"Uncovering the Evolution and Subtle Success of Pixar's 'Elemental'"

Director Peter Sohn discusses the development of his latest film, Elemental, which follows the romantic comedy between two young elements living in a city where fire, water, land, and air-residents live side by side. Sohn explains how the film evolved from a superhero vs. villains story to something more personal, based on his own upbringing as a child of Korean immigrants in New York City. The film's larger themes are based on Sohn's own upbringing, and the use of anthropomorphic elements as characters to tell a story came from his childhood.