"Legend of Pixar" is a film about the growth story of Pixar, and the story of Pixar is also a story about the dream of an animated film come true. John Lasseter has combined himself with Disney since he was a student. He loves animation. The two short animations of his student days have achieved great success. After graduation, he came to the dream work place-Disney Studios. It was not a good time. Animated film became a lingering art form. At the same time, computer technology was booming, and John began to try whether he could use computers to make animations. At Disney Studios, he produced the first computer animation, and was later fired. Leaving Disney to come to Lucas, John's dream of animated films is even more intense. Animated films were expensive at that time and there was no prospect in sight. In order to continue the dream of animated films and to retain the team, Ed and Alway founded Pixar on their own. Pixar's movie dream touched Jobs. Jobs bought the Pixar team and continued to support their animated movie dream. In 1987, "Naughty Jumping Lights" was born, which was the first three-dimensional computer animation film nominated for Oscars. This film changed everything and allowed more people to see the charm of animated films. After that, Disney approached Pixar and worked together to create the first animated film-"Toy Story". This was the first animated film, which refreshed the record of animated films and brought the animation film industry onto the road. Starting with Toy Story, Pixar has produced many films such as "Insect Factory", "Toy Story 2", "Monster Electric Company", "Finding Nemo", "Ultraman" and "Toy Story". The production of "Toy Story 2" was impressive. At that time, after making two successful films in succession, John took a vacation at home and passed the shooting of "Toy Story 2" to others. When he came back, the film had been shot nearly 80%. It was a film rushing to release, and it was also an imperfect film. John's return halted the filming of the film. He summoned the crew to rewrite the entire script, overturned the previous work, and re-shooted. It is this attitude of striving for perfection and the pursuit of perfection that contributed to the success of "Play 2", which became one of the few sequels considered to be as good or even better than the first. After filming "Finding Nemo", after a series of twists and turns, Pixar returned to Disney. In any case, the dream of Pixar animation film created by John and others continues, step by step classic animation movies are created.
This documentary is said to have been filmed for six years. The film has a moving power. It does not rush or slow down, but it is imperceptible. When you see John Lasseter said: "Others ask me why I always get the best parking space. I tell him, because I I parked my car here three days ago, and I have been sleeping at the company these days"... Looking back, it is worthwhile to be able to personally promote the revolution of 3D animation movies and create such a history. There is no myth of overnight fame, some are just accumulated.
There is a little discussion about 2D and 3D animation in the film. As in the film, I think 2D and 3D are just ways to tell a story, and storytelling is the soul. What we are moved is not the cool animation, but the well-conceived story. It is precisely this way. I love watching Pixar animated films, and I also love Miyazaki's hand-painted films.
Watching this video, I feel that only love can succeed. What impressed me most in the film was the smile on everyone's face. The happy smile made me even jealous. How can you love a job so much? Perhaps it is the love of animated films that has attracted a group of talented people to the production of film animation. In Pixar's first office, what I saw was curiosity, what I saw was naive, and what I saw was dreams without authority.
After watching this film, I seem to see the little boy who stands under the railway bridge for a long time, waiting for the train to pass, and the dreamer becomes the driver of the train. I seem to see the little boy who forgot to eat in order to build a castle. It's just that this little boy only exists in a dream now.
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