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The Constructed Narra0ve of Pixar
1. Pixar is the New Disney 2. Disney is the New Pixar 3. Disney is the New Disney 4. Pixar is…
1. Pixar is the New Disney
“Nobody in Hollywood knows anything. Pixar seems to know everything” – Jonah Lehrer, Wired 18.6. 2010
Development of CG Anima0on Human Characters
André and Wally B., 1984
Luxo Jr., 1986
Red’s Dream, 1987
Knick Knack, 1989
For the Birds, 2001
One Man Band, 2006
Boundin’, 2004
LiBed, 2007
Tin Toy, 1988
Presto, 2008
Geri’s Game, 1998
Landmark Developments
Toy Story, 1995
A Bug’s Life, 1998
Toy Story 2, 1999 Finding Nemo, 2003
Cars, 2006
Monsters, Inc., 2001
Crowd Scenes
Fur
Under Water
The Incredibles, 2004
Reflec0ve Surfaces
Human Protagonists
“Pixar hasn’t just turned into the new Disney. It has out-‐Disneyed Disney, becoming the appren?ce that schooled the sorcerer” – Aus0n Bunn, 130. Wired, 12.6, June 2004
Disney and Pixar
1989 Disney purchase PIC and CAPS
2006 Disney acquires Pixar for $7.4 billion
1991 Pixar enter into distribu0on deal with Disney
1995 Toy Story – the world’s first computer animated feature film
2004 Pixar announce it will not renew contract with Disney
2005 Robert Iger replaces Michael Eisner as Disney CEO 1998 A Bug’s Life
1999 Toy Story 2
2001 Monsters, Inc.
2003 Finding Nemo
2004 The Incredibles
The Walt Disney Company WDC Revenue for fiscal 2014 $48.813 billion
• Media Networks 45% • Parks and Resorts 31% • Studio Entertainment 13% • Consumer Products 8% • Interac0ve 3%
• Walt Disney Anima0on Studios 1923 • WD Studios Mo0on Pictures 1950 • Disney Music Group 1956 • Lucasfilm 1971 (2012) • Touchstone Pictures 1984 • Pixar Anima?on Studios 1986 (2006) • Disney Theatrical Group 1993 • Marvel Studios 1996 (2009) • Disneynature 2008
Studio Entertainment
Reworking Disney Anima0on
• Shut down Circle 7 AnimaOon – Division of Disney anima0on, specialising in making Pixar-‐sequels without Pixar’s input
• Re-‐hire Disney talent • Set up “story trust” • Rearrange layout of the building • Establish “shorts” programme • Revive Disney anima0on
‘John and I suddenly had the rare opportunity to take the ideas we’d honed over decades at Pixar and test them in another context’ (Catmull, 245)
Disney vs. Pixar
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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Worldwide Box Office Figures 1995-‐2014
Wired, 22.11, November 2014
“For years Disney Anima0on churned out duds. Then Pixar’s masterminds took over and we got blockbusters like Wreck-‐it Ralph and Frozen. Their latest film, Big Hero 6, proves the magic is here to stay” – Caitlin Roper. 96.
4. Pixar is…?
1. Pixar is the New Disney 2. Disney is the New Pixar 3. Disney is the New Disney 4. Pixar is… THE OLD PIXAR?