Toy Story : Responsible For Reinventing The Animated Film Industry

Almost every fall, Disney and Pixar would team up and create a family friendly film that would have “anthropomorphic creatures or objects rendered with state-of-the-art computer graphics.”(Babich 235) Then later on in the summer Disney would come out with one of its more classic movies ,a 2D animated film

Animated films are one of the most entertaining forms of media out there. When it comes to animated films, two major film companies may come to mind: DreamWorks and Disney. For the past couple of years, people have been asking which company is better, and the answer is quite simply Disney. They have better stories, they maintain a certain theme, they are consistent, and extremely successful which is what makes them stand out from other studios and film companies. Of course, DreamWorks has some of these qualities as well, but they are far and few in between.

DreamWorks Animation is an animation studio that produces and distributes animated content for film and television, focusing strongly on CG content. DreamWorks Animation broke off from DreamWorks LLC in October 28, 2004. DreamWorks LLC was originally founded in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen. Every two years, DreamWorks Animation releases about five movies, and it has released more than twenty CG family-oriented films. It’s most successful films have been Shrek, Shrek 2 and Madagascar, with Shrek 2 being one of the highest-grossing films of all time and the highest grossing film of 2004.

Specific Purpose: The purpose is to inform on how all Pixar movies exist in the same universe and is telling the same story just jumping around in time. This timelines includes Toy Story (1995), A Bug’s Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1998), Monsters Inc. (2001), Finding Nemo (2003), The Incredibles (2004), Cars (2006), Ratatouille (2007), WALL-E (2008), Up (2009), Toy Story 3 (2010), Cars 2 (2011), Brave (2012) ,and 2013 Monsters University (Negroni, 2015).

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

A long time ago Disney company turned into some kind of Hollywood «machine» of making animation hits with the same parttern and also they missed the moment when computer animation has become much more interesting in the audience of animated cartoons. Pixar is representing some kind of new wave (especially, on the technological side) in the cartoon field . Also, they are succesful. Teir «Toy Story» and «Finding Nemo» were real hits:

Pixar has produced thirteen feature films[->21], beginning with Toy Story[->22] in 1995. Toy Story was one of my favorite films at the time. The animation was groundbreaking for its time. It was followed by A Bug 's Life[->23] in 1998, Toy Story 2[->24], 1999, Monsters, Inc.[->25], 2001, Finding

Toy Story effected the cinematic experience greatly which can be seen through its vast success in the industry. It told a simple, yet effective story that appealed to all ages and through impressive computer animation and thoughtful directing they were able to create something that would be memorable for years to come. Its imagination and success inspired other motion pictures which in turn created new filmic

Pixar, being a leader in CG animations and having an exemplary track record of producing blockbuster hits, had a lot of potential suitors which include Warner Bros., AOL, Time Warner, Fox and Sony. Any media companies that strikes a deal with Pixar may instantly forefront the animation market.

Monsters were men dressed up in rubber suits and extra-terrestrial planets were hand-made sets built in studios. For a while, animatronics were even used to bring the otherwise impossible to life. But without the advent of computer generated animation, today's live-action movies would be completely unrecognizable. Computer Generated Imagery in movies started in the 1970s as visual effects and short animations were being made from layering multiple 2D images to make it look rounded and therefore 3D. In 1972 Pixar co-founders, Ed Catmull and Fred Park, produced the first prototype of a digitally-rendered 3D hand using technology that would become the foundation for countless effects and film masterpieces that followed. In 1993 the production of toy story start which was set to be the very first full animation film made using CGI. Pixar, which was known for producing small animations to promote their products(computers), was approached by Disney to make a computer-animated film after the success of their short film Tin Toy. In 1995 Cameron wrote the first treatment for Avatar with the intention of pushing the

Founded in 1934, The Walt Disney Animation studio is the oldest surviving animation studio in the world. The studio is documented with creating new techniques for the day, which are now considered standard. Disney produces the most animated motion picture films. Another major animation studio based out of California is Pixar Animation Studios. However, Disney agreed to purchase Pixar in early 2006, for 7.4 billion dollars. Pixar has produced films that have won seven academy awards including Toy Story, Cars, and Finding Nemo.

Pixar has exceptional talents not only in art and film making but also in science and technology. It has a group of engineers

Pixar Animation Studios as we know today, was started as in 1984 when John Lasseter, chief creative officer of both Pixar

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

Founded on February 3, 1986, Pixar was best known for its animated films created with Photo Realistic Rendermen. It initially began as a graphics group under Lucasfilm’s Computer Division. However, it was later purchased by Steve Jobs for $10 million dollars and renamed to Pixar. It continued to grow its success with the release of many movies, including their Toy Story series, one of their highest