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Lifted Diptych giclee on paper Disney Pixar Short Film Art Alien Ratatouille

Lifted Diptych giclee on paper Disney Pixar Short Film Art Alien Ratatouille

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Lifted Diptych” from the Disney/Pixar short that premiered before Ratatouille. This diptych giclee on paper measures 8.5 inches by 22 inches and is limited to only 195 pieces.

Lifted Diptych giclee on paper Disney Pixar Short Film Art Alien Ratatouille

The Art of Pixar Short Films

The Art of Pixar Short Films

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While Pixar Animation Studios was creating beloved feature-length films such as Monsters Inc. Ratatouille and WALLïE it was simultaneously testing animation and storytelling techniques in dozens of memorable short films. Andre and Wally B proved that computer animation was possible; Tin Toy laid the groundwork for what would become Toy Story; and Mike’s New Car exposed Pixar’s finely tuned funny bone. In The Art of Pixar Short Films animation expert and short film devotee Amid Amidi shines a spotlight on these and many more memorable vignettes from the Pixar archive. Essays and interviews illuminate more than 250 full-color pastels pencil sketches storyboards and final rendered frames that were the foundation of Pixar’s creative process.

The Art of Pixar Short Films

Pixar Short Films Collection – Volume 1

Pixar Short Films Collection – Volume 1

  • Experience these masterpieces of storytelling from the creative minds that brought you TOY STORY, MONSTERS, INC., FINDING NEMO and many more. With revolutionary animation, unforgettable music and characters you love, these dazzling short films have changed the face of animation and entertainment and are sure to delight people of all ages for years to come. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ANIMAT

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Disney*Pixar invite you to discover these masterpieces of storytelling from the creative minds that brought you Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo and many more. With revolutionary animation, unforgettable music and characters you love, these dazzling short films have changed the face of animation and entertainment and are sure to delight people of all ages for years to come. Experience them now – for the first time together in an amazing collection including never-before-seen footage.Amazon.com
Pixar’s unprecedented string of hit animated features was built on the short films in this collection. John Lasseter and Ed Catmull used these cartoons the way Walt Disney used the “Silly Symphonies” during the 1930s: as a training ground for artists and a way to explore the potential of a new medium. Although it’s only 90 seconds long, “Luxo, Jr.” (1986) ranks as the “Steamboat Willie” of computer animation: For the first time, audiences believed CG characters could think and feel. (It was also the first CG film to make audiences laugh.) When the artists began work on Toy Story, they had learned so much from the shorts, they were ready to undertake that landmark creation. In the later shorts, the viewer can see the artists continuing to experiment: with a more realistic human figure in “Geri’s Game” and with new ways of suggesting atmospheric effects in “Boundin’.” Some of the more recent shorts continue the adventures of the characters from the features. “Jack-Jack Attack” reveals what happened to the hapless baby-sitter while the Incredibles were off fighting Syndrome, while “Mater and the Ghost Light” shows that life goes on for the inhabitants of Radiator Springs. When Sully from Monsters, Inc. tries to adjust his seat in “Mike’s New Car,” the animators prolong the moment to wring every drop of humor from the situation–just as an earlier generation of animators milked Wile E. Coyote’s antics for all they were worth. The long-unseen films for Sesame Street are an unexpected bonus. A delightful collection of entertaining shorts, and a significant chronicle of the growth of computer animation. (Rated G: suitable for all ages: cartoon violence) –Charles Solomon

Pixar Short Films Collection – Volume 1