The Making of Lego House

Pixar

 About Pixar:

·      Bass it around their own thought when younger

·      Billy Crystal turned down Toy Story, saw the success of it then decided to accept the part in Monsters Inc

·      Movie doesn’t come to life unless you visualize it

·      Long process, takes around 2 years to make

·      California institute of the arts was started by Walt Disney

·      Animation program was made in A113, placed it in most films as a good luck charm

·      John Lasseter watched the film Tron in 1982, this inspired his imagination

·      John Lasseter made the idea of computer animation in Pixar

·      Steve Jobs bought Pixar in 1986, he made apple

·      Luxo Junior was made originally as a short movie but Pixar changed it to be pixars logo

Toy story:

·      Catch phrase ‘to infinity and beyond’

·      Made Woodys character dislike Buzz Light-year because of jealousy

·      If the making of the movie was fun, its going to be on screen

·      The first animation test was in1992

Bugs Life:

·      Had a tiny camera put in grass to see from a ants prospective

·      Research a lot about ants to make the movie

·      Difficult film to make but once complete they were certain they can produce any film

·      ‘Ant March: Director, John Lassetter (1998)

·      No individual ants have there own thoughts

Up:

·      Made in 2009

·      Real life balloons would lift a with 25 million but in an animation they used 20,000

·      Unusual idea, never shy away

Monsters Inc:

·      Made in 2001

·      Mike and Sulley: director of characters, Pete Doctor

Film mainly based around Mike and Sulley’s relationship

·      Film the voice overs to create the character

Nemo:

·      Made in 2003

·      Marlin Loses Nemo: Director, Andrew Stanton.

·      Scene of Marlin losing Nemo based around the director of the scene about being protective over his child. He used this story because he thought it is a universal situation.

·      Work on the scene a lot

The Incredibles:

·      Made in 2004

·      Display their powers; director, Brad Bird

·      Power matches the character

·      Producer, John Walker

Toy Story 3:

·      Made in 2010

·      Ken meets Barbie; director, Lee Unkrich

The voice:

·      Pixar has the same voice overs in more than one film

·      The voice overs are made before the animation

·      The voice overs are films whilst practicing

My Timeline

My Timeline:

This is my timline on all the different types of animation productions and animators such as Tex Avery, Sullivan's studio and Walt Disney.
It also shows the year the animations and the devices were created such as the Phenakistoscope, Kinetoscope and Sound film. I have introduced famous animations for example, Felix the Cat, Tom and Jerry and Donald Duck.