Movie Analysis : Toy Story

Throughout the twenty first century, technology is continuously being developed and constantly being advanced. The advancement of technological goods makes pop culture easily exposed and available to most individuals in our society. Although expanding information in mass amounts

Imagine your biggest nightmare facing death. Now imagine the same nightmare but with your life along with your best friends and loved one life on the line. That is how it is for heroes such as Woody. All your decisions leading up to one death defining event. Which you hope all those decisions were the best you could have made. Then, finally at the last moment, while you are tasting death, you escape. This is the type of experiences hero’s go through. Therefore, in the film, Toy Story 3, the storyteller uses the hero’s journey and a mentor to reveal that we as humans want our heroes to be courageous and determined, because society wants our heros to overcome challenges and learn from their past experiences.

The 1971 Mel Stewart film, “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”, is about a little boy named Charlie Bucket, who is very poor and wants to do something to help his family. The movie starts by showing that there is a contest going on for people to win a special tour through the factory of Wonka Chocolate Company and a lifetime supply of chocolate. There are only five special golden tickets hidden inside products from the Wonka Company. When the five people have found the tickets, there is a big gathering on the day of the tour with big crowds of people and news people too to see Mr wonka come out from his factory to greet the winners. When the children and their parents are inside the factory the children sign a thing saying they will not steal or take information or do bad things and they all go on their way for the tour. Right away, it all seems very strange with coat hooks that move and weird size doors and rooms. Inside of the factory is very much a different world. The workers are small orange men who sing songs telling about the behaviors people should not have.

Toy Story is the groundbreaking 1995 motion picture developed by Disney and Pixar and directed by John Lasseter. The film was so revolutionary not only because it was the first feature length animation to be created completely by CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) but also, also the film was more rounded in all respects. The characters not only looked more sophisticated and three-dimensional but their personalities were also more human and fewer cartoons like. The film uses a constructed text in order to put across a theme of two very different characters learning to work together beyond their rivalries to rise above a common enemy and work towards a common goal. The film uses characters and imagery very cleverly to

The author of Animating Revolt and Revolting Animation, Judith Halberstam, uses rhetorical strategies to speak to her point that animated movies can be used to reach a wide ranging audience to convey deep underlying messages in a way that is entertaining for all. The author points out how Pixar movies brings non-traditional characters to life and faces them against real life struggles but does so in a happy ending manor that captivates audiences. This is accomplished by the author introducing a plot line from a Pixar movie that illustrates a struggle or classic battle and then describes the characters that are in the struggle and how they live through it. The author then describes an actual real life struggle and relates it back to the animated movie.

Marking the first use of Disney’s multiplane camera, the film also incorporates realistic depictions of animal behavior, dynamic lighting and color effects, depictions of rain, wind, and lightning, ripples, and reflections, and the use of timed sound effects to produce specific dramatic, or emotional overtones. All of these advanced animation techniques learned in producing The Old Mill would subsequently be incorporated into Disney’s feature-length animated films. Walt Disney had a vision to fulfill. While Disney did not pioneer cartoon animation, he did broaden what animation can be – feature-length films to American audiences.

In 1995, Pixar weaved its way through movie lovers’, as well as the general public’s heart through the captivating visuals of the first CGI feature movie, Toy Story. Many considered it as a breakthrough in the

Abrstract: This essay will explore why Americans feel the need to censor Japanese Animation, how the Japanese culture differs from American culture, and how to solve the growing debate of the censorship of Japanese media.

In spite of this, the studio didn’t see potential in his work with computer-generated animation, which resulted in his contract being terminated after his projects were complete in the early eighties. Only after he had left to join the animation department of Lucasfilm – which would later become Pixar Animation under the new ownership of Steve Jobs – he made a short called “Tin Toy” to test out new computer animation software. The short resulted in winning an Oscar for Best Animated Short and the test proved the innovative potential of computer generated animation. Disney then bought Pixar and signed Lasseter for a three-picture deal and named him chief creative officer of both studios. Toy Story served as a testament to Lasseter’s hard work, persistence, and Disney’s newfound trust in him, as it was more successful than they had all imagined. It broke the innovative plateau of which Disney fell victim of in the eighties. Toy Story was a huge box office success as it had a total budget of $30 million, and managed to generate a gross profit of over $350 million worldwide after its release on 22 November 1995. Toy Story was the first fully computer animated feature film ever made, and it was a huge innovative breakthrough in the animation world. Instead of using traditional methods of

Pixar was bought by Steve Jobs in 1986 and made many short films over the next few years. In 1988, one of their most famous shorts, Tin Toy, was the first CGI film to win an academy award. Because of the success of Tin Toy, Pixar paired with Disney in 1995 to go bigger and make a full length CGI film. This is what eventually became Toy Story. Animated storyboards were made to help create and develop the characters, then clay models were made to get a feel for the size and proportions. After this more than 400 models were made on the computer before the animation began. The model had motion control coded for them after they were finished. The character, Woody, has 723 motion models, 212 were in his face and 58 just for the mouth. Every 8 seconds

In a world where technology is rapidly developing and evolving, it is sometimes hard to keep up with the changes that are made. When looking back on changes that are made it is particularly interesting to look at the development of animation over history. Today when one thinks about animation it is impossible not to think of Disney and their major motion pictures. The Shreck films, Finding Nemo, and Happy Feet, to name just some of the dozens of animated films Disney has produced, raked in million upon millions of dollars at the box office, and have been hit films with people in all age groups.

Babies, in spite of where they grow up, do the similar things. Each of the babies is looked after by their parents, plays with toys or not, and interacts with animals and their surroundings. Regardless of location, child-rearing practices and environment, the developmental process and actions are similar for all the children. In the movie of “Babies” I observed four babies. They are Ponijoa from Namibia, Baayarjargal from Mongolia, Mari from Tokyo, and Hattie from San Francisco. I noticed that many foreseeable, nurturing and sensory–enriching caregiving were shown in the movie. Each primary caregiver developed a strong emotional bond with each baby. The relationships with each baby brought about a sense of safety, comfort, soothing and pleasure

As time can tell, it was a safe bet, by the time the credits of Toy Story began to roll the first day, the movies would never be the same (Zorthian). Toy Story grossed a total of $191,796,233 at the box office in The United States alone, it was the highest-selling film for three weeks in a row. As the first full length, 3D computer animated movie, it was a milestone for animation, possibly the most significant since the introduction of color. Most critics however, glossed over this achievement, which was actually exactly what the developers were hoping for. The critics were actually thrilled at the “invisibility” of the work. The film even won an academy award for Special Achievement, also including nominations for best original screenplay, score, and song. The foundation that was set by Toy Story had effects far beyond the franchise. Pixar, which Disney officially acquired in 2006, has released 15 movies since then, this includes 26 Academy Awards and three Grammy’s in total. There have been more than 250 computer-animated films released world wide since Toy Story. John Lasseter, current chief creative officer of Pixar and Disney, attributes that plentitude in part to the choice by the Toy Story team to worry about the story more than showing off, and to concentrate on developing software to serve their ideas, rather than the other way around. Lasseter even states, “if Toy Story had not succeeded the way it did, it might not have

Pixar Animation Studios was founded in 1979, initially specializing in producing state of the art computer hardware (Carlson, 2003). In 1990, due to poor product sales the company diversified from its core business and began producing computer animated commercials for outside companies. Success came for Pixar after the production of its first computer animated film ‘Toy story’ in 1995 (Hutton and Baute, 2007). Since then, Pixar has made many innovative animated feature films, with well known ones including - A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille and WALL-E, six of which are in the top grossing animated

When one thinks about the cartoons of the past, like TigerSharks, ThunderCats, and G.I. Joe, one will remember the rich story lines, the wild character profiles, and the inspiring battle cries of "Yo Joe" and "Thunder, Thunder, ThunderCats, Ho!!" With technology changing every day, a new form of animation has arisen. This new form is called "Japanimation" or "Anime." It is slowly becoming a part of this culture just as much as hamburgers and pizza. It still has a long way to go, but it is slowly creeping into the American genre of animation.