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    One way John Lasseter is influencing filmmakers and animators are with his heartfelt story lines. While his success with films is more well known, his real success started with creating short films such as Red’s Dream and Luxo Jr,. Red’s Dream, created in 1987, is arguably one of Lasseter’s most heartfelt short films created, although it never won any awards. This adorable, yet heartbreaking short is sure to make the audience’s hearts feel for the protagonist: a 50% off red unicycle in a bike shop;

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    John Lasseter, now the famous Chief Creative Officer of Pixar and Disney, overcame failures and mistakes like everyone else to get to where he is today. He was born and grew up in Los Angeles, California. He went to California Institute of Arts. After graduating from school, he began working for Walt Disney Company. Lasseter was eventually fired but found work at Lucasfilm Computer Graphics Group, which also ended in a short time. After failing to keep his jobs, he sought for something new. This

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    Pixar

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    honored Pixar with the Guild 's inaugural Vanguard Award, which recognizes outstanding achievement in new media and technology. Creative Team Pixar 's creative department is led by Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter, an Academy Award®-winning director and animator. Under the guidance of Lasseter, Pixar has built a creative team that includes a department of highly skilled animators, a story department and an art department. This team is responsible for

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    the famous John Lasseter. As most animators may know, John Lasseter sprang upon several problems throughout his animation career, but in response, he discovered excellent methods to overcome the high tensions. Personally, I learned vital skills about his lifestyles and personal preferences when he experienced his downfalls. Henceforth, the imaginative skills attained from John Lasseter will help define and prepare my future pathway in animation. First of all, my role model, John Lasseter, is a very

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    Toy Story Research Paper

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    We can see the style though the directors personally that is expressed though the language and concept behind the movie. (Art) John Lasseter created a movie using an idea that had not been adapted yet. Furthermore, prior to Mr. Lasseter computer animated movie many early animated movies were design with a flip-book in mind. (Movie) This means that the animators would have to draw each scene and fame by hand to use in the movie. Additionally

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    Toy Story : Toy Story

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    A epic cinematic creation that will shake you to the core leaving you wanting more every time you watch. When you were a kid did you ever think what your toys did when you left or not playing with them? Well that was answered when this classic hit the big screen Toy Story. It has sprouted multiple sequels and sprouted up so many movies trying to capture what Toy Story has established. The charisma between the cast shows on the big screen every joke or insult leaves you wondering did he mean that

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    ESPOUSED VALUES AND BELIEFS 7 4.3 BASIC UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS 10 5. CONCLUSION 12 6. RECOMMENDATIONS 13 7. REFERENCES 14 1. INTRODUCTION Pixar Animation Studios as we know today, was started as in 1984 when John Lasseter, chief creative officer of both Pixar

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    Lasseter was a genius when it came to computer animation, he had been using the “Pixar Image Computer to create a short film known as Luxo Jr.” (Zorthian). Before the Toy Story film was in development, nobody knew what the Pixar Image Computer could be capable

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    Buzz Lightyear

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    Before the merging, Disney had a leader that was ineffective and it showed in the work they produced. I believe Catmull and Lasseter follow the House’s Path-Goal theory of leadership. The basis of path-goal is that effective leaders motivate subordinates to achieve goals by 1: Clearly identifying the outcomes that subordinates are trying to obtain from the workplace. In the Disney-Pixar

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    Walt Disney animation Hand drawn vs. Computerised Walt Disney, a household name for kids and adults alike, the power house of kid’s animation! This was up till its last drawn animation of The Lion King in 1994, when other animators like Pixar and DreamWorks came up with more modern computerised 3D films, such as Toy Story in 1995; Ants in 1998 and Shrek in 2001. All these animations had box office success and all were computer generated. While Disney was producing hand drawn animation like Hercules

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