Pixar - A Human Story of Computer Animation

[dogloverkl]

Omg Andrew stanton he worked on wall-e with my dad

[GregariousGorilla]

What are some advantages of being a computer science major and minoring in art, then studying character animation.

[insomniacgrace]

Amazing! I so love the background music. This music reminds me of my childhood memories. Thanks to those individuals for pioneering computer animation. Thanks for the tips by the way.

[Entropy56]

I listened to the whole thing while playing Zuma on my PS3...

[octavianmihailescu]

did he say "he talked me into going with eunuchs"?... or "with unix"...?

[parisianna87]

Pixar should design games make there own pixar console films are boring.except finding nemo

[farooqmm1987]

@parisianna87 whats better; toy story series or harry potter series?

[mutscot]

Wow, Pixar really is paradise for a creative soul , lucky (and hardworker) people who works in it. I admit it, i´m a little bit jealous

[anniecat50]

This is the best Youtube ever and inspires me beyond words...

[CupofPhenol]

Thank you for the upload, this was a very enlightening conversation.

[KhalSyr]

Blah, blah, blah...what ever.

[katinaanimator]

Kickass! Brad Bird is one of the geniuses of our generation. The whole panel re-iterated what I think - all it will take is one REALLY solid hit movie to be done in 2D - with the popularity and skill of E.T. or Star Wars - and 2D will be viable again. They're right, it's all STORY and PERFORMANCE. If you look at Pocahontas, Brother Bear, Home on the Range, etc, it's clear Disney just forgot how to tell a good, entertaining story. 3D wouldn't have helped those films any.

[Anilarvs2443]

Everybody has a dream. Pixar starts it off.

[RossHildick3D]

@Anilarvs2443 My dream IS pixar! im studying computer animation :)

[gugenet]

The quality of the sound in this recording is terrible. So much feedback that it is painful to listen to. Please consider using a sound recording technician in your future recordings. The material is much too important for this kind of loss of quality!

[mycollegeshirt]

Jeez..

[Frisenette]

All of this is great but Brads answer to the question at 1:20:40 is so so true of most modern cinema. Sadly. He puts into words and gestures what I've tried to say for years

[jomac012]

DUDE WHERE'S THE 8 BIT? lol

[hemantSS]

that is relay inspiring....

[CreativeGuyKyle]

2 words... BRAD... BIRD! Evreything he says is ture :)

[stupidtrooper501]

pixar ftw

[chase17936]

If there is any rhing i want more in life is to become a animator and to be able to express my feeling toward others to see there reations and i hope one day i will be able to walk in the doors of pixar and say ive made it at last ive made it

[bellajacklil]

@chase17936 exactly how i feel, its so expensive, im gonna do it though- i have to or i wont ever be happy with any job!!!

[chase17936]

@bellajacklil thats whats up man stick with ur dreams dont let any one get u down use the u cant make its u hear from people and prove them wrong

[electricmastro]

@BleedHuskaRed1220 Okay how about this list? NOTE: The #11 spot does NOT equal bad, think of it as #11 being good/great and #1 being excellent! 1. Toy Story 3 2. WALL-E 3. Ratatouille 4. Toy Story 5. Toy Story 2 6. Up 7. Finding Nemo 8.The Incredibles 9.A Bug's Life 10. Monster's Inc 11. Cars

[BleedHuskaRed1220]

@electricmastro Dude, it's alright. My last comment was a little harsh, I apologize. The new list of yours looks fine. Toy Story 3 was an incredible movie! And you're right, no matter what, you have to put a Pixar film at the bottom and that doesn't mean it's a bad movie.

[electricmastro]

@BleedHuskaRed1220 Maybe I probably should have thought it over some more and I haven't seen a few of these films in a while, but whether you like it or not, unavoidably there's going to be a Pixar movie at the bottom, so you have no choice but to put a Pixar film at number 10 and, but I juist want to make it perfectly clear, I like ALL the Pixar movies, regardless if there at number 10, besides, if I change it someone will complain anyway. DO NOT think of the #10 spot as the worst film.

[KYSNB]

LRH ;D Over half the people on stage raised their hand on the non-technical side!

[jtapia1123]

@electricmastro NO. why the hell is incredibles 9 and finding nemo TEN?!?!?

incredibles should be above toy story 2 at least, and so should finding nemo.

[electricmastro]

@jtapia1123 1. I should have probably thought it over and I haven't seen a few of these fils is a while, but there are only 10 feature length Pixar films as of this moment! So you have no choice but to put a Pixar film at number 10 and I like ALL the Pizar movies, regardless if there at number 10, besides, if I change it someone will complain anyway.

[Lacelette]

I can't believe I squealed when he mentioned Brad Bird. Lol. This is starting to become involuntary....

[NSResponder]

BTW, the guy who asked the first question is Brad Templeton, one of the founders of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He's a computer industry pioneer himself.

-jcr

[Buddyb309]

Um..... yes knowledge is out there. Its called ambition, and internet.

[cahman44]

does anyone know if pixar uses any specific software to make their animations?

[dnabstract]

Marionette and Renderman

[cahman44]

thanks

[Jmforever]

yes they use several programs; auto desk Maya, 3d studio max and photo shop.

[cahman44]

cool

[chivasgeek741]

No They Use Renderman

[chivasgeek741]

yes its called Render man

[xmagicz0]

renderman add on for a program called DESK i believe.

[188metalhead881]

God!! Wish i could at least do half the work these guys do!!

[Buddyb309]

there is knowlege out there. Don't sit around and wish for it cause it's not gonna fall into your lap.

[a32Unity]

A Great Respect to PIXAR !!!! FROM UA.Some times I like me to draw in Maya, but now I have only 3d-Max.I like me to draw the flowers .I know render-plugin from Pixar.

[anniecat50]

Best youtube. I love this and will show it to my students!

[windroll]

If you use Subdivision (Sub-D) surface modeling method to make your 3D model in XSI, Maya, Max, Lightwave, Blender, Modo, etc. You'll have to thank Edwin Catmull, because one of the most popular algorithm that calculate Sub-D was invented by Edwin Catmull and Jim Clark. The algorithm is called Catmull-Clark. There were other sub-d algorithms such as doo-sabin, but now a days, catmull-clark is the widely used method, and is set as default.

[MetalHeadBanner]

xsi allowed the use of texture mapping well before that older guy "invented" it...he may have popularized this, through his work with pixar, but thats it

[dajzilla]

XSI was not around in the 70's when this guy did that dumb ass. So, you're way wrong.

[EAI4TOKYO]

that great

[imjustcarol]

ok here is a video response... but uuuuh don't expect much.

[imjustcarol]

hahaha that is so funny: he sais nobody recreates the part from juressic park with the rimpelling water glas..... i did 2 weeks ago (in a clay animation... The monster turned out to be me by the way )

[Zeiramsy]

Well then show it!

[GameDesignStudents]

Great video!

[producermattpop]

The full length documentary The Pixar Story is on the 2 dvd edition of Wall-E, and it is very interesting.

[shayes205]

So is this the one thats on the DVD? I accidently got the 1 disc DVD and Ive been trying to find it.

[atavener]

Is this the "pixar story" DVD? Available with the 8 DVDs of pixar?

[sjtaylor84]

Not it's not, The Pixar Story is by Leslie Iwerks and is a feature length documentary :-)

[atavener]

Yh I realised that after I watched it through lol thanks anyway. I just bought the pixar story on ebay yay. Should be good.

[Andyroo2319]

NO. The Pixar Story is amazing, though.

[Skaetur]

andrew stanton is in the credits... you notice that?

[Spirallingthoughts]

i want one of those jobs!

Thanks Computer History. this has really helped my school presentation

[oENDoLISSo]

Awesome vid! I live a mile away from Pixar and am an aspiring 3D animator :P

[animagusurreal]

As a digital artist (and wannabe Pixar employee) I applaud these people! :) :) :)

[MazAMaTaz]

I LOVED this. All of these guys are my heroes and have inspired me so much with my own artistic endeavors. Thanks so much for having this available online!

[pt4liferockz]

im gona definetly find my dream at pixar animation studios.

[bharatkumargupta]

@pt4liferockz al the best man, i realy like animators n amazing revolution of work that u guyz put, actualy i m also a student of cgi, and i realy love my subjects

[HotPocketsBoy]

@pt4liferockz hows that dream going

[TheGameInformer]

soon I will be working at pixar :)

[mutlumuz]

lucky you..

[ilikebigbots]

A dream come true.

[AtlantisDJ]

Woot?

[tekkzi]

This was really interesting and really informative + Brad Bird is awesome!

[Wuvdeer]

totally hes my heroe

=)p

[DumbassesBroadcast]

Nice Video!

[iPhonerocks21]

nice i learned and laughed

[xevious2501]

i use to tell people that the original hotspot for cg animation was in fact NY and not LA.

of course most people didnt believe me.

I remember the Amuze group meetings at NYU and LIU. its incredible.

[elpresidio]

Amazing, I was Google searching about Ed Catmull and Pixar when I ran into this because my interest was peaked by a new book about Pixar well written and very entertaining read by David Price. Check out the new book in the stores.

[Pogge111]

omg 1 hour 40???

[jamespearson]

amazing.

[ckat13]

Thanks for putting this up! Really wonderful to hear stories about making the stories from all of them. I really agree with Brad on everything he said about not cutting or changing scenes to keep the audience from becoming bored. We don't all have ADD. (I do, but I can pay attention to a movie without a billion cuts)

[RJRockstah]

Pls Hire me...!!!

[jerkazoid]

History has the information, and the industry should cherish the principals, passion and talent from this team

The two best tidbits I found was from Ed, how they caught themselves on Toy Story 2, and how the art process/technologies change, but the passion of the people who create it does not.... and it should not.

Respect to the tool, and respect to art; always is the art and story paramount.

[jerkazoid]

History has the information, and the industry should cherish the principals, passion and talent from this team

The two best tidbits I found was from Ed, how they caught themselves on Toy Story 2, and how the art process/technologies change, but the passion of the people who create it does not.... and it should not.

Respect to the tool, and respect to art; always is the art and story paramount.

[baserde]

a yeah!

[softsignals]

I could have watched another 6 hours of this, thanks for posting the whole thing, really enjoyed it.

[cfkproducciones1]

excekebt

[malingron]

<3!

[lcarlosrosado]

hell yea!

[hitman401]

very interesting thanks