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. John Lasseter is an icon of American animation
In Disney-Pixar’s M&A deal; the bidder, Disney chose the option of paying for the target, Pixar’s shares with a stock-for-stock offer. Disney decided that this is the best way to finance the transaction. In this type of acquisition deal there will be an exchange of share certificates. When the target is acquired with stock-for-stock offer, new shares from the bidder's stock are dispensed directly to the target's shareholders, or the new shares are directed to a broker who looks after them for target’s
Classic of the Century The movie, Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated film directed by John Lasseter. It features the voices of two very famous actors, Tom Hanks and Tim Allen. Toy Story was produced by Pixar Animation Studios and was distributed by Buena Vista Distribution. It was written by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow, and featured music by Randy Newman. Toy Story was the very first feature-length computer animated film ever made, and was a huge hit. “I
amassed over $8 billion in revenue and 27 Academy Awards (Baer). Toy Story 3 is its highest-grossing movie to date with a worldwide gross of over $1.067 billion (Boxofficemojo.com). Its current management consists of Edwin Catmull and John Morris as presidents and John Lasseter as CCO. Its movies are produced using company software, including RenderMan, a 3D image rendering program (Pixar.com). It has grown from 42 employees in 1991 to 1,200, and almost no one leaves. Pixar continues to entertain and amaze
Story, on Thanksgiving Day. The film hit the box offices and pulled in $392 million worldwide. After producing Toy Story, Pixar went on to produce more animated commercials and successfully produced 9 ads in 1996. Job’s then left the company, and John Lasseter, the former head animator of Disney, took lead of Pixar (Evolution of Pixar). In 1998, Pixar’s second animated feature film, A Bug’s Life, was produced, followed by Toy Story 2 in 1992, which won the company a Golden Globe and two Grammys in 2000
The movie Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated buddy comedy adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The directorial debut of John Lasseter, Toy Story was the first feature-length computer-animated film and the first feature film produced by Pixar. This movie takes place a world where toys are living things that pretend to be lifeless when humans are present. The main characters of the movie consist of Andy, Sheriff Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and Sid, while
Director and Writer John Lasseter creates Disney Pixar’s, A Bug’s Life, an animation film which debuted in November 18, 1998. A Bug’s Life is rated by many critics and the audience as a great family-friendly movie with a predictable plot but overall a great message and theme. According to www.IMDB.com, it was rated as a 7.2 out of 10 stars and was nominated for over twenty-five film awards. Famous film critic for over thirty years, Roger Erbert, describes A Bug’s Life and Disney Pixar films as, “It's
Radiator Springs-a small town that made big changes to race car Lightning McQueen’s life and career. In the Pixar movie Cars, directed by John Lasseter, Lightning McQueen, a talented, but arrogant, rookie race car ends up in a town called Radiator Springs as he travels to California to compete for the Piston Cup. Unable to reach the outside world, he is stuck in the run-down town. Fortunately, through Lightning’s experiences with the cars of Radiator Springs, McQueen learns some important life lessons
Toy Story is a blockbuster animated movie produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Among other writers, John Lasseter was one of the writers and the one who directed the film (Rotten Tomato). This is one of Pixar’s most classic movies that is loved by all ages. Toy Story was released back in 1995 and to this day, it has had a full hundred percent in certified fresh red tomatoes through the Rotten Tomato site– a critique based website where movies are reviewed and
Monsters Inc. is an incredible animated movie (by Pixar Studios, 2001, and directed by Pete Doctor) about monsters working in a scare factory. Proudly, the scare factory – a pillar in the community – is a workplace in a monster world where monsters scare children. Through a high-tech system, doors are brought to the factory that, if activated, allows the monsters to enter the child’s room through the youngster’s closet. The scream produced by the child creates energy for the monster world, so that
Director Miyazaki illustrated in “Spirited Away” and “Ponyo” how love, identity, perseverance, and adversity can conquer anything. At the beginning of the movies, we see how food and water set Chihiro, Sosuke, and Ponyo’s adventures, and the conflict, they endure and how they were perceived in the spirit and human worlds. The spirit world was less tolerant of anything different, whereas the human world was more welcoming; however, they both illustrated the same message about how people should be
Validating an Idea through Research I love animation movies. To me, it’s reality but with a clay form finish and a quick life lesson thrown in. One of my favorite movies from my late teens was Robots. In the story, a young robot named Rodney invents a helper machine called Wonderbot. To create Wonderbot after so many failed inventions, Rodney does intensive technical research. After a series of adventurous meetings and mishaps, he becomes the Vice President of a big robotic company. Back then, before
than, John Lasseter. Lasseter dreamed of becoming part of the Walt Disney Company family. As a child he watched the 1963 film, “The Sword and the Stone”, and told his mother he wanted to draw for Disney. In high school Lasseter read “The Art of Animation” and discovered his passion and people could earn a living by drawing cartoons. He immediately started writing Disney Studios and let them know he was extremely interested in drawing cartoons for them. Disney Studio representatives told Lasseter to
As a child there are many things that grab your attention whether it be games, toys, going outside to play, and also being with your friends. Personally I did all that but there is one thing I would always do and I still do it to this date and that is watching cartoons. The best memories I have from my childhood are mostly cartoon related. There is one unforgettable film I will never forget and that film is Geri’s game. Watching Geri’s game brought so much good memories back to a time were life was
Toy Story (1995) was the first successful movie made with the innovative technique of computer animation. When this movie came out in 1995, it was revolutionary, groundbreaking like Star Wars (1977), because nothing like it had been seen before. Ever since Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios made this movie, it has had a slew of followers, none of which have quite lived up to its greatness, except for the sequel Toy Story 2 (1999); a movie that improved the quality of animation, and
Love, itself, is a simple word, but no word can compare to its power. Love can lead people to their extremes and some people to their downfalls. In Feed by M.T Anderson, the story shadows two lovesick teenagers and their dreadful ending. The story commences as Titus and his friends go to the moon for spring break, where they meet Violet. Shortly after a day on the moon, Titus and his friends, including Violet, are hacked by the Coalition. After they depart back home from the hospital, Violet has
Most popular movies are known for being very uneducational to teenager’s behavior. People think that just because a movie is popular, it can not be educational; however, the movies “42” and “Finding Nemo” are known for being popular and educational. “Finding Nemo” is popular because of its Disney animations and its underwater talking animals. It is educating because of how Marlin never gave up and how he did and did not trust some of the friends he made along the way. “42” is also popular because
The best words to describe the film Spirited Away and Hayao Miyazaki would be, “Once you’ve met someone, you never really forget them”. Upon hearing those words, you get a sense of nostalgia and dreaminess that gets to you in a heart moving way. Throughout Miyazaki’s works, an intensely cultivating dream-like atmosphere is presented in an unforgettable experience. Each hand drawn scene and carefully picked soundtrack seems to fit nearly flawlessly with every heart wrenching lesson to be learned about
The Pixar Theory This theory is that all of the Pixar movies actually exist within the same universe. Jon Negroni spent one year unraveling the unknown world concealed deep within Pixar films. This thesis statement originally appeared on his personal blog and quickly became a viral sensation. This theory covers every Pixar production since Toy Story. Brave is the beginning and the end of the timeline. It all starts with Merida discovering "the-will-of-the-wisps" or magic. This magic is why
‘Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming’ has become my life's motto. No I’m not a swimmer, but I feel this is one of the many inspirational lines out of finding nemo and continued into finding dory. To be honest I was very nervous about going to Finding Dory. With Finding Nemo being in my top 5 fav films ever. Finding Dory had big boots to fill and it didn’t disappoint. So the plot line sounds a lot like Finding Nemo’s but it did have its own few twists. So Dory decides to find her parents, goes