S1 E 002 - Transformers One with Josh Cooley

Update: 2024-09-17

Description

Episode Summary

In this episode, the Lighter Darker team welcomes director Josh Cooley (Toy Story 4, Transformers One) to talk about combining humor and heart in filmmaking as he does so well in his films. Josh shares the story of getting his dream shot at Pixar and how he almost had a very different job!

Chapter Markers

[00:00:00 ] Intro

[00:01:41 ] Questions from the mailbag

[00:04:46 ] What is virtual production?

[00:13:00 ] Rejection letters

[00:17:05 ] Humor and heart in animation

[00:33:15 ] The Martini

[00:39:21 ] Outro

Episode Links

Josh Cooley - IMDb

Joe Ranft - IMDb

Toy Story 4 (2019) - IMDb

Transformers One (2024) - IMDb

Nathan Camp - Mocap

The Martini

Rob (and the rest of the internet) is obsessed with the Star Tours StarSpeeder Play Set

2005 Star Tours - Original - Disneyland Anaheim

Jenny scrambled to come up with something last minute because Rob stole her martini (see above). She is reading Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë | Goodreads and obsessing over the Oxford comma debate. What Is the Oxford Comma (or Serial Comma)? | Grammarly. Yes, she is boring.

Josh is staying true to the current Transformers hype by adopting a Flagship Optimus Prime from Robosen.