Pixar And Its Effect On Big Studio Production

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After the release of blockbuster animations like Who Framed Roger Rabbit in the 1980s, Disney, Fox, Warner Bros. and every other major animation studio began staffing themselves with artists and designers every corner of the globe. European artists swarmed into Los Angeles, studios were plucking kids out of college some even before graduation. Big production houses began to explode by increasing staff numbers, buying property and paying magnificent salaries. These artists quickly became a hot commodity. Things began to feel formulaic and studios fell into that trap. the big studio system lost sight of the story element and concentrated too much on the slickness of the production. When big budgets are involved, nobody wants to take a chance with the creative process. The very first indie production houses like Pixar benefited greatly from this fact. Where in the story are they now? When did this epoch affect the wave of independent production companies and satellite studios that are now cropping up in all parts of the world? Independent artists are setting up studios in their homes and animators who used to work for big production houses are appearing as production heads of their own studios. …show more content…

At the same time, Films like Toy Story reached box office blockbuster statuses and the larger studios learned that collaborating with some of these new, slick CGI studios would be quite advantageous. Soon, Indie studios that are traditionally live action, such as Lions Gate Films began putting out their own films. During the first decade of the millennium, the independent production company influx was the most prominent trend that had captured the attention of mainstream audiences across the

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