New Introduction with resources and Hypothesis

In 1995 the first fully 3D computer animated feature length movie was released called “Toy Story” (Isaac p43). The film was a very popular because it managed to relate to both children and adults alike with imaginative characters and a great cast with Tim Allen and the well-known Tom Hanks. Making a fully 3D feature length film wasn’t an easy journey for the creator and animator John Lasseter (Pixar Story). Since then groups such as Pixar Studios and Dreamworks have created several other 3D animated films. Pixar Films captured the audiences hearts with humorous and emotional stories. The Toy Story series came to an end in 2010 with ‘Toy Story 3’. A review from Total Film says it is “Funny, Affecting and dramatically fearless, a great end to a series, if you watch it bring lots of tissues” (Smith, 2009). However since the advance in technology there haven’t been as many 2D films release as there have been 3D. And now being able to view computer animated films in 3D with glasses enhances the experience more, having another advantage of 2D. Viewing 3D in cinemas became so popular that Pixar re-released Toy Story one and two in the cinemas to enhance the film. This proved to be very popular and was said that ‘The 3D revamp adds an intriguing new dimension to an already wonderful film that’s both genuinely engaging and laugh out loud funny’ (Turner, 2009).
My Hypothesis is :

‘3D Animation is far more advanced and because of this it makes for a better viewing experience then 2D Animation, therefore it should replace this Art Form’

The popularity of the different types of animation are because of brilliant story telling and character development. Some of the old 2D style animations were hugely successful and popular with films such as ‘The Jungle Book’ and ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’. Pixar since 1995 have created eleven fully 3D feature length films including the new ‘Toy Story 3d’, each hitting big numbers in the Box Office. ‘People feared computers and new technology hearing that computers were smarter than humans. However it was computers that helped to take humans to new frontiers, such as landing a man on the moon’ (Keach, The Pixar Story). This was a great fear however computers don’t provide the creativity and are meant to be aids to help further out imaginations, therefore they could never replace humans. With 3D Animation if it did one day replace the art form of 2D the artists would not be out of jobs because the 3D Animation Companies all use storyboards and have character design so artists are always needed. The researcher wants to find out :

- Which Style of animation is the public’s favourite in the Film Industry?

- What do the public think makes a good animated film?

- Is the all-time favourite animated film in the form of 3D or 2D?

One of the aims is to research into the background of Disney / Pixar Studios and the different art forms. This will help the researcher to understand what the company who started animation had to go through to get to where they are today.