“There's always room out there for the hand-drawn image. I personally like the imperfection of hand drawing as opposed to the slick look of computer animation. But you can do good stuff either way. The Pixar movies are amazing in what they do, but there's plenty of independent animators who are doing really amazing things as well.” WayWellsLooksHandsStuffCan DoRoomsComputerIndependentDrawingPlentyImperfectionAnimationAmazing ThingsReally AmazingSlickAnimatorPixarComputer Animation Author:Matt Groening
“I've always loved animation it's the reason why I do what I do for a living - the films of Walt Disney. This art form is so spectacular and beautiful. And I never quite understood the feeling amongst animation studios that audiences today only wanted to see computer animation. It's never about the medium that a film is made in, it's about the story. It's about how good the movie is.” ArtMadeReasonStoriesFeelingsTodayWantedBeautifulFilmFormAudienceComputerUnderstoodStudiosMediumsReason WhyNever QuitAnimationSpectacularWaltComputer Animation Author:John Lasseter
“Animation, for me, is a wonderful art form. I never understood why the studios wanted to stop making animation. Maybe they felt that the audiences around the world only wanted to watch computer animation. I didn't understand that, because I don't think ever in the history of cinema did the medium of a film make that film entertaining or not. What I've always felt is, what audiences like to watch are really good movies.” ThinkingWorldArtWantedFilmFormFeltWatchesAudienceWonderfulComputerUnderstoodStudiosMediumsAround The WorldCinemaEntertainingAnimationGood MovieReally Good MovieComputer Animation Author:John Lasseter
“First of all, computer animation is certainly a tremendous and viable medium today. But the warmth and personality derived from 2-D animation, in my opinion, cannot be surpassed. Certain stories lend themselves well to 3-D animation and I won't labor this with naming them, but in my bones, I still respond more emotionally to the artists feel in 2-D. You feel the 'actor' in the animator more personally...it's hard to explain.” FeelsFirstsWellsStillsHardStoriesTodayArtistCertainActorsOpinionPersonalityComputerLaborBonesMediumsWarmthAnimationAnimatorComputer Animation Author:Richard Sherman
“I don't know how to animate on the computer, and I'm really grateful that I worked with a couple of other guys. We called it our triumvirate, John Kahrs and Clay Kaytis, who really understood computer animation but loved and embraced hand drawn, which is Disney's heritage.” KnowsHandsGuyKnow HowCoupleComputerUnderstoodGratefulHeritageClayAnimationOther GuysComputer Animation Author:Glen Keane
“Even if you have money, access to MoCap technology, and strong choreographic and computer-animation abilities, don't try to make a film like this if you don't have a lot of patience, perseverance and a deep affinity for risk-taking.” IfsTryingFilmStrongAbilityTechnologyRiskComputerPerseveranceAccessAnimationRisk-takingAffinityComputer Animation Author:Martine Epoque
“In computer animation, every detail has to be thought out, designed, modeled, shaded, placed and lit. The more you add, the more computer memory you need.” NeedsMemoriesComputerAddDetailsLitAnimationComputer Animation Author:John Lasseter
“I don't even know how computer animation works, honestly, and I don't need to.” KnowsNeedsKnow HowComputerHonestlyAnimationComputer Animation Author:Dan Scanlon
“If you're sitting in your minivan, playing your computer animated films for your children in the back seat, is it the animation that's entertaining you as you drive and listen? No, it's the storytelling. That's why we put so much importance on story. No amount of great animation will save a bad story.” IfsChildrenStoriesFilmAmountComputerSittingImportanceStorytellingYour ChildrenSeatsEntertainingAnimationAnimatedAnimated FilmsMinivansComputer Animation Author:John Lasseter
“Sure, they were simple desk lamps with only a minimal amount of movement, but you could immediately tell that Luxo Jr. was a baby, and that the big one was his mother. In that short little film, computer animation went from a novelty to a serious tool for filmmaking.” LittlesBigsFilmMotherActorsSimpleMovementSeriousBabyAmountComputerToolsMovieFilmmakingDesksLampsAnimationNoveltyComputer Animation Author:John Lasseter
“In Hollywood, they think drawn animation doesn't work anymore, computers are the way. They forget that the reason computers are the way is that Pixar makes good movies. So everybody tries to copy Pixar. They're relying too much on the technology and not enough on the artists.” ThinkingWayTryingReasonEnoughArtistForgetTechnologyToo MuchComputerHollywoodCopiesAnimationGood MoviePixarComputer Animation Author:Tim Burton
“Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world.” PeopleWorldStoriesAgePleasureInformationOffersEntertainmentMediumsVisualsAnimationDisney AnimationComputer Animation Author:Walt Disney
“Computer animation is one way to liberate people from their circumstantial gravity, and it is one way to give them mental freedom.” PeopleWayGivingComputerOne WayGravityAnimationComputer Animation Author:Cai Guo-Qiang
“Computers don't create computer animation any more than a pencil creates pencil animation. What creates computer animation is the artist.” ArtistComputerPencilsAnimationComputer Animation Author:John Lasseter
“To take full advantage of computer animation, you have to pay as much attention to the believable as you do the unbelievable.” PayAttentionComputerAdvantageUnbelievableAnimationBelievableComputer Animation Author:John Lasseter