Is it finished now?
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We have a bit to go.
And then well be finishing lighting and rendering beyond that.
But Id say another two months, roughly.
It must be slightly weird doing a round of press talks this early on.
I mean, its always good to talk to people and hopefully drum up interest.
Actually, that raises an interesting point.
A decision you make today might only have an impact several weeks or months down the line.
So this close to the release of the film, how many decisions are there left to be made?
Youd be surprised actually.
How do we get on this characters side?
How bad was Gru?
What was the right balance?
So its that kind of stuff that, as you get into the fine tuning.
Instead of playing the character argumentative, lets play him more sad or dejected.
It can involve a few different things.
It depends on the performance.
It sort of depends on the scale of the change, I guess.
Even from the point of view of the availability of the tools, the cost of the tools.
Going back toDespicable Me, at the time we were limited in what we could do.
So I think those are the ways that the technical aspects have affected the storytelling process.
And onThe Secret Life Of Pets, you have a co-director.
Can you explain how that works, as I imagine it changes things a little.
But in addition, he also works with me looking at storyboards.
He and I both storyboarded some of the movie, working in animation with me.
Think that for me is the big thing about having a co-director.
One thing I am curious about as weve discussed, this is still not a finished product.
Its a couple of things.
And then that element was, of course, incorporated into the beginning of the movie.
With this, its a little bit similar.
It very clearly shows the concept: doors closing, and then what do these animals do.
And thats what we did.
Chris Renaud, thank you very much!
