The Walt Disney owned company, Pixar is recognized for its many computer animated films, such as, Toy Story, Monsters Inc. and Finding Nemo, but Pixar did not originally get its start with feature films. It got its start from short films instead. Pixar released “The Adventures of André and Wally B.,” its first short film, in 1984. “The Adventures of André and Wally B.” set the theme for all the films the Pixar team would create. This theme of entertaining and emotionally engaging animated characters is brilliantly carried out in the first feature film Pixar released in 1995, Toy Story. Twenty-six years after the release of Pixar’s first short, Teddy Newton’s “Day and Night,” Pixar’s thirteenth short, was released. Released in 2010, the six-minute short shows the animated story of two creatures known as “Day” and “Night” finally meeting and the clear differences between the two. “Day and Night” uses exemplary animation to demonstrate the emotional expressions and prejudices of two contrasting people coming together and …show more content…
The short begins with a pan of this open field where you see a rooster sitting on a tan fence looking like he’s crowing. The field is full of bright yellows and greens and cows can be seen grazing in this open field. The short pans to show that the farm scene was printed on Day. When the audience begins to meet Day, he yawns and begins to stretch. During the stretch, a thunder cloud appears on him showing the cracking of bones and the feeling of stretching. Once Day stands up he starts by slowly walking and then picks up his pace. Once Day stops we see him start to take a deep breath and on his body we see wind start to move through some bright green trees. These bright trees, colorful landscapes and expressions shown through the animated creature Day help show what a blissful life he seems to
Toy Story brings to life the question of every six-year-old, “Do my toys love me as much as I love my toys?” Produced by Pixar and published by Disney in 1995, Toy Story is about Andy and his toys as they grow up together. Woody has been Andy’s favorite toy for his whole life, the toys get along and live happily together. But Andy’s birthday is coming up, and it is a stressful time for all the toys because of fear of replacement. The last gift Andy receives is a Buzz Lightyear, Space Ranger. Buzz becomes Andy’s new favorite, replacing Woody. Woody and the rest of the toys have to adapt, but Woody struggles the most with being replaced. Throughout the movie, many psychological perspectives are explored. Conformity, disorders, and prejudice are
Ever since Mickey Mouse was created in 1928, Disney has been at the forefront of the cartoon world. Every youngster has a favorite Disney character or movie. Over the years they have created some of the best movies of all time. However, Walt Disney hasn’t always been successful. He survived bankruptcy in 1922 and had to rethink how he was going to approach his life. I think it is safe to say the approach he took was the right one. One of his first productions was an animated short film Alice’s Wonderland, which turned into what we know as Alice in Wonderland. Mr. Disney’s first attempt at a feature-length animated film debuted in 1937 after three years of production. His masterpiece of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is one of his most awarded movies. Following World War II Disney Production was in a substantial amount of debt. They needed to come out with a new movie that would win over the public of America. They came out with just the right movie, Cinderella, in 1950. This was their biggest hit since Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs some 15 years ago. Because of Cinderella Disney Productions stayed in business and could go on to produce many more heartwarming movies.
Rivera, J. (Producer), Peterson, B., Docter, P. (Writers), & Docter, P. (Director). (2009). Up [Motion Picture]. United States: Walt Disney Pictures.
Produced in 2009, The Frog Princess is a Disney animation inspired by the Grimm Brothers’ fairytale, The Frog Prince. Both The Frog Princess and The Frog Prince deal with a multiplicity of issues, all of which contribute to supporting positive messages and morals (Ceaser, 2009). However, though The Frog Princess is based on a classic fairytale, it is far from being the same. The writers at Disney have taken a classic fairytale and created a “Monster” (Prince, 2001). This essay will examine the evolution of the original Grimm Brothers’ fairytale, the messages both main characters represent, and how the adaptation to fit a modern child readership diminishes a classic fairytale. Through discussing these arguments, this paper will prove that Disney’s adaptation into The Princess and The Frog is counter-productive in representing the original story’s messages, morals, and values.
Initially, the protagonist lives with his mind set in the real world. As the “ever-changing violet” sky turns to night, he plays in the dark streets with his friends, shouting in the empty street before retiring to the tracks behind t...
Steamboat Willie (1928) was his creation, as was the first full-color cartoon, Flowers and carees (1932). He was also responsible for the first animated film that gave the illusion of depth through the use of the multiplane camera, The Old Mill (1937). The cartoon, as realized by Disney, gained even greater stature in 1937 when Walt released his first full-length animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He went on to introduce many more innovations to movie making, including stereophonic sound (Fantasia, 1940) and 360-degree projection (Disneyland’s circle-Vision 360, 1955). This remarkable man’s many achievements also include the longest-running prime time television series (1954-1983), the Academy Award-winning true-life adventure nature films. Walt had many great ideas that he needed to share with others. The was a great persuading leader,...
...cartoons. Roy, Walt’s older brother and Walt moved to Los Angeles to set up the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. Here they made the "Alice Comedies" and "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit." In 1926 Walt changed his cartoon studio name from Disney Bros. to what we now know it as today, Walt Disney Studios. ( www. JustDisney.com NP) Things took off in November of 1928 when Mickey and Minnie Mouse made their debut in "Steamboat Willie." This movie is what made Mickey, Minnie and Walt Disney famous. Early on, Walt Disney was working so hard he was having some trouble sleeping, so he took some sleeping pills to help him sleep. His wife, Lilly was unable to wake him up one morning and she called the doctor who prescribed a long trip for rest and relaxation. (Ford NP) After Walt came back home well rested, he went right back to work. He began to work on the first Disney movie! Walt wanted each of the dwarfs in “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” to be a distinct individual. The solution was to create names for them that would reflect their personalities. (Miller NP) "Snow White," which took three years to make, was released in 1937. This was the beginning to what we all know today as Disney movies.
American Icon - John Lasseter Have you ever wanted a friendship like Buzz and Woody? Have you ever wanted to drive as fast as Lightning McQueen? Then there is one man to thank. American computer animation is a fairly new art form, but there is a man who heavily contributed to it, his name is John Lasseter. He was always an artist, but it was not until he became a founding member of Pixar that he gained the ability to change lives and cultivate young minds.
es indeed, animation is fun for children, but it also expresses important ideas for people of all ages. In some ways, ‘Shrek’ is your classic fairy tale for example, it has a hero, a beautiful Princess, and a dastardly villain. But unlike the traditional fairy tales, the hero is an ugly, ill-tempered ogre, the Princess is not all she appears to be, and the villain has some obvious shortcomings. The award-winning animated film, ‘Shrek’, is directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, the viewers learn that being a good person is more important than just being good-looking. It also shows that true friends help each other in difficult situations and that women can be equally as strong characters as men. These ideas are portrayed through characters such as Shrek, Princess Fiona and Donkey. The directors use camera angles and dialogue to express their ideas.
The Walt Disney Company started as a small entertainment company in 1923 (Disney.com, 2011). Since that time the company has used various strategies enabling them to grow into a global entertainment company.
Toy story, deemed as Pixar 's best film, launched a brand new era in filmmaking and gave birth to animations. In the Toy Story movie series, it showed the idea of animism where all objects possess a soul through humanlike behaviors of the toys. Pixar indicated this belief of animism by bringing the toys to life and giving them characteristics, which then concludes that they have a soul. These toys pretend to be inanimate objects when their owners are around and they come to life with a mind of their own when their owners are out of sight.
The widely popular film Shrek, produced and distributed by DreamWorks in 2001, grossed a total of $484,409,218 in worldwide sales (Box Office Mojo). The success of the film has led DreamWorks to create several shorts, companion films, and sequels. From its memorable characters to its whimsical, edgy humor, Shrek was an amazing, highly successful animation that would pave the way for DreamWorks to make billions off the franchise. Shrek’s success can be attributed to three main factors: the range of ages it appeals to, its creative use of intertextuality, and its ability to cover a wide range of the fairy tale functions proposed by Vladimir Propp.
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Animation played a major role for the advancement of motion film in 1900’s. Before motion picture camera, frame by frame photographs were used to understand animal and human movement. Eventually a series of famous cartoons would be created which would lead to the expansion of animation studios in New York and California. One famous animation studio that opened up was Walt Disney, which would eventually dominate animation for many years. Disney animation brought many spectacular films and entertainment to people of the U.S.A. Disneys was dragged into WWII as it was requested by the government for its talented art and propaganda during WWII. But Disney was able to continue to strive in producing more animated films after its effort for the war. Walt Disney was a cinematographer who took his career into animation.Walt graduated from Kansas City Art Institute, where he met Ub Iwerks, a greatly skilled animator and Walts collaborated partner. Walts career would begin while working for the Kansas City Film Ad Company in Missouri in 1920. They would be the founders of the Laugh-O-gram Films studio working to to produce several cartoons based off fables and fairy tales. Walt Disney created several pilot shorts of a show called Alice in Cartoonland, a film combining both live action and animation. Alice in cartoonland, a comedic show about a young girl who enters another universe
Introduction — Attention Getter: How many times can you retell “a tale as old as time”? Reason to Listen: Disney’s 2017 live-action film “Beauty & the Beast” is an elegant, expensive remake of the classic 1991 animated film of the same name, but all the overwhelming detail of the new blockbuster can't hide the lack of anything truly new to express. Topic Statement: The new Beauty & The Beast is a familiar crowd-pleaser which makes it easy enough to discount its shortcomings.