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When it comes to both forms of animation there are two GodFathers of each art form which are Walt Disney and John Lasseter. Walt Disney is the reason behind animation and he created some of the most well known characters in the animation industry. It was Walt Disney himself who said 'It all started with a mouse' (Disney W p20) this of course meaning the classic cartoon character Mickey Mouse. This character started becoming popular when Disney created his third short film called 'Steamboat Willie' which was the first of the short films to indroduce sound which added life to the character and story. This film came out in 1928 (Beck J p34). Technicolor was first indroduced in .... this would change the way animation was done making the backgrounds more beautiful and make it more fun to watch (usdfhiisdfsui). In 1934 'Snow White and the Seven Drarfs' became the first Feature Length Animated film (Beck J p58). This was the start of a new age of animation for the film industry.

John Lasseter was the creator of 3D Animation and worked in Pixar. Pixar first opened its doors in 1984 but it was ten years later when their first feature length film would be released (Kerlow I p42). The journey to get to the first film was a long and hard one. John Lasseter would sit in his office for days on his own and would even sleep under his desk so he could wake up early and start working. He created several short films. John Lasseter was nominated in AMPAS Animated Short Films catagory for his short film 'Luxo Lamp'(Pixar Story). He then started to create other short films however these ones being in 3D. With each short film he found new ways of animating and making the characters more realistic and how to do different backgrounds and materials. The first fully 3D Animated short Lasseter made was called 'The Adventures of Andre and Walle B' (haskash). It was shown in a small theatre to people and was something new and different. John Lasseter said 'I got inspiration from Mickey Mouse which when you look at it is basic shapes. So I created these two characters made from simple shapes called Andre and Walle' (Pixar Story). TALK ABOUT LUXO JR. However despite creating several short films the company Pixar were in trouble with lack of money and was on the brink of closing down. It was a man called Steve Jobs who could see the potential in the company and invested $$$$$$ to help them back on their feet. This was the Co Founder of 'Apple Computers'. In 1995 Pixar created the first Fully 3D Feature Length Film called 'Toy Story' which became hugely popular winning numerous awards. George Lucas who went to college with John Lasseter said 'When I saw this film the characters was the good the script was good. I was impressed' (Pixar Story).