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Pixar keynote
Pixar Animation Studios is an American computer animation studio founded in 1986 and known for its computer-generated animated feature films. The document provides background on Pixar, discussing its founding, acquisition by Disney, and key films produced including Toy Story (1995), Finding Nemo (2003), The Incredibles (2004), Ratatouille (2007), and more. It summarizes the plot of Toy Story, Pixar's first film, about toys that come to life when humans aren't around.
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Pixar keynote
- 1. Tuesday, 1 May2012
- 2. Brief History Pixar anima1on studios is a American computer anima1on film studio based in California. The anima1on studio is best known for its computer generated anima1on feature films. Pixar was founded February 3, 1986 by Ed Catmull, Alvy Ray Smith and Apple co founder Steve Jobs. As of 2006, Pixar is owned by The Walt Disney Company aQer they brought the company at a valua1on of $7.4 Billion. Pixar has produced 12 feature films star1ng with Toy Story which was created in 1995, followed by A Bugs Life in 1998, Toy Story 2 in 1999, Monsters Inc 2001, Finding Nemo in 2003, The Incredibles in 2004, Cars in 2006, Ratatouille in 2007, WALL-‐E in 2008, Up in 2009, Toy Story 3 in 2010 and the last film to be released, Cars 2 in 2011. Tuesday, 1 May 2012
- 3. Key Films/Crea1ons The first film of key significance is Pixar’s first film Toy Story. Toy Story was released November 22, 1995 in the USA. The budget for the film was $30 million, at the box office, Toy Story made $361,958,736. Toy Story was directed by John Lasseter and the story was wri`en by Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Joe RanQ and John Lasseter. The music was composed by Randy newman. Toy Story starred Tom Hanks who played the voice of Woody the pull string cowboy doll, Tim Allen who played the voice of Buzz Lightyear, a space ranger ac1on figure. Tuesday, 1 May 2012
- 4. Brief Synopsis Andy Davis who had a wide crea1ve and fun imagina1on has many toys he likes to play with, but his favorite toy Woody the cowboy doll is his favorite. Woody is the leader out of the group of toys that belong to Andy where they all come to life when out of sight from humans. Andy is in the process of moving house as well as his birthday party, so the group of toys stage a reconnaissance mission to discover Andy’s new presents. Andy receives a Buss Lightyear space ranger doll that takes the interest from all the toys especially Woody as he threatens his posi1on as Andy’s favorite toy. Andy prepares to go out for a birthday meal to space themed Pizza Planet restaurant with his new Buzz Lightyear toy, Woody gets angry at the thought of Buzz being Andy’s new favorite toy so Woody tries to intervene by misplacing Buzz. Woody then takes Buzz’s place in Andy’s car where Buzz then climbs back into the car with Woody where they then confront each other. It then takes a turn for the worst for the two toys as they fight whilst Andy’s family are in a gas sta1on causing them to fall out of the car and Andy’s family driving off without Woody or Buzz. They spot a pickup truck bound for Pizza Planet in which they try to reunite with Andy. At Pizza Planet, woody sees a claw game in the shape of a space ship in which he convinces Buzz that it can take him back to his home planet. They both get caught up in the game where they are then caught by Sid Philips who like to torture and destroy toys. At Sids house, Buzz and Woody stage numerous a`empts to escape before Andy’s moving day where the encounter nightmarish toys of Sids crea1ons. Woody and Buzz convince the transformed scary toys of Sids crea1on to help them escape in which they succeed but in the cost of Andy’s moving truck has just leQ. Woody and Buzz to to a`empt running aQer the moving truck but with Sids dog Scud chasing aQer them. Woody a`empts to rescue Buzz with Andy’s RC car where they manage to come closer to the moving truck. The RC car loses ba`ery power where Buzz and Woody resort to firing a rocket in which Sid a`ached to Buzz making them fly into the air. Buzz then opens his wings and both Buzz and Woody glide safely into the moving truck. The film finishes with the two toys relived and on each others side to entertain Andy in his new home. Tuesday, 1 May 2012
- 5. Ratatouille was released June 29, 2007 in the USA. The films budget was $150 million. At the box office, Ratatouille made $623,722,818. The film was directed by Brad Bird and the story was wri`en by Jan Pinkava, Brad Bird and Jim Capobianaco. The music was composed by Michael Giacchino and starred Pa`on Oswalt as the voice of Remy, the chef rat and Lou Romano as the voice of Alfredo Linguini. Tuesday, 1 May 2012
- 6. Ratatouille stars Remy,a rat who is gifted with a highly developed senses of taste and smell. Inspired by his idol recently deceased chef Auguste Gusteau, Remy dreams of becoming a cook. When his family are forced to abandon their home, Remy becomes separated and ends up in the sewers of Paris where he eventually finds himself looking over the kitchens of Gusteauʼs restaurant. Remy then discovers an opportunity when the newly hired garbage boy Linguini spills a pot of soup and tries to recreate it with devastating results. Remy steps in and cooks the soup to perfection when he get spotted and chased around the kitchen, Linguini catches him and put Remy in his hat, Whilst all the commotion, the soup accidentally gets served and is found to be a great success. Due to all the chefs surprise, Linguini is forced to make the soup that he has meant to of made again. Linguini then discovers Remyʼs Talent and takes him home. Remy and Linguini find a means to overcome the inability to communicate with each-other as Remy can take control of Linguiniʼs hair and control him like a Marionette. Hidden under Linguiniʼs hat, Remy helps Linguini demonstrate his cooking skills. The two chefs are faced with a big challenge as Franceʼs top food critic Anton Ego announces he will be re- reviewing the restaurant. Suspicious of Lingiuniʼs new talent, Head chef skinner learns that the boy is Gusteauʼs son and proper heir to the restaurant. Remy discovers the evidence and, after eluding Skinner, brings them to Linguini, who removes Skinner as owner. Remy and Linguini prepare a special dish of Ratatouille for the french food critic which he falls in love with which ends up with Linguini and Remy becoming clear about the situation that Remy can cook. The staff then walkoy in disbelief thinking `Linguini has gone insane. Mean while Anton writes a glowing review for the newspaper the next day, stating that Gusteau's chef is "nothing less than the finest chef in France." The film then ends happily ever after when Anton eagerly helps fund a popular new bistro, "La Ratatouille", created by Remy, Linguini Tuesday, 1 May 2012
- 7. Key Character A key character in the Pixar’s studio development is Luxo Jr who was the first character introduced in Pixar’s first film ‘Luxo Jr’. Luxo is hopping desk lamp that has become so iconic, Pixar has incorpora1ng Luxo into their logo represen1ng the I. Luxo appears in the first short animated film where the only two characters are desk lamps. Luxo Jr and a bigger lamp are playing with a small inflated rubber ball, chasing it and trying to balance on it. The ball eventually deflates due to Luxo Jr jumping on it. This short film received an academy reward nomina1on for best animated short film. Luxo Jr was the first CGI film nominated. This character brings great significance to computer anima1on history , quote -‐ "Luxo Jr. sent shock waves through the en1re industry – to all corners of computer and tradi1onal anima1on. At that 1me, most tradi1onal ar1sts were afraid of the computer. They did not realize that the computer was merely a different tool in the ar1st's kit but instead perceived it as a type of automa1on that might endanger their jobs. Luckily, this altude changed drama1cally in the early '80s with the use of personal computers in the home. The release of our Luxo Jr. ... reinforced this opinion turnaround within the professional community.” Edwin Catmull. Tuesday, 1 May 2012
- 8. Key Technology Pixar use CGI anima1on to create their feature films. All Pixar films to date have been computer animated features apart from WALL-‐E which features a small live ac1on segment. CGI or ‘Computer Generated Imagery’ is the process for genera1ng animated images by using computer graphics. CGI works like this: although the computer generated images of landscapes may be sta1c, The computer anima1on only applies to dynamic images that resemble a movie. Tuesday, 1 May 2012
- 9. Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_animation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-generated_imagery http://www.pixar.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxo_Jr http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratatouille_(film) Tuesday, 1 May 2012