Day And Night By Pixar Animation Studios
Personality animation is the idea of giving a character its own individual mannerisms and emotions that the audience can identify with. Several components are needed for a character to have a believable personality, and these principles are crucial in creating a well-rounded, authentic story. Through animation examples, including Day and Night by Pixar Animation Studios, and analysing Understanding Animation by Paul Wells; the concept of personality animation will be critically assessed and defined.
Pixar Animation Studios was formed in 1986 in Emeryville, California and has created presently 16 feature films and 17 short film animations, which have generated over $7 billion in box office revenue. Day and Night was the 13th theatrical short …show more content…
Critically acclaimed, Day and Night received numerous positive reviews including being described as “nothing you've ever seen, and plays like a dream of glories to come” (Morgenstern, 2010) by The Wall Street Journal, and “you will witness not just brilliant storytelling, but agenda-setting advances in film-making.” (Pixar: Small Wonders, 2011) by The Independent. The initial concept behind Day and Night was designed by Newton, as he explained “one day [he] just put eyeballs on a keyhole and thought it would be funny as a gag,” (Newton, 2010) which then led to “piles of gags” (Newton, 2010) and consequently a sufficient narrative was created in order to pitch to Chief Creative …show more content…
The competition is the initial driving force of the narrative, in a bid to excel and outperform the other; however, as the animation continues each character starts to appreciate the others attributes from a different perspective and they resolve to combine their talents and inevitably form a friendship. In this animation we see how the “motivation” of the character’s change and this helps to keep the story interesting as the “narrational action” has developed and leads to a strong character progression which in turn allows the audience to attach themselves to the protagonists. They display complex human emotions, e.g. empathy, compassion and understanding, and subsequently are considered as more than 2D cartoons on a screen, but with human-like authenticity and
Pixar Animation Studios was formed in 1986 in Emeryville, California and has created presently 16 feature films and 17 short film animations, which have generated over $7 billion in box office revenue. Day and Night was the 13th theatrical short …show more content…
Critically acclaimed, Day and Night received numerous positive reviews including being described as “nothing you've ever seen, and plays like a dream of glories to come” (Morgenstern, 2010) by The Wall Street Journal, and “you will witness not just brilliant storytelling, but agenda-setting advances in film-making.” (Pixar: Small Wonders, 2011) by The Independent. The initial concept behind Day and Night was designed by Newton, as he explained “one day [he] just put eyeballs on a keyhole and thought it would be funny as a gag,” (Newton, 2010) which then led to “piles of gags” (Newton, 2010) and consequently a sufficient narrative was created in order to pitch to Chief Creative …show more content…
The competition is the initial driving force of the narrative, in a bid to excel and outperform the other; however, as the animation continues each character starts to appreciate the others attributes from a different perspective and they resolve to combine their talents and inevitably form a friendship. In this animation we see how the “motivation” of the character’s change and this helps to keep the story interesting as the “narrational action” has developed and leads to a strong character progression which in turn allows the audience to attach themselves to the protagonists. They display complex human emotions, e.g. empathy, compassion and understanding, and subsequently are considered as more than 2D cartoons on a screen, but with human-like authenticity and