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Pixar’s Jim Capobianco Offers Advice on Short Filmmaking
 January 6, 2009 11:23 am
Jim Capobianco, Pixar story artist and director of the short Your Friend the Rat, is nearing the end of production on Leonardo, a personal short of his own. He’s been documenting the production on a production blog at leoanimation.blogspot.com. Last week Jim started a series of blog posts called ” 10 things I’ve learned in making a short film.” The advice in these posts is wonderfully informative and in-depth. Jim openly shares his experiences and offers case-specific examples in every blog entry. Moreover, his tips are applicable not just to short filmmakers but anybody involved in a creative endeavor. As a writer and editor, I was reminded of good work habits that will help forward my book projects. Here are links to the tips that Jim has shared so far: 1) Those helping you need to get something out of it too 3 comments posted in Ideas/Commentary, Shorts 
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I don’t know how I originally heard about this short but I was following it for awhile, and then it looked like it wasn’t developing fast enough (for me) so I stopped looking. To see that it is not only still going but that JimC is projecting a completion in 2009 is very inspirational – and a lesson to me that I learn over and over again – Good things take time, perseverance and don’t happen when I want them to but when they are ready. I am so looking forward to seeing Leo upon completion!
Life is short. And there’s nothing short about a short.
I’ve been using Jim’s blog as inspiration for when I work on my short film, even printing out his previous posts about 5 Minutes A Day and keeping them up around my workspace as a constant reminder. Glad to see him putting everything that he’s learned into a series on making a short film. I’ll definitely use his insight as more inspiration. Thanks for the heads up.