Jessica Julius - The Art of Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2

Copyright 2018 by Disney Enterprises, Inc./Walt Disney Animation Studios. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Julius, Jessica, author.
Title: The art of Ralph breaks the internet: wreck-it Ralph 2 / by Jessica Julius ; foreword by Rich Moore and Phil Johnston.
Description: San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books, [2018]
Identifiers: LCCN 2018003808 (print) | LCCN 2018006895 (ebook) | ISBN 9781452164120 | ISBN 9781452163680 (hc) | ISBN 9781452164120 (epub, mobi)
Subjects: LCSH: Ralph breaks the internet: wreck-it Ralph 2 (Motion picture)Illustrations. | Animated filmsUnited States.
Classification: LCC NC1766.U53 (ebook) | LCC NC1766.U53 R357 2018 (print) | DDC 791.43/72dc23
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www.chroniclebooks.com Creating a computer-generated animated film involves years of inspired collaboration.

Before the final rendered images of Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 were seen on screens around the world, the following artists contributed their talents to the digital images included in this book: Aaron Campbell, Adam Green, Adam Reed Levy, Adil Mustafabekov, Alberto Abril, Alena Wooten, Angela McBride, Avneet Kaur, Benjamin Min Huang, Brandon Lawless, Brendan Gottlieb, Bret Bays, Cesar Velazquez, Chadd Ferron, Chad Stubblefield, Chelsea Lavertu, Chris Anderson, Chris McKane, Christoffer Pedersen, Daniel Arata, Daniel James Klug, Dave Hardin, Dave Komorowski, Dong Joo Byun, Dylan Ekren, Dylan Hoffman, Dylan VanWormer, Fawn Veerasunthorn, Foam Natnicha Laohachaiaroon, Garrett Eves, Gina Bradley, Gina Warr Lawes, Glen Claybrook, Hubert Leo, Ian Krebs-Smith, Isaak Fernandez, Jack Fulmer, Jared Reisweber, Jason Figliozzi, Jason Hand, Jason Stellwag, Jay Jackson, Jennifer Downs, Jeremy Spears, Jesus Canal, Jim Reardon, Joaquin Baldwin, Johann Francois Coetzee Jon Krummel II, Jose L. Velasquez, Josie Trinidad, Justin Kern, Justin Sklar, Kate Kirby-OConnell, Katherine Ipjian, Katie Fico, Kira Lehtomaki, Konrad Lightner, Larry Wu, Lauren MacMullan, Lissa Treiman, Luis Logam, Malcon Pierce, Mary Twohig, Matthew Schiller, Michael Anthony Navarro, Michael Talarico, Michelle Lee Robinson, Mitchell Counsell, Mo El-Ali, Nancy Kruse, Natalie Nourigat, Nathan Warner, Nicholas Burkard, Nicklas Puetz, Nicole Mitchell, Pamela Spertus, Paul Carman, Paula Goldstein, Qiao Wang, Reece Porter, Renato dos Anjos, Rich Fallat, Robert Huth, Ryan Tottle, Scott Kersavage, Sergi Caballer, Si-Hyung Kim, Simon Thelning, Stephen Ashby, Sylvia Hyo-Ji Lee, Timothy J. Richards, Tom Ellery, Tyler C. Bolyard, Vitor Vilela, Xinmin Zhao

Phil Johnston Hey, we have to write this foreword. Rich Moore When? Phil Johnston Two days ago. Rich Moore Hmm.

Whats it supposed to be about? Phil Johnston Why we wanted to make the movie, etc. So why did you? Rich Moore I needed the money. Phil Johnston You realize this is going to be in the book? Rich Moore I was kidding. Jeez. Sarcasm gets lost in text, doesnt it? Phil Johnston Apparently. Anywho...

Sequels are so often terrible. Do you remember how we decided to do this one? Rich Moore I remember when we first started talking about this, we knew we wanted to send Ralph and Vanellope to the Internet. Visualizing the world of the Internet was exciting to me from the get-go. Its never really been done in film, at least not on this scale. When Production Designer Cory Loftis and Art Directors Matthias Lechner and Ami Thompson first started showing us images of what the Internet might look like in this movie, I was blown away. The work they and the hundreds of artists working on this film did to make the Internet feel like a real world is nothing short of a miracle.

So having that as the backdrop where our story takes place was a big part of the appeal to me. Phil Johnston Agreed. But saying you want to make a movie about the Internet is like saying you want to make a movie about New York City. There are millions of stories that could be told. So it took a LONG time to come up with the right story. Rich Moore True.

At first, we were only thinking of the Internet as a way to expand Ralphs and Vanellopes world beyond the arcade. The idea got much juicier when we realized that it also had to be a place that would really test their friendship and make things especially difficult for Ralph. Phil Johnston For me, once we started thinking of Litwaks Arcade as a small town and the Internet as a big city, I had my way into the story emotionally. I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin and eventually left for the big city (Ive lived in New York and Los Angeles for almost 20 years). So I started thinking about my relationship to the town where I grew up and the friends I knew there, many of whom still live there. Just because I left for something different and some of my friends decided to stay doesnt mean we arent still friends.

We are, despite the fact that our lives are very different. As a new character in the film says to Vanellope, Friendships change, and the good ones grow stronger because of it. Thats the essence of this movie to me.

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