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25 years ago, intrepid toys revolutionized animated cinema with ‘Toy story‘, the first computer-generated feature film; Although this popular culture classic might not have seen the light of day because of Disney’s initial reluctance, initially contrary to the vision of Pixar.
November 22, 1995 the film that would take a mortal leap in the history of cinema was being released, but the audiovisual acrobatics needed almost 15 years of development and the commitment of its director, John Lasseter, who went on to receive a special Oscar for pioneering achievements in the field of computer-generated animation.
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Some time before, in 1983, he was fired from his studies Disney for his interest in developing computer-based projects that required high budgets for the time.
Few imagined that this obsession would eventually inaugurate one of the most successful sagas on the big screen, which raised the status of animated cinema and would evolve into four installments, each one more acclaimed than the last.
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THE 15 YEARS OF TRIAL AND ERROR THAT LEADED TO ‘TOY STORY’
Until then, pencil, paper and eraser were the only ingredients to build magic in cartoon tapes, which had reached the pinnacle of success with ‘The Lion King‘in 1994 and’Pocahontas‘in 1995, but they also showed a somewhat stagnant style.
While Disney dominated the industry with its classic ways, another company that was born as the IT division of Lucasfilm, the study of George Lucas and ‘Star Wars‘, I had spent years researching computer art technology.
His name was Pixar, and she worked Lasseter, the animator expelled from Disney.
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The first inspiration for ‘Toy story‘it was the movie’Hill‘, from 1982, a pioneering film in introducing computer graphics prominently in its plot and that fascinated Lasseter so much that after seeing it he proposed a 100% computer project to Disney.
Without arousing enthusiasm but seeing the possibilities, the company allowed the filmmaker to dedicate himself to shaping that idea, but his budget became more expensive than that of a classic cartoon film and in the studio they did not see its point.
Upon his departure from Disney, Lasseter signed by Lucasfilm’s animation and computing division, which a year later would acquire a Steve Jobs disenchanted with Apple, to create Pixar.
From that moment, the new studio launched a series of short films and advertising campaigns in which it perfected the technique until it found ‘Tin toy in 1988, a short film that won the Oscar for best animated short and was the germ of ‘Toy story‘.
With more ambition, Lasseter called Disney again to offer a feature film.e, provided that Pixar had creative control. At first there was rejection of the first scripts for being too adult, while Steve Jobs’ company was going through a precarious financial situation.
Finally, after comings and goings, ‘Toy story‘was completed with 30 million dollars and a hundred employees. Nothing compared to the nearly 800 workers and 50 million that films like ‘The Lion King’ required.
A REVOLUTION OF ANIMATION WITH ADULT WINKS
Beyond a technical feat, pixar movie it was a huge leap in animation style, depth, and themes.
‘Toy story’ it got audiences to think of cartoon cinema as something that was not only aimed at children: the plot contained different layers, from the obvious to the most profound, which introduced humor, irony and sharp winks.
Woody and Buzz Lightyear they became heroes with their clumsy, complex personalities full of existential crises, which were supported by a cast of perfectly defined and charismatic characters such as the Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Slinky dog or the potato head marriage.
It was a style that marked Pixar’s hallmarks and raised the status of cartoon movies.
‘Monsters’, ‘Finding Nemo’, ‘The Incredibles’, ‘Coco’, ‘Wall-E’ and the Oscar-winning three continuations of “Toy story “ They owe their efforts to some filmmakers who at a certain point decided to comply, at all costs, with that “To infinity and beyond!” EFE-Javier Romualdo
