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Melena Ryzik gets a rare behind-the-scenes look at the Pixar Studios complex in California.
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[@alexstormist]

Oh god please one day, one day I wish to be there; to be an animator/character design, oh this is my biggest dream to be there! I just want to meet people and talk, collaborate, have an ideas, fun, oh I’m waiting for that day :).

[@SpyzacFilms]

+Alexstormist That day will come, but not if you don't try.

[@awesomejackify3333]

Good luck, I too wish to be there and have the chance to be part of awesome films and meet talented actors.

[@faithchapman4109]

Alexstorm8840 me too!!! I really want to be a disney animator cause i love disney!!!

[@motorizedmarblerace6973]

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[@iEatClayArt]

Status Report! How's your studying going?

[@samfordofficial]

I love you Pixar...

[@anyabutler9979]

I've been there! It's actually incredible and this video doesn't even begin to describe the amazing energy and vibe. I think you have to really experience the place for yourself to understand how amazing this studio is :)

[@BhuvaneshKodem]

Anya Butler woah how did you get the opportunity to go there????

[@anyabutler9979]

***** We were incredibly lucky to know a man who's daughter worked there. It took a little string pulling but it was totally worth it.

[@khunagueroagnis2558]

OH YEA!!! I'VE BEEN THERE 4 TIMES AND IT'S AMAZING!!!

[@d0hhhboy]

There's no wait list to work anywhere. They hire the best, if you want to work there then you need to be the best. Simple concept.

[@sweetlemonadartanimations369]

I know this was written 8 years ago, but that’s exactly what I needed to hear! Thank you so much!

If only I was given a chance to work there, that'd be... Wow. But even if I never get the chance Pixar is and always will be a huge inspiration to my animation story telling career.

[@Ingrid-wq7qw]

i am going to work there mark my words

[@ToshiroHoshi]

Have you checked out all of Bobby Chiu's videos on youtube? He has over 70 interviews with professional artists including some from Pixar. Bobby Chiu also has his digital art school; Schoolism.

[@blitzy7742]

Ingrid hey, have you got any further?

[@saleem9634]

@@blitzy7742 I want to know too

[@joylolly4458]

Been 3 years, how's it going?

[@brendanchung1644]

been 3 years and your still not working there

[@SingOutLoud92]

There is a wait list to even get your application looked at. It's like every other job, even if you are the best, your application goes through a long process but there are so many applications at Pixar that it could take a very long time to even be looked at or contacted.

[@525Lines]

3:45 For those who don't already know, that's a copy of the switch Adam West used to open the door to the fireman's poles leading to the batcave in the 1966 Batman.

[@TrashDemon6]

525Lines I legit started chanting Batman in my mind once I saw that!! I was so confused of why I thought of Batman when I saw her walk up to it but now I remember why

[@katelyng1019]

One part of me wants to animate for Pixar, but the other half of me says it's too hard....

[@katelyng1019]

I also want to be a voice actress though

[@venerate709]

You could always audition for voice acting there, which would be wayyyy easier than animating. I've always wanted to animate there, which would mean if you want to animate you'd have to be introduced to 3d graphics at a young age to gain skill

[@keniafabrizio9143]

Go for voice acting you will be famous and get your own character I believe you might even have a better budget then a animator

[@shreyanshkartick]

Hopefully sometime this year, I will be there

[@hariskhan443]

they dont use any adobe software's their own computer engineer created a program only for pixar animators that is known as "marionette" once u get job there..they will teach u each and every single tool of that software.

[@teammbomb1417]

I would do anything to use that program.

[@Guill0rtiz]

i love the way she laughs at the begining, like a little girl :)

[@pedro6199782]

the world of 3d animation is the best thing ever im so happy to live in that that era doing animation hope ill work in a place like this someday

[@jamesbond6523]

Hi there:)

[@bcasts]

i love his waddle at 5:18 lol

[@DaisysmileAu]

Love the power of storytelling and animation!

[@Futureman321]

Pixar now should look at this

[@adi-rv7qv]

every time i hear about Pixar or see their studios i always feel Steve Jobs presence all over it, he always be in the heart of Pixar.

[@EricFields-y2f]

I love Pixar and Disney are best movies 🎥

[@ThosePencilShavings]

My dream place to work!! It looks amazingly cool :)

[@mzonse]

aww.. I love that Woody & Buzz poster.

[@nastiaj7083]

Thank you for this video 😍

[@aryadipta_bph]

I'm greatful that PIXAR is here❤

[@narrowroads2142]

Just to say thx everyone whos been making these movies to enjoy us

[@smurf932]

My top favorite studios I would love to work on in the future 1: Disney 2: Pixar 3: dreamworks

[@DoodleyDoodah]

SMURF ! Mine is all of those plus blue sky studios

[@lupehernandez8231]

One day.... one day I wish to be in that studio working with amazing and creative people!

[@shrekisloveshrekislife583]

I have been getting into animation recently so I actually understand a good amount of what they are saying, I feel like I have accomplished something already. I know that animation will have to do something with what I want to do one day, especially since my favorite hobby ever is video games, and I remember repeatedly watching a video in this game called Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, about how animation and the game creating process works. I am also aware that game making is different than CGI XD

[@markit39]

amazing, love pixar. this would be the dream place to work

[@totally_sparky]

I'd love to work at Pixar :)

[@MoonShineSTP]

Wow i so want to work there! I always wanted to know how they animated! Pixar is awesome!!

[@leifdux7277]

11 years ago...

[@newbiadk]

i am just a big fan of pixar more behind the scenes thanks

[@myminniebaby]

Do you have to be an animator to work for Pixar? I'm a writer and have been doing lots of research on screenwriting and I would love to get into the field with those amazing creators

[@SugyImpa]

Kelsey Jeffs Not at all! You can work as a screenwriter if that's what you wish to play the role as during any production! You could even be both! 😉 (Btw sorry for the late reply lol!)

[@paperchasindude6578]

But I'm sorry usually the directors come from being animators

[@dancedanceeyeah]

My dream workplace!

[@CindyLouMcNamara]

Holy Cow! the Audio resembles my inner voices at any given point of a typical day.

[@disneygirl111ful]

i just went there today to see monsters university it was EPIC!! I want to be a animator there someday and it just motivated me to work really hard so i can work there someday and go back.

[@katielazy1]

quite inspirational....they have become more then a company... they have become a system!!!

[@OktoberStorm]

So incredibly awesome!

[@saleem9634]

I hope this is more than a dream and it's actually possible for a to work their one day

[@gagglz]

I'm going to work here some day :)

[@khunagueroagnis2558]

Them: A "rare" look inside Pixar studios. Me: is this a joke? I've been in the private tour 4 times. Lol, but yea, it's amazing!!!

[@trix.iebrews]

its a dream to work there

[@dohdaiga4126]

My Dream - A full Pixar Studio in AFRICA !!!

[@vanhai6177]

Please wait for me, I'll be there very soooon!!!!! XD

[@tvfilm]

3:45, I was thinking, "Oh no she isn't" lol

[@MegaDude10]

3:50 Straight out of a cartoon haunted house. Nice. :3

[@SugyImpa]

Yes! I'm going to try to be a director for Disney and I just CANNOT wait!!! P.S., my movie's called "Passion"; it's about kids in college and hopefully it will be funny!

[@The.RichRoom]

Sugy Studios Go out for your future ambition and I hope we see your movie one day.

[@sirshitsalot9]

What's ur Insta I'm a future director myself from nyc

[@onalbetul1809]

Heyyo what's up! What happened?

[@SugyImpa]

@@onalbetul1809 I’m currently 20 years old and I honestly don’t remember posting this but I’ve been to college for graphic design so far. Now I’m trying to extend my education by attending an art institute.

[@onalbetul1809]

@@SugyImpa wow good luck then!

[@kungfookeney6628]

I want to be a part of this 😍😍😍

[@h3ll0k1tt1]

i want to cry;)

[@TommyReaperProductions]

I want to be apart of the writing production side of the story telling. Working together with a team of writers to produce the most emotionally impacting and empathetic stories possible to convey a positive impact on the lives of generations to come would be legendary. I grew up on Pixar. I seen ToyStory as the first computer animated film in theaters when I was 3 or 4 years old. I love writing, I have a massive passion for writing and story telling, building characters, back stories, and producing stories that push people to be inspired…. Like, today… I picked up this broken dancing T Rex Christmas toy and immediately thought of ToyStory 5…. I thought… What a typical thing you would see…. A toy that can’t find a home because it can’t dance anymore. It looked like Rexy with a Christmas hat. And then my mind started molding theories as to how I would incorporate this misfit toy into the ToyStory franchise. But what about other ideas??? What about an animation about a parent struggling to understand what it’s like to be a kid again… Make it inspired by The Kid with Bruce Willis… Center it around a parent child relationship like Finding Nemo… Or inside out…. And make it about a parent that struggles to understand how a kid perceives adults, and how adults perceive kids… Make it like… “Do you remember what it was like to be a kid??? Do you remember what kind of parent you wanted to be when you grew up??? Do you understand kids???” And inspirations could be endless… Like big daddy with Adam Sandler… The Kid with Willis…. Finding Nemo…. The story would be about generational trauma in dysfunctional households…. How one family broke the cycle… Because an animation like that would speak volumes… You take a broken family that goes through some emotional and psychological growth… And at the end… It would be allot like leave it to beaver where his Dad realized he was making all the same mistakes his dad made with beaver…. That he promised he never would… And to be honest…. This could make great for an inside out sequel… Or it can be an all out original…. The idea can even take form from inspirations like despicable me… The idea of a dysfunctional family, in a long sad history of dysfunctional families, finally learn what it takes to honor and respect one another and break the cycle… And as you can see…. My minds already snowball effecting on the idea and pulling inspirations from every family film I’ve ever seen…. Next thing I’d do is come up with a story board, several rough drafts,,, a few alternate cuts…. Play around with different characters, themes, hooks, I may not be college educated… But if there’s one thing I know I am great at…. Is telling a story. That has always been one of my greatest talents next to music and music production in my own home studio. I would be like a kid in a candy store if I was working for Pixar…. I just have a hard time seeing it… Wouldn’t I need a 4 year college degree??? A masters in writing and possibly psychology??? It would even help to have a degree in behavioral health for the sake of character…. George Lucas has an extensive background in psychology and behavioral understanding. Story telling comes with a ton of education I only have from library books and KZbin videos…. The kind of professional story telling that goes into multi million dollar productions… I would burst into tears of joy if I was apart of Pixar animations. To be a writer and story teller is like… The next best thing to being a musician… And don’t even get me started on meeting voice actors and producing dialogue and working with some of the top names in the industry…. You would have to be one fortunate person to be THAT LUCKY…. I’m just a starving artist on the side of the road… But those guys… Those guys are the real professionals… One giant think tank of WOW!!!! I mean… the back story on Andy’s Dad… The producers of films like A Bugs Life…. This is the sort of thing that I probably will never have the fortune or money to be able to achieve…. Education for that is expensive… I imagine only the best of the best… I don’t even know where to start or how much money I’m gonna need to start taking steps in a career like that. I’ll think about it… But, it’s intimidating to pursue something that big…. I don’t know if I’m worthy of being apart of such a great production company. Pixar has comforted me through some dark times in life. Pixar films have helped people heal through trauma… Their stories teach very important life lessons. It would be beyond an honor to be apart of that…. Yet, I’m just a poor person… Man… if only I had the money for an education to back that up… That would be my direction… If only, if only… *sigh*

[@nicolemuller3645]

One day my name will be on those credits and I will stop at nothing to achieve that goal! Forever

[@thegirlwhohasflown]

I really want to work there!

[@jessrhodes7509]

I need to work here, I actually would never want to leave

[@braselton94]

Cool!!!!

[@MikeWilliamsanime]

Pixar best film studio in the world by a mile

[@jurassicxx6262]

It’s my dream to work here one day! :)

[@foxsden]

I would love to be a storyboard artist/ character designer for Pixar! Seems too hard though

[@khunagueroagnis2558]

Don't give up!!! If you really want to do it it's never too hard

[@foxsden]

@@khunagueroagnis2558 thanks 😊

[@goktugegritas1803]

I hope we met one day you gonna make storyboard and i 3d animation

[@foxsden]

@@goktugegritas1803 we would make a great team my friend

[@goktugegritas1803]

@@foxsden one day my friend :)

[@spyc4981]

this is my dream job.

[@figueroaqlcosas7060]

4:17 Hmm, Edgar wright and Michael Cera, yup thats a scott pilgrim reference

[@aidanbarnes4290]

Being an animator must be the best job ever. But I'm too impatient to be one

[@SingOutLoud92]

This is my dream place to work. Too bad the wait list is many years...

[@icecreamhero2375]

5:53 you snapped his neck you will pay for bing mean to toys just like sid did

[@VidMasterflex]

A great workplace guarantees great work. They go hand-in-hand. If the employee is happy about everything else, they will be passionately focused on their work rather than seeing it as a chore.

[@megatitch101]

some day i wanna be behind one of them computors there....

[@Lazy666Turtle]

i have started college to do this some day :)

[@FarhanASof]

CRADLE619 so are you there yet??? It's almost 2018!

[@OwenTuson02]

now that is where i want to work...

[@felloffthebus]

I would kill to work there

[@Titan020200]

When I'm older, I really want to go work there as a writer. I've already got scripts

[@shreyashpai2010]

wowww..!! dats amazing..!! O.o two people slipped off n pressed the dislike button..

[@gamesyoucanplay8489]

My one and only dream to work here as an cartoon animator and I m sure that I will fullfill my dream one day

[@alexaffects]

i fell asleep during the first one haha

[@qamarahmad2928]

Its my dream to be there every morning to work

[@SebbyMV]

I want it so bad

[@valeriagomez5198]

what movie did u watch there? I watched mc queen 3 was that the movie just askig??

[@saraa2817]

I am definitely going to be a lead animator at Pixar one day. That is my dream and I hope I will be able to fulfill it.:)

[@khunagueroagnis2558]

Work hard and acchive it! Don't give up on your dream!!!

[@veronicaproctor184]

who is the woman that says 'i know! i know what to do' (the voice actress?)

[@m.raskhanuma3574]

One day ill work there

[@firlin.5978]

How hard is it to get to work as an animator at pixar?? Does anyone know? I'd really like to work there someday... ;-;

[@bolttracks]

if you're already an amazing animator able to put together touching short films all by yourself and have a knockout portfolio then sure.

[@emilyluvsmiley]

this is my dream.oh how i wish.

[@EricFields-y2f]

I like Disney and Pixar

[@hariskhan443]

@Rs2006REMAKEVids THATS RIGHT u wont get that program its not for sale but i think other programs are best for us students like autodesk maya and all adobe software they are best ...once ur hand is good on these softwares ...then working on marionette is just a peace of cake

[@1209mitch]

im gonna work their when i get older

[@ishajrazak]

How’s it going?

[@Goldmight]

so every animator gets their own office which they can customise at their own will? so i'm gonna make my office a boring grey cube, with my trusty computer, table, tablet, a poster of dominique wilkins and a lifesize dominique wilkins figure which is frozen in carbonite.

[@eteixeira3532]

im pretty sure everybody will be jealous of you xd

[@hunmiliengtipi9218]

I saw Edgar Wright's autograph!

[@josi030]

What a great Company! ... who wouldn't wanna work at a place designed by Steve Jobs. "Think Different" just sais it all.

[@liamarchibald2500]

its located in Emeryville california

[@yummychips_]

thats the real building, the outer sf one is the fake one that they let ppl see. The real one looks like a warehouse, and its got tons of security. Card access to get into the building, and password keypads on every door.

[@SmirkPocket]

kinith saephan how would you know?

[@Albalam]

Pixar and Blizzard, best companies in the world..

[@donjon8382]

This didn’t age well for Blizzard

[@Rs2006REMAKEVids]

@hariskhan443 I was hoping to get that program, all the 3d programs i tried to get have failed, most of them are stop motion animations...I probably won't get the program, it's worth a try though.

[@SoraKirin]

3:48 omg it's like 1960's batman

[@joserosa5342]

One question, I can mix Architecture degree with design animation?

[@CROFTYNESS]

are they using autodesk?

[@QuentrixMovies]

Omg she was messing with woody's head!!!

[@lunalea1250]

Anyone from Pixar reading comments, please, please re-release all the old films, this will introduce a new generation to their films and give the movie theater some much needed business! 🥳🎬👀💜

[@yichenli8955]

I want to cry ,,,,,,,,,my graduating thesis is about Pixar,and these days I feel happy more and more,I love pixar ，as a China animation story girl,I will fighting my job~lalala

[@nathmyproblem1911]

ah.. Pixar. A company where i want to work on

[@mahatma791]

The heaven of lucky people...

[@ivanlaping1577]

Dream job at pixar😇wish me luck im going to work in pixar✊

[@Almokawama]

can anyone tell what softwares are they using ?

[@johnporter2190]

1:23 hey lee, where's your hair?

[@retalia4]

oh man... please hire me

[@anilic123]

i really want to be a member of this family........i am going to persue a degree in animation......i will be there soon ....