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Animation Cinematography Pixar

The Real Fake Cameras Of Toy Story 4

Very good video on using virtual cameras in animation. Here Pixar uses computer animation to duplicate complex photographic tools such as split diopters as you would in “real” cinematography. Thus making the film look more authentic.

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Animation Books Pixar

Ed Catmull’s new book Creativity, Inc about Pixar

I have pre-ordered it! Cartoon Brew has a review. As a young man, Catmull had a dream: to make the world’s first computer-animated movie. He nurtured that dream first as a Ph.D. student at the University of Utah, where many computer science pioneers got their start, and then forged an early partnership with George Lucas […]

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Animation Disney Pixar

A113—it had no windows and no door.

Very interesting article from Vanity Fair about the very talented Cal Arts students that went on to do so much.