case study–student handout POWER AND POLITICS IN THE FALL AND RISE OF JOHN LASSETER John Lasseter grew up in a family heavily involved in artistic expression. Lasseter was drawn to cartoons as a youngster. Then as a freshman in high school he read a book entitled The Art of Animation. The book‚ about the making of the Disney animated film Sleeping Beauty‚ proved to be a revelation for Lasseter. He discovered that people could earn a living by developing cartoons. Lasseter started writing letters
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Hello everyone‚ we are group 13. I’m Nga‚ and this is… 1.What is Pixar? Pixar Animation Studios‚ or simply Pixar‚ is an American computer animation film studio based in Emeryville‚ California. Pixar began in 1979 as the Graphics Group‚a part of the computer division of Lucasfilm‚ which was used to create animations and other graphical display qualities‚ though it never sold very well and almost destroyed Pixar due to low sales‚ as the company started to fail‚ it was bought by Apple co-founder
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Together‚ they aggrandized the concept of computer-animation and worked together to revolutionize the animation industry itself‚ thus creating Pixar Animation Studio. Once Pixar was created as an animation-studio‚ they faced many hurdles‚ one hurdle being bankruptcy. Iwerks successfully‚ allows the audience to gain an insight into the adversities Pixar faced as a young company by using diegetic-music and insightful interviews with Steve Jobs and various Directors of Disney. By doing this she is
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as a corresponding high quality printer. The failure of the Macintosh signaled the beginning of Jobs’s downfall at Apple. Toy Story NeXT was not‚ however‚ the end of Steve Jobs. In 1986 Jobs purchased a small company called Pixar from filmmaker George Lucas (1944–). Pixar specialized in computer animation. Nine
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Pixar Facts 1.) In order to give Dash a realistic out-of-breath voice in "The Incredibles‚" director Brad Bird made actor Spencer Fox run laps around the studio.4 2.) Every Friday during the production of “Brave‚” each Pixar employee was told to wear a kilt for the fun of it. 3.) Shortly after completing Toy Story‚ the Pixar chief creative staff of John Lasseter‚ Peter Docter‚ Joe Ranft and Andrew Stanton got together for a lunch meeting at the Hidden City Café in 1994 that would become one of
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Disney‚ ESPN‚ ABC‚ Marvel‚ and Pixar. (Reingold‚ 2012). Iger has made a name for himself as the leader that does more listening than talking. Jay Rasulo‚ EVP & CFO‚ says “I’ve heard Bob say more than once ‘If I can’t trust a person to so that‚ then I need a different person.’ And so we all are empowered to basically run those business areal. I would say that Bob has a states vs. federal philosophy.” (Reingold‚ 2012). When Disney announced their acquisition of Pixar in January 2006 they went through
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branded content with global appeal‚" according to the Disney news release. Related: ’Star Wars 7’ will need The Force to be with it The deal is subject to federal antitrust approval. In early 2006‚ Disney struck a deal to acquire "Toy Story" creator Pixar‚ and in the summer of 2009 it bought the comic book powerhouse Marvel Entertainment. "Because Lucas is private‚ I would assume most investors would be surprised (by the deal). My point of view is that Disney already has a great portfolio and this
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animation‚ and in this movie there is an exquisitely rendered lighter flame that looks 100% real. So I give them full marks for that. But it’s not really about that with Pixar movies anymore. They are trying to get the animated medium to be taken seriously‚ and it seems like it’s becoming a regular occurrence with each new Pixar release that people start saying it should be eligible to compete with live action films for Best Picture at the Oscars. In that regard‚ I don’t think WALL-E qualifies. If
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Finding Nemo is an Academy award-winning computer-animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released to theaters by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. It was released in the United States/Canada on May 30‚ 2003‚ in Australia on August 27‚ 2003 and in the UK on 10 October 2003. The movie is the fifth Disney/Pixar feature film and the first to be released during the summer season(Taken from wikipedia.org) The movie was released on a 2-disc DVD on November 4‚ 2003 in the
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