THE WILD ROBOT: Sweeps + Exclusive Interview

Enter to win ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­    DREAMWORKS' THE WILD ROBOT PAGE TO SCREEN SWEEPSTAKES Enter to win a copy of the book by Peter Brown and an IMAX Exclusive Art poster signed by writer/director Chris Sanders, composer Kris Bowers, and star Lupita Nyong'o. Sweepstakes is sponsored by IMAX Corporation. No purchase necessary. Entry period begins 3:00pm PT 9/23/24 and closes 11:59pm PT 9/30/24. Open to legal residents of the U.S. at least 18 years or older. Limit of one entry per person.  Official Rules located [here](.   IN CONVERSATION WITH WRITER/DIRECTOR CHRIS SANDERS Each of these posters are hand-signed by Writer/Director of THE WILD ROBOT himself, Chris Sanders. We sat down with Chris to chat about following your talent, working on both sides of the booth, and why big screens really are better. Check out an excerpt below, then [head here to read the full interview.]( So much of how people, especially young people, are accessing entertainment these days is through mediums like tablets and phones. For obvious reasons, we here at IMAX are a little biased towards the biggest screens out there. What would you say to someone on the fence about taking their family to experience THE WILD ROBOT on the big screen? Absolutely. It’s something I’ve heard with other films, but it could not be more true than with THE WILD ROBOT. Officially, this film is like nothing they will ever see again. It is absolutely groundbreaking, and the scale is part of the experience. If they go see this on a big screen, they will not regret it.  They will be very thankful for that. Part of the power of the experience is the scale of the whole thing, and not just the visuals, but the sound. Kris Bower’s score for this film is like nothing I’ve ever heard before. He blew the doors off of the score. As we went to the mix it just got bigger and bigger and bigger and and more more sweeping. So not just for the visuals, I would say, but for the sound, too, seek this out in the theater. Can you talk a little bit about how you got started? Do you have any advice for young fans who hope to work in the animation space? Oh wow. The most important thing, I’d say is ‘follow your talent’. I wasn’t much of an animator. I tried, and I can do it, but I’m not really very good at it, I don’t think. I’m good enough, but not good enough. [laughs] I’ve really gravitated more towards story, because I think that’s where my skill set really was and that worked very well for me. I went to the story departments, and I was with the story crews and I learned about what goes into crafting and shaping these narratives. I don’t think I would have been very good as an animator, so my first advice is following your talent.  If you feel like you’re more of a layout artist or an animator, go with that, follow your talent. There’s no secret to how you get into these studios. At Comic-Con, somebody approached me and said “so how do I do this?” It kind of feels like they want me to tell them a secret, like “well, if you go to a certain lamp post at midnight on October 15th and say these words a portal will open and you’re going to get into the studio.”  The fact is, it’s pretty straightforward. A lot of times, it’s submitting a portfolio, showing them your work, and that’s how I got in. That’s how everybody I know got into it. Whatever your craft is, a studio will have a way of showing you what you need to do. A lot of times it’s a portfolio.  There’s no secret. It’s all about honing your skills and getting to a point where the studio would like to hire you.    FLY AWAY WITH US Based on the New York Times #1 Bestseller by Peter Brown, Dreamworks' THE WILD ROBOT is an animated epic that must be experienced in IMAX. Featuring a star-studded cast including Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, and Kit Connor, it's a sweeping, emotional, uplifting story sure to delight cinephiles of all ages.   IMAX® is a registered trademark of IMAX Corporation [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [TikTok]( [Letterboxd]( [unsubscribe]()