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Wreck-It Ralph Breaks the Internet Press Day Fun Facts and Photos

September 20, 2018 By Donna Biroczky Leave a Comment

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The first week in August, I was invited to attend Ralph Breaks the Internet press day in honor of Wreck-It Ralph 2! I enjoyed the first movie, but it had been a while since I watched it. It all came back quickly when I entered the hallowed halls of the Disney Studios Animation Building in Burbank. The walls were covered with artwork from the movie and around a corner on the way to a conference room, we passed a life-size statue of Ralph, which I, of course, had to take a picture with!

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Then we passed THE VIDEO GAME. How cool is this, right?

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As with any Disney press junket, there was amazing food, and the food for Ralph Breaks the Internet was internet-themed. Check out these “Instantgraham Cheesecakes!” (They were also really tasty.)

instagraham bars

After eating, we broke up in groups to listen to various members of the animation teams, as well as Director Rich Moore, Phil Johnston (Directed by/Screenplay by) and producer Clark Spencer. I love these breakout sessions, because not only do we get to learn a lot, but we get to see pieces of the movie and a lot of inside scoop. These types of press days have given me a whole new appreciation for animated movies! I never used to know how long it would take to create a movie (like, years as opposed to months), the sheer volume of man hours spent by hundreds of people, and the innumerable departments and teams brought in throughout the creation and development process. Once you hear some of the facts they shared with us, you’ll watch an animated movie in an entirely new light.

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Head of Animation Renato dos Anjos, Production Designer Cory Loftis, Crowds Supervisor Moe El-Ali and Production Designer Dave Komorowski as seen at the Long Lead Press Day for RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET at Walt Disney Animation Studios on August 1, 2018. Photo by Alex Kang/Disney. ©2018 Disney. All Rights Reserved.

Another fun part of the early press days is seeing concept artwork, including the initial ideas and their evolution through to the finished project that you see on the big screen. Team leaders explain the process and then we all partake in a Q&A session at the end of each breakout. It all goes so quickly and before we know it, we’re done!

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The Ralph Breaks the Internet schedule was broken down like this:

  • THE WEB’S WIDE WORLD – Matthias Lechner (art director, environments), Larry Wu (head of environments) and Ernie Petti (technical supervisor) talk about the daunting task of turning the abstract concept of the internet into a complex, thriving metropolis.
  • POPULATING THE INTERNET – Cory Loftis (production designer), Dave Komorowski (head of characters and technical animation), Renato dos Anjos(head of animation) and Moe El-Ali (crowds supervisor) explore the process of creating the inhabitants of the internet, from the “Netizens” to the “Net Users.”
  • STORY DOWNLOAD – Josie Trinidad (head of story), Jason Hand (story artist) and Natalie Nourigat (story artist), explain the unique roles that the story team played not only in developing a new adventure for Ralph and Vanellope, but also in envisioning the ever-evolving world of the internet.
  • OH MY DISNEY DOT COM – The “Oh My Disney” sequence has been a part of the story since the first script and story reels. Co-writer Pamela Ribondiscusses the inspiration for the scene, and Ami Thompson (art director, characters) and Kira Lehtomaki (head of animation) present the work that went into bringing these beloved characters into the world of the internet.

The experience of all the people above was amazing. To be in the same room with so much talent? Spectacular!

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Producer Clark Spencer, Director Phil Johnston and Director Rich Moore as seen at the Long Lead Press Day for RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET at Walt Disney Animation Studios on August 1, 2018. Photo by Alex Kang/Disney. ©2018 Disney. All Rights Reserved.

I took eight pages of notes the entire day, in tiny messy handwriting designed to allow me to pay attention, but oh the things I learned! The same team that made Zootopia in 2014 and the first Wreck-It Ralph came up with Ralph Breaks the Internet, using the same main four characters but with some new additions. My favorite I think is going to be Yesss, an algorithm played by Taraji P. Henson.

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RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET – Netizens character visual development lineup by Cory Loftis (Production Designer) ©Disney. All Rights Reserved.

The movie is based in the internet, and the characters are either net users (like you and me, and avatars) and netizens, the full-time internet citizens that are there to help the users.

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RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET – User character visual development lineup by Cory Loftis (Production Designer) ©Disney. All Rights Reserved.

The landscape of the internet world is fantastic! Look closely and you’ll see a lot of familiar website names, including some of your favorites! (Be sure to watch out for the Disney and Marvel logos!) The new movie picks up right where the first one left one, with Vanellope’s game, Sugar Rush, breaking. Mr. Litwak, owner of Litwak’s Family Fun Center, is left with the choice to fix the game — an expensive and difficult proposition — or retire it, unplug it and sell it for parts, effectively leaving Vanellope homeless. Ralph won’t hear of this, so that’s where the adventure begins!

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RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET – Internet surface web environment visual development by Matthias Lechner (Art DIrector, Environments) ©Disney. All Rights Reserved.

It took three years to put together an animation scene, and one scene with Disney princesses is probably going to be my favorite part of the whole movie. I won’t spoil it for you, but there’s a bunch of familiar faces that will have you laughing!

In short, the story process begins with the idea, which is then assigned to the story team to craft the story and work on scriptwriting. It then goes to the Director for approval, and once things are ironed out, sent to editorial. The story trust steps in to ask: how can we make it better?

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Directors Phil Johnston and Rich Moore as seen at the Long Lead Press Day for RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET at Walt Disney Animation Studios on August 1, 2018. Photo by Alex Kang/Disney. ©2018 Disney. All Rights Reserved.

Here’s some numbers, which I mentioned above:

  • 15 story artists
  • 10 screenings
  • 45 sequences in the film
  • 153 sequences boarded
  • 7883 sequence versions, resulting in 283,839 storyboards.
  • 283,839!! That’s pretty amazing in itself.

We got to see small sequences of the movie, and I love the scene where Ralph and Vanellope get into the internet. She’s more adventurous than Ralph — and of course, smaller — so she enjoys the process of going through the router and the wires to get to the internet, but as much as he wants to help fix her game, the travel is a little rougher on him. Ralph’s friendship with Penelope prevails though, and once they meet Yesss, things really start to happen!

Once they are in the internet, you’ll see some other signs like any other neighborhood. Speed limit signs are in Mbps, stoplights are browser windows buttons (red, yellow and green), and if you pay really close attention, you’ll see a few Easter eggs and funny little clips and backdrops.

No story about the internet would be truthful without inclusion of the dark web, the deep web, a creepy area full of the bad parts of the net, as well as the vault, where internet things go to die, like chatrooms, Napster, Y2K, and a modem dialing bar. All the people visiting in the dark web are incognito, and those characters are hilarious!

Yesss’s character will have you laughing and loving her ingenuity and net skills. She wears a fiber optic coat and her hair is flowing data. Taraji does a fab job with her!

Ralph Breaks the Internet hits the theaters at Thanksgiving, and here’s the official trailer!

This movie is going to be for everyone, young and old, with a lot of one-liners and flashbacks that everyone will enjoy. Plan on seeing it! Ralph Breaks the Internet press day was a blast and I know you’ll love the movie as much I will!

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