La Luna (2011 film) A young boy, Bambino, goes on a midnight sailing trip with his father Papà and grandfather Nonno. After they anchor their boat in the middle of the sea, Nonno presents Bambino with a cap similar to the ones he and Papà wear. The two men disagree on how Bambino should wear it, with Papà pulling it low over his eyes and Nonno pushing it back on his head. Papà sets up a long ladder for Bambino to climb so he can set the boat's anchor on the full moon, and the three ascend to start their work of sweeping fallen stars off the lunar surface.
Papà urges Bambino to use a pushbroom on the stars, while Nonno favors a besom broom. As they quarrel, a huge star crashes down on the moon; it is far too large for any of them to move by themselves. Turning his cap backwards, the way he wants to wear it, Bambino climbs onto the star and taps it with a hammer. Krista Sheffler as Bambino (Kid)[5]Tony Fucile as Papà (Dad)[6]Phil Sheridan as Nonno (Grandpa)[7]
La Luna. Day & Night (2010 film) Day & Night is a Pixar animated short film, directed by Teddy Newton and produced by Kevin Reher.[1] It was packaged to be shown in theaters before Toy Story 3,[2] and has been released to purchase on iTunes in the United States.[3] Day & Night follows two anthropomorphic characters, Day and Night. Inside Day is a day scene with a sun in the center, and inside Night is a night scene with a moon in the center. Whatever goes on inside of Day or Night expresses normal events that typically occur within a day or night, respectively, and these events often correspond with actions or emotions that the characters Day or Night express.
For example, when Day is happy he will have a rainbow inside him, and when Night is happy he will have fireworks inside him. Day and Night meet and at first are uneasy about each other. They become jealous of each other due to the events occurring in their insides, and end up fighting at one point in the short. The voice used in this movie is from Dr. Day and Night. Partly Cloudy.
In a CGSociety article, Sohn says his idea for the film came from watching Dumbo as a child: in the movie, a stork delivers Dumbo, leading a young Sohn to wonder where the birds got their babies from. His conclusion was that the babies came from clouds, hence flying animals being needed to deliver them. Plot[edit] All day long, cheerful clouds in the sky make cute and cuddly babies, such as human boys and girls, kittens, puppies, and other creatures, and give them to storks for delivery to the expectant parents. However, one lonely gray cloud named Gus has the task of creating animals that are cute but not so cuddly. His delivery stork, Peck, gets the worst of it, being bitten by a crocodile, butted by a bighorn sheep, and pricked by a porcupine.
When Peck sees that his next delivery is a baby shark, he grows more than a little fearful and flies away. Feeling rejected, despondent, and angry, Gus unleashes a brief thunderstorm, then starts crying with rain pouring from below him. Partly Cloudy. Presto (film) Presto is a 2008 American Pixar computer-animated short film shown in theaters before their feature length film WALL-E. The short is about a magician trying to perform a show with his uncooperative rabbit and is a gag-filled homage to classic cartoons such as Tom and Jerry and Looney Tunes.
Presto was directed by veteran Pixar animator Doug Sweetland, in his directorial debut. The original idea for the short was a magician who incorporated a rabbit into his act who suffered from stage fright. This was considered to be too long and complicated, and the idea was reworked. To design the theater featured in Presto, the filmmakers visited several Opera Houses and theaters for set design ideas. Problems arose when trying to animate the theater's audience of 2,500 patrons—which was deemed too expensive—and was solved by showing the back of the audience.
Reaction to the short was very positive, and reviewers of WALL-E's home media release considered it to be an enjoyable special feature. PRESTO. Lifted (2006 film) A young alien, Stu, is inside a spacecraft taking an examination in alien abduction. He must snatch a sleeping farmer named Ernie (who bears a striking resemblance to Linguini, the main human protagonist from Ratatouille) under the watchful eye of his impassive examiner, a gelatinous blob named Mr.
B.[2] Working from memory, Stu is expected to use an array of thousands of unlabeled toggle switches for this purpose and Mr. B gives no hints of which one(s) to use. Stu's hesitant flicks of the switches turn out to be wrong, causing Ernie to bump into the walls and ceiling, but not waking him up. Frustrated, Stu yells and swipes randomly at the array; Ernie bounces crazily around the room like a pinball, knocking over the furniture in the process. Ashamed over his failure, Stu starts whimpering and tries to hold back his tears. As the end credits run, the sound of Ernie's alarm clock is heard, followed by his yawn, a Wilhelm scream and a thud – indicating he has fallen into the crater. Lifted. One Man Band (film) Andrew Jimenez in 2006. Like many Pixar shorts, the film is completely free of dialogue, instead using music (played by the characters) and pantomime to tell the story.
On January 31, 2006 it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, but lost to The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation by John Canemaker and Peggy Stern. It was included in the Animation Show of Shows in 2005. Bass, a street performer, plays a routine tune in a deserted Italian village square in the afternoon, waiting for a pedestrian to tip him in his rusty iron cup. Soon, he spots Tippy, a humble peasant girl clutching a big gold coin, with the intention of dropping it in the piazza fountain to make a wish. Bass, seizing the opportunity, immediately plays an impromptu piece, capturing the young girl's attention.
Just when Tippy is about to drop the coin into Bass's cup, a newcomer steps onto the scene. The violinists featured in the score for the film are: One Man Band. Boundin' Boundin' is a 2003 Pixar computer-animated short film which was shown in theaters before the feature length film The Incredibles.[1] The short is a musically narrated story about a dancing sheep who loses his confidence after being sheared.
The film was written, directed, narrated and featured the musical composition and performance of Pixar animator Bud Luckey. Plot[edit] The film features a sheep that lived in the American West whose elegant dancing is very popular with the other animals. One day the sheep-shearers arrive and shear it for wool. Production[edit] Writer-director Bud Luckey designed and voiced all the characters, composed the music and wrote the story. Theatrical and home media release[edit] In order to qualify for the 2004 Academy Awards, Pixar arranged in December 2003 special screenings of the short at the Laemmle Theatres in Los Angeles.[2] Awards[edit] 2004: Annie Award—Best Animated Short Subject (Won)[3]2004: Academy Award—Best Animated Short Film (Nominated)[4]
Boundin' For the Birds (film) For the Birds is a 2000 computer animated short film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and directed by Ralph Eggleston. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2001.[1] It premiered on June 5, 2000, at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France,[2] and was shown alongside the theatrical release of the 2001 Disney/Pixar feature film Monsters, Inc.[2] It is also available on home video versions of the film.
In 2012, the short was Re-rendered into 3D and it was theatrically re-released alongside the 3D re-release of Monsters, Inc.[3] The short was also released in 3D on Monsters, Inc. Blu-ray 3D on February 19, 2013.[4] A small bird lands on a telephone wire and makes itself comfortable, only to have a second bird land next to it. As the two birds start to fight, many others land on the wire and join in. They are interrupted when a very large, gangly, awkward-looking bird sitting on top of the pole honks to them. For The Birds won the following awards: For the birds. Geri's Game. Geri's Game is an Computer animated short film made by Pixar in 1997, written and directed by Jan Pinkava. It was the first Pixar short created after the 1989 short Knick Knack. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1998. Plot[edit] Development[edit] The first Pixar production to have a human main character, Geri's Game was produced with the goal to "take human and cloth animation to new heights".[2][3][4] The face of the character Geri resembles actor Jonathan Harris, who also provided the voice of Geri for his later appearance in Toy Story 2, where he is a toy repairman who fixes Woody's torn arm.
Chess inconsistencies[edit] The chess game itself has many mistakes with impossible moves being played and pieces changing locations between frames. Release[edit] Awards[edit] Academy Award – Best Animated Short Film[8] References[edit] External links[edit] Geri's Game. Knick Knack. Knick Knack is a 1989 American computer-animated short film produced by Pixar and directed by John Lasseter. The short film, which runs three minutes, revolves around a snowglobe snowman who wants to join the other travel souvenirs in a summer themed party. However, the glass dome that surrounds him gets in his way, despite all his efforts. Knick Knack was Pixar's fourth and final short produced during the company's tenure as a hardware company.
The short is the only pure comedy in Lasseter's early short films at Pixar, and it was inspired by Tom and Jerry, Looney Tunes, and the work of animators Chuck Jones and Tex Avery. Knick Knack premiered at the 1989 SIGGRAPH convention in Boston and was presented in 3-D. Plot[edit] Background[edit] In 1988, Pixar witnessed an unprecedented success with its third short film, Tin Toy, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
Production[edit] Release and later re-releases[edit] References to Knick Knack in other media[edit] Notes[edit] Knick Knack. Tin Toy. Tin Toy is a 1988 American computer-animated short film produced by Pixar and directed by John Lasseter. The short film, which runs five minutes, stars Tinny, a tin one-man-band toy, attempting to escape from Billy, a destructive baby. The third short film produced by the company's small animation division, it was a risky investment: due to low revenue produced by Pixar's main product, the eponymous computer to manage animations, the company was under financial constraints. Lasseter pitched the concept for Tin Toy by storyboard to Pixar owner Steve Jobs, who agreed to finance the short despite the company's struggles, which he kept alive with annual investment.
The film was officially a test of the PhotoRealistic RenderMan software, and proved new challenges to the animation team, namely the difficult task of realistically animating Billy. Tin Toy would later gain attention from Disney, who sealed an agreement to create Toy Story, which was primarily inspired by elements from Tin Toy. Tin Toy. Red's Dream. Red's Dream is a 1987 American computer-animated short film produced by Pixar and directed by John Lasseter. The short film, which runs four minutes, stars Red, a unicycle. Propped up in the corner of a bicycle store on a rainy night, Red dreams about a better place. Red's Dream was Pixar's second computer-animated short following Luxo Jr. in 1986, also directed by Lasseter. Red's Dream is more strongly character-driven than Luxo Jr. The short was designed to demonstrate new technical innovations in imagery. The short was created by employing the company's own Pixar Image Computer, but the computer's memory limitations led the animation group to abandon it for further projects.
The short premiered at the annual SIGGRAPH conference in Anaheim in July 1987 and received general enthusiasm from its attendants.[1] Red's Dream was never attached to any later Pixar feature unlike many other early Pixar shorts. Plot[edit] Production[edit] References to other media[edit] Notes[edit] References[edit] Red's Dream. Luxo Jr. Lasseter's aim was to finish the short film for SIGGRAPH, an annual computer technology exhibition attended by thousands of industry professionals. The film would come from his experiments with modeling his Luxo lamp. Lasseter worked to improve the story within the allotted two minutes. In animation, the film demonstrates the use of shadow maps within the rendering software. Lasseter applied classic animation principles defined by Disney's Nine Old Men to convey the lamps' emotions.
The commitment paid off, and it was finished in time to be shown at SIGGRAPH. Plot[edit] Two balanced-arm desk lamps, named Luxo Jr. Background[edit] The Graphics Group, which was one third of the Computer Division of Lucasfilm, had been associating with Industrial Light & Magic on special effects in the early 1980s. Two other short animations by two of the company's graphics experts were in production during the time in which Luxo Jr. was conceived.
Production[edit] Release[edit] Legacy[edit] Notes[edit] Luxo Jr. The Adventures of André and Wally B. The Adventures of André and Wally B. is an animated short made in 1984 by The Graphics Group, a subsidiary of Lucasfilm, which was later renamed "Pixar" before being spun off as a separate company in February 3, 1986 and later became the Lucasfilm's partner company in December 21, 2012. The animation was by John Lasseter, who was working on his first computer animated project and would move on to be a pivotal player at Pixar. The animation was groundbreaking for the time and helped spark the film industry's interest in computer animation. This film was released on July 25, 1984, at SIGGRAPH in Minneapolis.[1] Plot[edit] The short involves a character named André being awakened in a forest by a pesky bee named Wally B. André distracts the bee so that he can run away. Wally B. chases André and eventually catches up with him then stings him off the screen.
Production[edit] Release[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Andre & Wally B.