First Look: New Pixar Short ‘The Blue Umbrella’ by Saschka Unseld

It looks completely adorable already! In addition to teasing some concept art for their upcoming projects, Pixar has also decided to unveil their new short film playing in front of Monsters University this summer (out June 21st). It’s called The Blue Umbrella and the first introduction includes mention of the rather interesting director, Saschka Unseld, who pitched his way up from the technical artists section of Pixar, where the specialties range from lighting to clothing-simulation software, not usually where directors come from but he has some obvious talent. The reveal includes a quick clip from the new short film, see it below. In Pixar’s Blue Umbrella, the look of the film was to appear photographic, even though it’s about umbrellas. Some scenes could take 20 to 30 hours to render one frame. “We had never at Pixar attempted to produce images that looked absolutely photorealistic,” John Lasseter told Wall Street Journal …