Pixar is an animation studio like no other. This creative industry has been creating one-of-a-kind, acclaimed, animated features films for over 25 years without any signs of slowing down. They are one of the biggest and most profitable CGI animation companies in the world and have had a huge cultural effect since their release of dozens of award winning films. Pixar has forever revolutionized the animation industry; setting a precedent for all other animation companies around the world. Currently owned by Disney, founded by Steve Jobs and Edwin Catmull; The Pixar animation company has been producing memorable, eye-catching, and award winning computer generated feature films for all ages since the release of Toy Story in1995. Just like a lot …show more content…
Pixar films are a unique, feel good experience almost always with a happy ending or lesson to be discovered. Pixar movies are excellent at appealing to a wide range of audiences from kids, to teens, and even adults. These timeless films are ones that viewers continue to remember and love. Pixar has created many well-known and unforgettable films such as: Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Up, Monsters Inc, Cars, and Frozen; most of which have even been nominated or have won Academy Awards. Pixar studios has earned a total of twenty-seven Academy Awards since they have been creating movies with Disney. As well as the amazing visuals that go into these films, the music that Pixar incorporates into their animations is just as impressive. Songs in these films are responsible for many of these twenty-seven Academy Awards. Randy and Thomas Newman, both songwriters and musicians, have created almost all of the memorable and award winning songs from Pixar movies. A Pixar film is a work of art. From the original idea, to drawing board sketches, to the computer animation, to the music, theses films are nothing short of brilliant works of creative
The Disney Organisation which was first created by Walt Elias Disney on October 16th 1923, is perhaps one of the most powerful and prominent corporations in the world. Disney is best known for all their motion pictures which are aimed at a family audience, in recent years Disney collaborated with Pixar to develop further within the motion/ animation industry. According to Forbes.com Disney is ‘number eleven on The World’s Most Valuable Brands’ list. And is worth an estimated 179.5 billion dollars. The Disney Corporation is constantly putting a spin on well-known fairy tales and folk tales, whilst also creating new and innovative stories such as Frozen which is one of the largest grossing Disney films to date. From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Frozen Disney’s films have become iconic and have had an influence on society by creating the ideals of good winning over bad and
...mation business right, particularly the new CG technology that was rapidly supplanting hand drawn animation. Acquisition of Pixar was the fastest way of doing this. Through this acquisition Disney would get access to key Pixar technologies which would enable it to produce movies at a lower cost and faster than its rivals. This technology transfer would also help revive Disney’s own animation unit. Apart from technology, Disney would also get access to all the Pixar characters, which it could use at its theme parks, merchandise stores and its other related businesses. Pixar’s journey to the top is inspiring. The leap from a dwindling financial future to billions of dollars in profit is a true testament to what can come from perseverance and hard work. This world renowned company has become a house hold name and a major player in the entertainment and business world.
The Walt Disney Company is a highly diversified media and entertainment company that has been growing by leaps and bounds since its inception in the late 1920’s. In the past few decades, The Walt Disney Company has expanded into numerous markets and diversified its business greatly. The company states that their corporate strategy is targeted at creating high-quality family content, exploiting technological innovations to make entertainment experiences more memorable, and expanding internationally. Upon studying the happenings of the company throughout the years, it is easy to see that the company is executing this strategy well through numerous strategic moves in the industry.
The Walt Disney Company is a multi-billion dollar enterprise that controls and maintains vast interests in various multimedia companies in the United States and around the world. What started as a simple love for children’s entertainment of a sample cartoonist soon became a revolutionary icon in the world of entertainment and business.
All of Pixar’s iconic films are inspired from small ideas drawn from aspects of everyday life. One of the most prominent inspirations was channeled into the film Finding Nemo. Andrew Stanton, a high ranking director and producer for Pixar, used his memories of a fish tank in a dentist’s office from his childhood as half of the story in Finding Nemo. Stanton’s sympathy for the fish and being an overprotective father served as the other half of the basic story and together the two memories formed the emotional anchor for the film. Another idea that spawned from a staff member helped create the unforgettable and heartfelt film Toy Story. John Lasseter, the chief creative officer of Pixar, owned many rare and collectible toys, and became nervous whenever his kids wanted to play with them. However, the real message, Lasseter realized, is just because a toy is signed by Tom Hanks, it does not mean that it is sentenced to life on a shelf. Channeling that type of thinking into all of the toys in Toy Story is what makes the film so cherished and more easily relatable. Another popular film is The Incredibles, which is Pixar’s tribute to pop mythology, comic books, and spy movies. The other inspiration for this movie deals with an average, everyday family life: the fear, anxiety, work, and insecurities that happen throughout a day. Combining the two aspects make for a very interesting, action-packed film, while also being very sincere and family-friendly. Pixar films were not all inspired from personal experience and passion. A documentary about the Rainforest Mountains in Venezuela made by Adrian Warren was the inspiration behind the movie Up. Inspiration can come from anywhere, and Pixar proves that anything can be ex...
Walt Disney began in 1923 with a short film called Alice’s Wonderland. It was co-owned by Walt Disney and his brother Roy Disney. Disney moved forward into the future with very popular filmed entertainment such as Mickey Mouse, Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi and so many more until the death of Walt Disney in 1966. Walt Disney was then successfully supervised by Walt’s older brother, Roy Disney, until his death in 1971 after the completion of his brother’s dream, Walt Disney World. It was in 1983 that Disney expanded its operations to include the Disney Channel and the Touchstone Pictures film label. When the new president and CEO, Michael Eisner and Frank Wells, came onto the scene they set out to maximize the company’s assets by opening its famous movies up to the TV syndication market and video cassettes. With the classics easily accessible and available at a lower cost the company grew to greater heights. The success continued in 1988 when Disney movies hit new box office heights bringing in more than $100 million. Then between the years of 1989 to 1994 chart toppers like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and the Lion King launched the entertainment company to even greater heights. The films were grossing between $200 and $783 million...
...es at a one hundred percent monopolization. In entertainment Disney, Pixar, and Marvel Entertainment are three big names that people across the nation familiarize themselves with and they all belong to Disney. Not only do they already own lots of forms of entertainment they keep purchasing more and more.
In reviewing the vast corporation of the Walt Disney Company and all that it has to offer, one profound statement made by Walt Disney himself comes to the forefront, “I only hope that we don’t lose sight of one thing – that it was all started by a mouse” (Walt, n.d.). This statement suggests that the company has a strong focus to continually guide them in the way of the original idea of the company. Even as it watches the changes taking place in society and adapts to the new technologies and innovations, the Walt Disney Company has been able to implement diverse strategies for its growth and prosperity.
Creating cartoons and to broadcast it on television was my passion. In return, it inspires me to become an comic book artist and draw for Marvel Enterprise. An article was handed to me by my father, after receiving a full scholarship for School of Visual Arts. The article explained how Pixar separated from Walt Disney after the movie Finding Nemo was an enormous success. Therefore, Disney laid off about 10,000 of their workers. A question was asked
By adding Jobs to the board of directors not only did Iger add another influential and successful member to the team but also assured the acquisition of Pixar Animation Studios. This venture was an integrative (or win-win) negotiation for both Iger and Jobs. As stated in our reading, “when conflicting parties truly collaborate, this can result in a merger of insight, experience, knowledge, and perspective that leads to higher-quality solutions than would be obtained by any other approach.” In both of these conflicts the needs of all involved were
Not only did dreamworks prove that it is possible for children’s animation to put out thought invoking and riveting stories as sequels, rather than the anticipated drop in quality, but it also showed that sometimes what becomes the most lucrative franchise comes from taking a risk with an abnormal subject matter and letting the artists take the lead. Katzenberg saw the problem with Disney and Pixar of overmanagement of films and artistic creativity and decided to change that with his studio. All of Dreamworks’ franchise style films had something to offer to the animation industry. Shrek added to the idea that adults can enjoy and relate to animated films as well as children. Suddenly adults who prefered South Park and adult swim could watch a movie with their child and laugh at the same jokes together. Not to mention throwing a wrench in the Disney style princess movies, with a Princess and an Ogre who enjoy being ugly and gross together while experiencing real couple drama and audiences loved them for that. Madagascar made Tex Avery style humor a realistic goal in 3D animated humor as well as created a new craving for zoo based films that even Disney tried to hop on with The Wild. Kung Fu Panda noticed the lamnenting of China that they didn’t create Kung Fu Panda (Rabinovitch) so it helped form the chinese animation industry by letting their Hong Kong division create Kung Fu
The Walt Disney Company is the largest entertainment company in the world in terms of revenue. It was founded on October 16, 1923 by Walt Disney and his brother, Roy O. Disney. They started the company, The Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, where they became the leader in the American animation industry and later working in live action film production, television and their world famous theme parks. Through different acquisitions, they have diversified and now do business in theater, radio, publishing, online media, music and own several television channels (Disney History Institute).
Hundreds of millions of people have watched Pixar’s films and many of those watchers are children who are forming their understanding of the world. The way in which one entire generation observes life and reality is being shaped, in part, by Pixar. We love their films, they are important parts of our lives and our culture. Pixar has artfully built a universe of beloved creatures and beings that populate our inner magnificent world. Major characteristic of Pixar films is that humanity does not have a monopoly on personhood.
The Walt Disney Company, or more commonly known as Disney, is an American corporation headquartered in the Walt Disney Studios, Burbank, California. Disney (DIS) is the largest operator of theme parks and resorts and largest media conglomerate, reported total revenue of $11.58 billion, a 4% raise from the previous year in its third-quarter results. Most of its revenue is generated from the media network segment and the park and resort segment. Disney's strategies mainly focus on generating the best creative content possible along with innovation and utilizing the latest technology. (Seekingalpha.com, 2014)
The company that I choose to explore is The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney started the Disney Brothers studio in 1926, after years of working as a cartoonist. I selected this company due to the fact I am a fan of their products and services. Disney produced some of my favorite films like Aladdin, Hook and The Lion King. After I visited their website, I discovered that Disney owns multiple media outlets, in such areas as film, Internet, music, broadcasting, publishing and recreation. According to Disney’s “The mission of The Walt Disney Company is to be the one of the world’s leading producers and providers of entertainment and information. Using our portfolio of brands to differentiate our content, service and consumer products, we seek to develop the most creative, innovative and profitable entertainment experiences and related products in the world”. The Disney brand is doing exactly what their mission states.