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First off, I have to ask because I have a hard time believing it: is is true that there is no live action footage in The Blue Umbrella?

Yeah. The Blue Umbrella was all animated. There is no bit of live action anywhere in the film.

What was the path that led you to make the movie?

I started in 2008 at Pixar, and I started in the camera and staging department, which basically does the virtual cinematography of the films. There’s an open door policy at Pixar about pitching ideas for short films, so anyone can pitch as long as you have three ideas, and I just thought I should try it. I didn’t think it would work out, but I thought I would not forgive myself if I don’t try it. So I came up with a couple of ideas, and one of them was The Blue Umbrella, which I literally found one day on the street. It was raining, and in the gutter on the street in front of me I s

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Virtual Reality // ‘Through You’: An Interview with Saschka Unseld and Lily Baldwin

Article by Candice Nembhard in Berlin // Thursday, Feb. 02, 2017

‘Through You’ is an experimental project, recently premiered at Sundance Film Festival, in which the virtual collides with the real. Filmmaker and dancer Lily Baldwin teamed up with writer and director Saschka Unseld to create a visual piece in which viewers move beyond the role of spectator to become active participants in a digital space.

Lily Baldwin and Saschka Unseld: ‘Through You’ BTS, 2016 // Photos by Cameron Berton and Dagmar Weaver-Madsen, courtesy of the Directors

Conceived during the Sundance Institute Jaunt VR Residency, the film follows a young Julia in her quest for love. Completed over the course of six months, the residency oversaw the pair utilising alternative practices within filmmaking, such as a 360 degree camera set-up. Combining movement and film, both Baldwin and U

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Director Saschka Unseld Talks THE BLUE UMBRELLA, Photo-Realistic Animation, Writing a Happy Ending, the Importance of Music in the Piece and Influential Films

During our recent set visit to Pixar Animation Studios, we were treated to a special screening of The Blue Umbrella, the short bio that will be playing in front of Monsters University when it opens on June 21st.  The film's director Saschka Unseld took a few moments to joins us for a roundtable interview.  There, he talked about the short film's photo-realistic animation, his experience working on previous animated films, writing a happy ending versus having an "arthouse film" ending, his cinematic influences, the importance of music in the piece and more.  Hit the jump for the full interview.

Question: So, we were told that was absolutely no live action.

Saschka Unseld: So, I was told, too. [Laughs] There’s no live action.

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