valuable lesson. Sometimes a golden arrow is just a golden arrow --- or is it? ...
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Deepu enthusiastically interprets the story of Rama and his golden arrow depicted in the relief carvings on the wall, to a skeptical Raj. ...
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As brothers Raj and Deepu explore the underground tomb, Deepu makes an important discovery. ...
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These boards are from a feature production that was later canceled. The story revolved around two langur monkeys in modern day India, brothers Raj and Deepu. In this section, while being ch...
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Half way through the channel, Moana is met by the enraged volcano goddess. ...
As the small canoe approaches the channel, it is met with fire and fury from below. Moana, undeterred, does her best to circumnavigate the lava spouts. Note: Panels 15-37 in this post were dr...
The sky and water grow more ominous as Moana draws closer to the island. Ash begins to rain down on the canoe. Note: Sometimes I pull images from the internet to paste into a shot as an easy ...
In this deleted sequence, Moana sets out to confront the volcano goddess on her own, without the help of Maui. This potentially would have been the start of an Act III action sequence. Note: I ...
No matter the culture, teenagers are full of angst. Here is no exception. Moana, has just run out from a tribal ceremony being held in her honor. She sheds the cumbersome ceremonial headdress an...
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In this last section, Moana commandeers her canoe and sails off toward danger, determined to complete her mission to save her people and their island. (I originally included a close up of Moana...
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In part 2 of this sequence: Moana and her dad reconnect; Pua and the chicken show up with the Kakamora in her canoe. (This section was rewritten after boarding. Rather than draw new panels, t...
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As memory serves, I believe this scene was near the Act II - Act III break. Moana is returning from the underworld being led by two giant mantas to the ocean's surface. (Apparently in animated m...
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When you roll off of a movie with months of storyboarding left to do, the odds of a sequence surviving to the end untouched is slim. Happily a tiny remnant of this one managed to survive and make...
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This middle section contained a beat of Tala climbing into a canoe and reflecting on her lost dream of voyaging with her people. My guess is, that this was skewing the scene too much toward Tala...
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There were many permutations of this scene from early on in the story process. Some with Moana finding the cave on her own; others with Grandma Tala leading her to it. In this version, Grandma Ta...
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