Wednesday, 21 October 2009
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-goldstein1-2008jul01,0,2430755.story
- Patrick Goldstein
"Its films are often populated with dark, pessimistic themes, but they still somehow feel spiritually engaging and uplifting."
"Pixar's artistry has earned our trust."
"When I talk to rival studio executives, they scoff. Come on, they say -- Warner has to have three movies in the summer and two at Christmas. Of course, they're not all going to be good. Pixar only has to make one movie a year. Fair enough. Maybe making one movie a year is easier. But does that really explain why Pixar's one movie is better than all of Fox's 20 movies? Or 18 of Sony's or Paramount's films? But I think the other studios are embarrassed because Pixar's amazing track record stands as a rebuke to a system that is dominated by mindless test marketing and arid group think."
"In the world of features, the budgets are so high that people get nervous about experimenting. In a short, you can see what works and what doesn't and hammer it out. It has allowed our filmmakers to gain experience, both as animators and as storytellers, but without the pressure of a $150-million feature looming over their head."- John Lasseter
Pixar Insures that they have a strong Storyline before they go ahead making the film thus ensuring that they arnt wasting money while simultaniously, creating a well structured heart warming film for everyone to enjoy. If their early storyboards havn't got the "Pixar Magic" the idea can be set a side to carry on and improve or to scrap it completely.
- Patrick Goldstein
"Its films are often populated with dark, pessimistic themes, but they still somehow feel spiritually engaging and uplifting."
"Pixar's artistry has earned our trust."
"When I talk to rival studio executives, they scoff. Come on, they say -- Warner has to have three movies in the summer and two at Christmas. Of course, they're not all going to be good. Pixar only has to make one movie a year. Fair enough. Maybe making one movie a year is easier. But does that really explain why Pixar's one movie is better than all of Fox's 20 movies? Or 18 of Sony's or Paramount's films? But I think the other studios are embarrassed because Pixar's amazing track record stands as a rebuke to a system that is dominated by mindless test marketing and arid group think."
"In the world of features, the budgets are so high that people get nervous about experimenting. In a short, you can see what works and what doesn't and hammer it out. It has allowed our filmmakers to gain experience, both as animators and as storytellers, but without the pressure of a $150-million feature looming over their head."- John Lasseter
Pixar Insures that they have a strong Storyline before they go ahead making the film thus ensuring that they arnt wasting money while simultaniously, creating a well structured heart warming film for everyone to enjoy. If their early storyboards havn't got the "Pixar Magic" the idea can be set a side to carry on and improve or to scrap it completely.
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Pixar Vs Dreamworks !
http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/04/02/lol-pixar-vs-dreamworks/
This link Shows one person's view of Pixar vs Dreamworks in a few drawings and words. I thought it was actaully quite funny as im backing PIXAR! In the form of a webcomcomic, One part shows talks about Pixars ideas, and the other part runs through dreamworks ideas( summed up in about 3 sentances )It also raises the theory Dreamworks use the same facial expression for their characters and they give a few examples to back this up.
The online forum enables the public to have their say, backing either Pixar or Dreamworks, not having a prefence to either one, or not liking the Animation studios at all etc :
[Lance_HBomb] "I think Dreamwork's best work WAS Prince of Egypt. And it's sad, considering it was their first work."
[super_aj ]"I agree completely. Pixar seens to make movies that feel like timeless stories that will still be relevant in 20 years, where as dreamworks is all about pop cultrure references that will be out of date in 5 years or less."
[Slurpee123abc]"Madagascar is the second most demanded movie of ALL movies on Verizon movies. Pixar does not even have a movie in the top ten. Beat THAT!!! Ya Pixar is great, but Dreamworks is more adventurous. Dreamworks makes films that are MUCH more crazy than Pixar. Sometimes they are worse. But sometimes they are really good."
The Statment that i agree with and it most similar to my line of arguement is this comment:
[Weyland_Yutani ]"This is the primary failure of Dreamworks. Instead of letting the jokes come through the story and characters, they manufacture them like a stand-up comedian. That humor will always fall flat with me in an animated film. For all its success, Shrek pointed the ship in a direction and they have never been able to put it back. For as good as KF Panda turned out, they still couldn't let go of that stuff. I still wish they animated the whole thing like the first few minutes. It was beautiful.."
Ive discovered that the overall opinion on dreamworks vs Pixar Battle is that Dreamworks tends to concentrate on pop references,sponsership and celebrity voices; Its for entertainment value. Whereas Pixar concentrate more deeply on the story and putting all their efforts into the charcaters, rather than depending on high tech technology.
This link Shows one person's view of Pixar vs Dreamworks in a few drawings and words. I thought it was actaully quite funny as im backing PIXAR! In the form of a webcomcomic, One part shows talks about Pixars ideas, and the other part runs through dreamworks ideas( summed up in about 3 sentances )It also raises the theory Dreamworks use the same facial expression for their characters and they give a few examples to back this up.
The online forum enables the public to have their say, backing either Pixar or Dreamworks, not having a prefence to either one, or not liking the Animation studios at all etc :
[Lance_HBomb] "I think Dreamwork's best work WAS Prince of Egypt. And it's sad, considering it was their first work."
[super_aj ]"I agree completely. Pixar seens to make movies that feel like timeless stories that will still be relevant in 20 years, where as dreamworks is all about pop cultrure references that will be out of date in 5 years or less."
[Slurpee123abc]"Madagascar is the second most demanded movie of ALL movies on Verizon movies. Pixar does not even have a movie in the top ten. Beat THAT!!! Ya Pixar is great, but Dreamworks is more adventurous. Dreamworks makes films that are MUCH more crazy than Pixar. Sometimes they are worse. But sometimes they are really good."
The Statment that i agree with and it most similar to my line of arguement is this comment:
[Weyland_Yutani ]"This is the primary failure of Dreamworks. Instead of letting the jokes come through the story and characters, they manufacture them like a stand-up comedian. That humor will always fall flat with me in an animated film. For all its success, Shrek pointed the ship in a direction and they have never been able to put it back. For as good as KF Panda turned out, they still couldn't let go of that stuff. I still wish they animated the whole thing like the first few minutes. It was beautiful.."
Ive discovered that the overall opinion on dreamworks vs Pixar Battle is that Dreamworks tends to concentrate on pop references,sponsership and celebrity voices; Its for entertainment value. Whereas Pixar concentrate more deeply on the story and putting all their efforts into the charcaters, rather than depending on high tech technology.
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
The Start...
AREA OF INVESTIGATION:
Institution PIXAR
What makes Pixar films so distinctive to other animation studios?
FOCUS FILM: The Incredibles (2004 Pixar/Walt Disney D/r: Brad Bird)
SUPPORTED FILMS: Finding Nemo( 2003 Pixar/Walt Disney D/r: Andrew Stanton)
Shrek ( Dreamworks 2001 D/r:Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson)
Key Characters:
The Incredibles:
Bob Parr(Mr Incredible) Over weight, tired of his job, juggling being a Father and a Superhero. 
Helen Parr- Curvy figure, juggling housework and the kids.
Violet Parr- Insecure shy teenage girl. Crush on the most popular guy at school. Has an annoying young brother.
Finding Nemo
Marlin- Single Dad, Overprotective.
Nemo- Under-developed fin
Dory- Short term memory loss, instantly likable, optimistic.
Key Scenes:
Dinner Scene, teaser trailer
Resources:
Finding Nemo DVD- Behind the scenes
The Incredibles DVD- Special features
Empire- Pixar article
Internet groups
People for interviews
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