A still from Toy Story on 35 mm film
Welcome! Glad you could join us for another Sunday edition of the Animation Obsessive newsletter. This is our slate:
1) Digital animation on film stock.
2) Animation newsbits.
With that, let’s go!
1 – The hybrid
Toy Story used to look different. It’s a little tricky to explain.
Back in 1995, CG animation was the topic in the industry, and Pixar was central to the hype. The studio had already shifted Disney to computers and won the first Oscar for a CG short (Tin Toy). Giant movies like Jurassic Park incorporated Pixar’s software.
The next step was Toy Story, billed as the first animated feature to go all-CG. Even after Pixar’s successes, that was a risk. Would a fully digital movie sell tickets?
It clearly worked out. Toy Story appeared 30 years ago this month — and its popularity created the animation world that exists now. A new process took over the business.
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