The Wild Robot
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After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.
Source: Universal Pictures One of the smartest things The Wild Robot does is keep its powder dry in the first act. The emotional hits keep coming throughout the second and third acts of the movie, but for the first half hour or so, the film is more an action/comedy hybrid with an out-of-her-element Roz seeking to survive the wilderness.
Chris Sanders, writer and director, The Wild Robot. Animation is too time-consuming and expensive to have unnecessary scenes end up on the cutting room floor, which is why the narrative structure and shot design is figured out at the storyboarding stage. “My job is to translate how that book felt, as well as the actual things that happened, and we had to adjust those things,” notes Sanders.
