Tagged with: Pixar

3-D – First impressions from a newbie..

I’ll be the first to admit it….I tend to only go to the cinema for:

a) A film i can’t wait to see eg. Star Wars (prequels, sequels, 3-D or whatever he does next), any new James Bond film etc

b) Something that i know will benefit from a cinema setting eg. the surround sound in the Transformers movies was flying all over the shop, all the time…in a brilliant way!

c) 2 hours of mindless entertainment eg. Mission Impossible III – butt-thumping explosions are just so much better in a cinema….even if Tom Cruise’s smug mug is 10 ft bigger…

The last animated film I went to in the cinema was The Incredibles (which I loved…) and I missed Wall-E so after hearing about just how good Pixar’s new film UP was, I thought it was time to see what all this stereoscopic fuss was about!

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The Story of ‘Toy Story’

To mark this week’s release of Toy Story in 3D, Empire Magazine’s website features a great summary of the story of Pixar’s ‘Toy Story’.

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It covers the genesis of the film from the first computer graphic produced in 1972, through the founding of Pixar and the production of the first ever feature-length CGI movie.

Research for the article came from To Infinity & Beyond! The Pixar Animation Studios Story by Karen Paik, a must-read for any animation addicts.

Animation needs less talking and more acting!

“Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn.”  -  Norman McLaren

Actions speak louder than words…

Pixar's One Man Band

Pixar's One Man Band

 I went to the recent AIB World Street Performance recently and saw some fantastic acts. They had a huge variety of different types of street performers who were some of the best in the world at their particular craft.

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