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The Pixar Theory

Author : Jon Negroni
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780996396219
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book The Pixar Theory written by Jon Negroni and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Every Pixar movie is connected. I explain how and possibly why." These are the words that began the detailed essay now known as "The Pixar Theory," which came out way back in 2013. It collected over 10 million views on Jon's blog alone, and was syndicated on Buzzfeed, Mashable, Huffpost, Entertainment Weekly, and more - generating over 100 million impressions and now translated into a dozen languages. Now, these thoughts and ideas first written by Jon Negroni have been fully realized inside this book, aptly named The Pixar Theory. In this book, you'll find an analysis of every single Pixar movie to date and how it tells a hidden story lurking behind these classic movies. You'll learn about how the toys of Toy Story secretly owe their existence to the events of The Incredibles. You'll learn about what truly happened to the civilization of cars from Cars before the events of WALL-E. And of course, you'll find out the possible truth for why "Boo" of Monsters Inc. is the most important Pixar character yet. Welcome to the Pixar Theory. Don't forget to fasten your imagination.

Pixar and the Aesthetic Imagination

Author : Eric Herhuth
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520292561
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Pixar and the Aesthetic Imagination written by Eric Herhuth and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aesthetic storytelling: a tradition and theory of animation -- The uncanny integrity of digital commodities (Toy story) -- From the technological to the postmodern sublime (Monsters, Inc.) -- The exceptional dialectic of the fantastic and the mundane (The Incredibles) -- Disruptive sensation and the politics of the new (Ratatouille)

Pixar's America

Author : Dietmar Meinel
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319316346
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Pixar's America written by Dietmar Meinel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the popular and critically acclaimed films of Pixar Animation Studios in their cultural and historical context. Whether interventionist sheriff dolls liberating oppressed toys (Toy Story) or exceptionally talented rodents hoping to fulfill their dreams (Ratatouille), these cinematic texts draw on popular myths and symbols of American culture. As Pixar films refashion traditional American figures, motifs and narratives for contemporary audiences, this book looks at their politics - from the frontier myth in light of traditional gender roles (WALL-E) to the notion of voluntary associations and neoliberalism (The Incredibles). Through close readings, this volume considers the aesthetics of digital animation, including voice-acting and the simulation of camera work, as further mediations of the traditional themes and motifs of American culture in novel form. Dietmar Meinel explores the ways in which Pixar films come to reanimate and remediate prominent myths and symbols of American culture in all their cinematic, ideological and narrative complexity.

Creativity, Inc. (The Expanded Edition)

Author : Ed Catmull
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0593594657
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (935 download)

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Download or read book Creativity, Inc. (The Expanded Edition) written by Ed Catmull and published by Random House. This book was released on 2023-09-28 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The co-founder and longtime president of Pixar updates and expands his 2014 New York Times bestseller on creative leadership, reflecting on the management principles that built Pixar’s singularly successful culture, and on all he learned during the past nine years that allowed Pixar to retain its creative culture while continuing to evolve. “Might be the most thoughtful management book ever.”—Fast Company For nearly thirty years, Pixar has dominated the world of animation, producing such beloved films as the Toy Story trilogy, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Up, and WALL-E, which have gone on to set box-office records and garner eighteen Academy Awards. The joyous storytelling, the inventive plots, the emotional authenticity: In some ways, Pixar movies are an object lesson in what creativity really is. Here, Catmull reveals the ideals and techniques that have made Pixar so widely admired—and so profitable. As a young man, Ed Catmull had a dream: to make the first computer-animated movie. He nurtured that dream as a Ph.D. student, and then forged a partnership with George Lucas that led, indirectly, to his founding Pixar with Steve Jobs and John Lasseter in 1986. Nine years later, Toy Story was released, changing animation forever. The essential ingredient in that movie’s success—and in the twenty-five movies that followed—was the unique environment that Catmull and his colleagues built at Pixar, based on philosophies that protect the creative process and defy convention, such as: • Give a good idea to a mediocre team and they will screw it up. But give a mediocre idea to a great team and they will either fix it or come up with something better. • It’s not the manager’s job to prevent risks. It’s the manager’s job to make it safe for others to take them. • The cost of preventing errors is often far greater than the cost of fixing them. • A company’s communication structure should not mirror its organizational structure. Everybody should be able to talk to anybody. Creativity, Inc. has been significantly expanded to illuminate the continuing development of the unique culture at Pixar. It features a new introduction, two entirely new chapters, four new chapter postscripts, and changes and updates throughout. Pursuing excellence isn’t a one-off assignment but an ongoing, day-in, day-out, full-time job. And Creativity, Inc. explores how it is done.

The Color of Pixar

Author : Tia Kratter
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452164142
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book The Color of Pixar written by Tia Kratter and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bold and beautiful, this volume presents hundreds of film stills from the Pixar archives in a glorious spectrum of color. Starting with bright white images and seamlessly flowing through the colors of the rainbow, it becomes crystal clear how each frame tells a story. Bound into a gorgeous volume, The Color of Pixar encapsulates everything there is to love about the studio: the attention to detail, the playful characters, and the sheer scope of their work in over 20 years of iconic feature films. Copyright ©2017 Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Pixar. All rights reserved.

Killerjoy

Author : Jon Negroni
Publisher : September Sky Press
ISBN 13 : 9781947048058
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Killerjoy written by Jon Negroni and published by September Sky Press. This book was released on 2017-07-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This epic novel is set in a dangerous world of mysterious monsters, ruined kingdoms, vast cities, and superheroes for hire. A young outcast with the ability to walk through walls leaves her mercenary life behind to join a team of royal guards. At the same time, a young man gets recruited by masked vigilantes to take on the caped heroes who abuse their power. This unique science fiction novel is the first in a trilogy and celebrates diverse voices not often shared in epic fantasy adventures.

The Art of Incredibles 2

Author : John Lasseter
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452164118
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Incredibles 2 written by John Lasseter and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Pixar's upcoming film Incredibles 2, this making-of book is a dive back into the beloved world of the Incredibles. The Art of Incredibles 2 explores Pixar's highly anticipated sequel through colorful artwork, energetic character sketches, intriguing storyboards, and spellbinding colorscripts. Featuring gorgeous production art and interesting details from the production team about the making of the film, The Art of Incredibles 2 overflows with insights into the artistic process behind Pixar's engaging creative vision. Copyright ©2018 Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Pixar. All rights reserved.

Pixar with Lacan

Author : Lilian Munk Rösing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1628920629
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book Pixar with Lacan written by Lilian Munk Rösing and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-12-17 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The films from Pixar Animation Studios belong to the most popular family films today. From Monsters Inc to Toy Story and Wall-E, the animated characters take on human qualities that demand more than just cultural analysis. What animates the human subject according to Pixar? What are the ideological implications? Pixar with Lacan has the double aim of analyzing the Pixar films and exemplifying important psychoanalytic concepts (the voice, the gaze, partial object, the Other, the object a, the primal father, the name-of-the-father, symbolic castration, the imaginary/ the real/ the symbolic, desire and drive, the four discourses, masculine/feminine), examining the ideological implications of the images of human existence given in the films.

The Art of Inside Out

Author :
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452147493
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Inside Out written by and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an adventurous balloon ride above the clouds to a monster-filled metropolis, Academy Award®-winning director Pete Docter ("Monsters, Inc.," "Up") has taken audiences to unique and imaginative places. In Disney•Pixar's original movie " Inside Out," he will take us to the most extraordinary location of all—inside the mind. Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions – Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust, and Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley's main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school. In this groundbreaking and illuminating film, Pixar Animation Studios examines the extraordinary depths of the mind and the powers of emotion and imagination. The Art of Inside Out provides an exclusive look into the artistic exploration that went into the making of this vibrant film. Featuring concept art—including sketches, collages, color scripts, and much more—and opening with a foreword by actress Amy Poehler and introduction by the film's writer and director Pete Docter, this is the ultimate behind-the-scenes experience of the making of this landmark film. Copyright ©2015 Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Pixar. All rights reserved.

Monsters, Inc

Author : Paul Benjamin
Publisher : Boom Town
ISBN 13 : 9781608865338
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (653 download)

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Download or read book Monsters, Inc written by Paul Benjamin and published by Boom Town. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When acts of sabotage begin to disrupt Monsters, Inc., productivity, Sulley, Mike, and Boo investigate and discover old foes have resurfaced to get their revenge on the monsters and the company.

Pixar's Boy Stories

Author : Shannon R. Wooden
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442233591
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Pixar's Boy Stories written by Shannon R. Wooden and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-03-27 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Toy Story, its first feature in 1995, Pixar Animation Studios has produced a string of commercial and critical successes including Monsters, Inc.; WALL-E; Finding Nemo; The Incredibles; Cars; and Up. In nearly all of these films, male characters are prominently featured, usually as protagonists. Despite obvious surface differences, these figures often follow similar narratives toward domestic fulfillment and civic engagement. However, these characters are also hypermasculine types whose paths lead to postmodern social roles more revelatory of the current “crisis” that sociologists and others have noted in boy culture. In Pixar’s Boy Stories: Masculinity in a Postmodern Age, Shannon R. Wooden and Ken Gillam examine how boys become men and how men measure up in films produced by the animation giant. Offering counterintuitive readings of boy culture, this book describes how the films quietly but forcefully reiterate traditional masculine norms in terms of what they praise and what they condemn. Whether toys or ants, monsters or cars, Pixar’s males succeed or fail according to the “boy code,” the relentlessly policed gender standards rampant in American boyhood. Structured thematically around major issues in contemporary boy culture, the book discusses conformity, hypermasculinity, socialhierarchies, disability, bullying, and an implicit critique of postmodern parenting. Unprecedented in its focus on Pixar and boys in its films, this book offers a valuable perspective to current conversations about gender and cinema. Providing a critical discourse about masculine roles in animated features, Pixar’s Boy Stories will be of interest to scholars of film, media, and gender studies and to parents.

The Queer Art of Failure

Author : Jack Halberstam
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822350459
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book The Queer Art of Failure written by Jack Halberstam and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-19 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVProminent queer theorist offers a "low theory" of culture knowledge drawn from popular texts and films./div

A Biography of the Pixel

Author : Alvy Ray Smith
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262542455
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book A Biography of the Pixel written by Alvy Ray Smith and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pixel as the organizing principle of all pictures, from cave paintings to Toy Story. The Great Digital Convergence of all media types into one universal digital medium occurred, with little fanfare, at the recent turn of the millennium. The bit became the universal medium, and the pixel--a particular packaging of bits--conquered the world. Henceforward, nearly every picture in the world would be composed of pixels--cell phone pictures, app interfaces, Mars Rover transmissions, book illustrations, videogames. In A Biography of the Pixel, Pixar cofounder Alvy Ray Smith argues that the pixel is the organizing principle of most modern media, and he presents a few simple but profound ideas that unify the dazzling varieties of digital image making. Smith's story of the pixel's development begins with Fourier waves, proceeds through Turing machines, and ends with the first digital movies from Pixar, DreamWorks, and Blue Sky. Today, almost all the pictures we encounter are digital--mediated by the pixel and irretrievably separated from their media; museums and kindergartens are two of the last outposts of the analog. Smith explains, engagingly and accessibly, how pictures composed of invisible stuff become visible--that is, how digital pixels convert to analog display elements. Taking the special case of digital movies to represent all of Digital Light (his term for pictures constructed of pixels), and drawing on his decades of work in the field, Smith approaches his subject from multiple angles--art, technology, entertainment, business, and history. A Biography of the Pixel is essential reading for anyone who has watched a video on a cell phone, played a videogame, or seen a movie. 400 pages of annotations, prepared by the author and available online, provide an invaluable resource for readers.

The Art of Monster, Inc.

Author :
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452147515
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Monster, Inc. written by and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Monsters, Inc. opens the door into Pixar's colorful archives of concept art and to the endearing story of Monsters, Inc. Since the very first bedtime, children around the world have known that once their parents tuck them into bed and shut off the light, monsters lie waiting behind closet doors, ready to emerge. But what they don't realize is that these monsters scare children because they have to. It's their job. This superb film from Pixar Studios, the people who brought you Toy Story, A Bug's Life, and Toy Story 2, reveals the truth about monsters with the brilliant techniques that have earned them their reputation as a ground-breaking animation studio. This incredible body of artwork was commissioned from the top artists, illustrators, and animators in the industry and from it the ultimate visual approach of the film was defined. From sketches scribbled on napkins and quickly inked marker drawings, to finished oil paintings and fabulous pastel color scripts, this behind-the-scenes artwork reveals the elaborate creative process behind a blockbuster film.

The Art of Pixar: 25th Anniversary

Author : Amid Amidi
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452147531
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Pixar: 25th Anniversary written by Amid Amidi and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past 25 years, Pixar's team of artists, writers, and directors have shaped the world of contemporary animation with their feature films and shorts. From classics such as Toy Story and A Bug's Life to recent masterpieces such as Up, Toy Story 3, and Cars 2, this comprehensive collection offers a behind-the-scenes tour of every Pixar film to date. Featuring a foreword by Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter, the complete color scripts for every film published in full for the first time as well as stunning visual development art, The Art of Pixar is a treasure trove of rare artwork and an essential addition to the library of animation fans and Pixar enthusiasts.

Strategic Management in the Media

Author : Lucy Küng
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 147390384X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (739 download)

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Download or read book Strategic Management in the Media written by Lucy Küng and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008-04-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book provides vital insights into the elements of strategy and their application to media firms. Solidly grounded in theory but not pedantic, it is essential reading for those who make or wish to comprehend choices of media companies." - Robert Picard, University of Jönköping "Insightful, contextually analytical, yet easy to comprehend, Strategic Management in the Media successfully applies the adaptive and interpretative areas of strategic theory in the media sectors. It provides a unique perspective in which common themes linking media strategy and industry environment are thoughtfully discussed." - Sylvia M. Chan-Olmsted, University of Florida "...an invaluable asset for students of media management. The use of pertinent examples and case studies throughout brings the analysis to life and contributes to a highly readable introduction." - Gillian Doyle, University of Glasgow This book is a comprehensive, accessible and expert introduction to strategy within a media management context. It is divided into two parts - part one providess an introduction to and overview of the media industry from a strategic management perspective, looking in detail at the sectors that together comprise the industry - newspaper, book and magazine publishing, music, radio and television - and the strategic forces at work in each. This provides the foundation for part two, which analyses a number of strategic topics central to the media sector, such as technological change, organisational structure, leadership, and creativity and innovation. The chapters follow the same structure: the relevant theory is outlined, its application to the media industry is discussed, and case studies from the media industry are used to illustrate the theory and illuminate its relevance for the media field. The cases and examples used come from all sectors of the industry and a range of geographic regions and include News Corporation, Endemol, BBC, Bertelsmann, CNN, MTV, Disney and Pixar.

Curves and Surfaces in Geometric Modeling

Author : Jean H. Gallier
Publisher : Morgan Kaufmann
ISBN 13 : 9781558605992
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Curves and Surfaces in Geometric Modeling written by Jean H. Gallier and published by Morgan Kaufmann. This book was released on 2000 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Curves and Surfaces in Geometric Modeling: Theory and Algorithms offers a theoretically unifying understanding of polynomial curves and surfaces as well as an effective approach to implementation that you can apply to your own work as a graduate student, scientist, or practitioner." "The focus here is on blossoming - the process of converting a polynomial to its polar form - as a natural, purely geometric explanation of the behavior of curves and surfaces. This insight is important for more than just its theoretical elegance - the author demonstrates the value of blossoming as a practical algorithmic tool for generating and manipulating curves and surfaces that meet many different criteria. You'll learn to use this and other related techniques drawn from affine geometry for computing and adjusting control points, deriving the continuity conditions for splines, creating subdivision surfaces, and more." "It will be an essential acquisition for readers in many different areas, including computer graphics and animation, robotics, virtual reality, geometric modeling and design, medical imaging, computer vision, and motion planning."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved