Computer Animation and the movies
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In 1986, a division of LucasArt broke away and was purchased by Apple Computer Steve Jobs and made into the independent company called Pixar with 44 employees
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Pixar produced the first CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) character in the animated short “Tin Toy” (1988)
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Pixar starts using its computer animation to do commercials
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Tropicana Orange Juice
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Life Savers
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Listerine
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Made 15 different commercials in 1991
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In 1991, Pixar signs a deal with Disney for $26 million to produce a 3 computer animated movie
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1995 –Toy Story hits the big screen
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1st fully computer animated movie
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Highest grossing film in theaters that year
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Making $192 million in the U.S.
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Pixar is constantly updating their animation software to stay ahead of the competition
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Release Geri’s Game with updated software to have more realistic skin on humans
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Won an Academy Awards for Best Animated Short
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In 1997, Disney and Pixar had a joint agreement to produce 5 more movies and causes Pixar to expand to a second building, as the company reaches 375 employees
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1998 – Bugs Life
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Grossed $163 million in the U.S.
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1999 – Toy Story 2
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Grossed $245 million in the U.S.
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1st animated film to be created, mastered and digitally enhanced on the computer
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1st animated sequel to out earn the original
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2001 – Monster, Inc.
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2003 – Finding Nemo
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Grossed on $70.2 million in the opening weekend
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2004 – The Incredibles
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Wins 2 Academy Awards for Best Animated Film and Best Sound Editing
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After the 5 film deal is over, Disney decides to buy all of Pixar’s stock for $7.4 Billion, in essence, buying the company
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But Pixar was not the only game in town and as Pixar expanded, so did the other companies
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Dreamworks started up in 1993 working on animation in live-action films such as Terminator 2
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In 1998, Dreamworks release Antz, one month prior to a Bug’s Life
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The movie was pitched to Pixar in 1988 by a then Disney employee and was pitched to Dreamworks in 1994, after Disney fired the same employee
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Dreamworks was sold to Paramount in 2006, but still operates under the same name
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Sony’ started producing Computer Animated films in 2001
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Final Fantasy: The Spirit Within was a science-fiction animation based on the video game and was the second highest grossing animated movie of the year
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Nickelodeon got into the animated movie business in 1998
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First movie was a low budget film based on the television show, the Rugrats Movie
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The Warner Brothers got back into the game too
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2001 – Osmosis Jones was a combination of live-action and computer animation
Dreamworks versus Disney Feud
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The 1998 computer animated movie that was so similar, started a silent feud between the companies to out duel the other.
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Each Company each year tries to out due the other, though there are some outsiders that throw their movies in, these two giants go at it year after year.
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While Dreamworks is dealing solely in computer animation, Disney is producing computer animation through Pixar and hand drawn animation and computer animation through the Disney company
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1st sole Disney computer animation was produced in 2005, Chicken Little
Year
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Dreamworks
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Disney
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Others
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2000
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Road to El Dorado
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Dinosaur
The Emperor’s New Groove*
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Titan A.E.#
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2001
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Shrek
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Monsters, Inc.
Atlantis: The Lost Empire*
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Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
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2002
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Treasurer Planet*
Lilo & Stitch*
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Ice Age
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2003
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Finding Nemo
Brother Bear*
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2004
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Sharks Tale
Shrek 2
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The Incredibles
Home on the Range*
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The Polar Express
The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie
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2005
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Chicken Little
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2006
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Over the Hedge
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Cars
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Curious George
Ice Age 2:The meltdown
Happy Feet
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2007
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Shrek 3
Bee Movie
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Ratatouille
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Beowulf
Persepolis*
The Simpsons Movie*
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2008
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Wall-E
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2009
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Monsters vs. Aliens
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The Princess and the Frog*
A Christmas Carol
UP
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2010
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*- means hand drawn # – combination of hand drawing and computer animation
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Beowulf (2007) was the first animated movie to give movie goers the option of watching it in 2D or non-IMAX 3D
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Disney versus of A Christmas Carol (2009) was the 1st animated movie exclusively presented in 3D
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