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Dory Discovers New Friends in Finding Dory – #FindingDoryEvent

April 25, 2016 by Dawn Winston

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Disney/Pixar has invited 5 Minutes for Mom contributing blogger Dawn Cullo to Monterey, CA to attend the Finding Dory media trip. Dawn’s expenses are paid for the trip but no other compensation was paid and all opinions are Dawn’s.

During my trip to Monterey in March I attended a wonderful presentation by Co-Director Angus MacLane and Story Supervisor Max Brac about how Dory’s story was developed for her new movie Finding Dory. 

Max Brace (Story Supervisor) and Angus MacLane (Co-Director)
Max Brace (Story Supervisor) and Angus MacLane (Co-Director) present at the Finding Dory Long Lead press day at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, CA. Photo by Marc Flores. ©2016 Disney•Pixar. All Rights Reserved.

When we last saw Dory, she had just returned from her big adventure with Marlon to find his son Nemo.

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Now, it’s a short 6 months later and they are all living together on the reef, but Dory starts to have memories of her parents and where she came from. She asks Marlon and Nemo to help her get home and soon their journey begins.

FINDING DORY – Ray Trench Painting (Concept Art) by Artist Rona Liu.
FINDING DORY – Ray Trench Painting (Concept Art) by Artist Rona Liu. ©2016 Disney•Pixar. All Rights Reserved.

Dory’s Journey

The team at Pixar knew they wanted Finding Dory to take place at the Marine Life Institute, similar to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

FINDING DORY – MLI Overview Painting (Concept Art) by Artist Tim Evatt.
FINDING DORY – MLI Overview Painting (Concept Art) by Artist Tim Evatt. ©2016 Disney•Pixar. All Rights Reserved.
The Great Tide Pool at Monterey Bay Aquarium. ©Monterey Bay Aquarium
The Great Tide Pool at Monterey Bay Aquarium. ©Monterey Bay Aquarium

The team visited the Aquarium and developed many ideas about the storyline for Finding Dory. One scene in particular involves the touch pool and what it’s like to experience it from the perspective of the sea life.

FINDING DORY – Touch Pool Concept Art by Artist Paul Abadilla.
FINDING DORY – Touch Pool Concept Art by Artist Paul Abadilla. ©2016 Disney•Pixar. All Rights Reserved.

Monterey Bay Aquarium Starfish

At first what seems to be Dory’s journey to finding her parents, Charlie and Jenny, turns out to be an important life lesson.

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Dory encounters new friends along the way and discovers that not only does she have a shortcoming that she is trying to move past, her friends are also dealing with their own issues as well.

On her journey she meets Destiny, a nearsighted whale shark. Bailey, a beluga whale who thinks his biological sonar skills are not working and Hank, a cantankerous Octopus that is always outsmarting the employees at the Aquarium and giving them the slip.

Finding Dory Character - Destiny, Bailey, Hank

Everyone’s journey is unique and times can get tough, but if we all just remember to “just keep swimming” we can all get through it together.

Nemo and Dory at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Credit: Monterey Bay Aquarium

About Finding Dory

Disney•Pixar’s “Finding Dory” reunites everyone’s favorite forgetful blue tang, Dory, with her friends Nemo and Marlin on a search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale?

Finding Dory features the voices of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill, Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell, Eugene Levy and Diane Keaton.
D23 Expo 2015 Cast - Ellen DeGeneres, Ed O'Neill, Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell,
Directed by Andrew Stanton (“Finding Nemo,” “WALL•E”) and produced by Lindsey Collins (co-producer “WALL•E”).

"Pixar And Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Upcoming Films" Presentation At Disney's D23 EXPO 2015

“Finding Dory” Trailer

Finding Dory swims into theaters June 17, 2016

Finding Dory Movie Poster

Like Finding Dory on Facebook, follow on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Tumblr.

Visit the official site at www.disney.com/findingdory
Written by 5 Minutes for Mom Contributor, Dawn Cullo.

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About Dawn Winston

Dawn has been writing a Mom Blog since 2004. She writes about her nerdy side which includes Social Media, Disney and life with two little girls. Her advice is to keep on dreaming, do what you love and life will lead you a path to your happiness. You can find her blog at http://www.IAmAMommyNerd.com on Twitter at http://www.Twitter.com/DawnWinston24 and on Facebook at http://www.Facebook.com/IAmAMommyNerd

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3 Comments

  1. Tembang Macapat Pangkur says

    October 20, 2016 at 10:04 pm

    Greatest animation movie of the year…. cant wait, please release soon

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  2. tibbil qulub says

    October 14, 2016 at 9:23 am

    the best animation ever, feels like back to the past time when I first watch finding nemo

    Reply
  3. www.c21u.gatech.edu says

    April 28, 2016 at 4:45 am

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    I really hope to view the same high-grade content by you in the future as
    well. In fact, your creative writing abilities has motivated me to get my very own site now 😉

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