Creators of ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ ‘The Bad Guys,’ ‘In Your Dreams’ and ‘The Willoughbys’ Take on the Future of Storytelling

Turin, Italy — A full day at the View Conference in Turin ended with animation directors from DreamWorks, Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation discussing how technology, fan engagement and soul are reshaping how stories are made and shared.

Moderated by Dan Sarto, the Future of Storytelling panel featured Pierre Perifel (“The Bad Guys 2”), Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans (“KPop Demon Hunters”), Alex Woo (“In Your Dreams”), Kris Pearn (“The Willoughbys”) and Camille Balsamo-Gillis, co-founder of Pro Machina.

Game Engines Change the Game

For these storytellers, real-time technology is rewriting the grammar of animation.

“Cameras have always been a character, now we can actually manifest that very quickly,” said Pearn, describing how Unreal Engine has transformed production speed and flexibility.

Kang said her “KPop Demon Hunters” team expected to use Unreal for only a small portion of the film. “We were told we’d only use 20% of the movie that way,…