What is anime? Is it a mouse named Mickey? Born in the pen, born on the pile of lines on paper? Is it a story of joy or sorrow, or absurdity or romance? Is it a utopia that temporarily evades reality? Or a portal to other worlds? It's all, and none of it. It may be difficult for us to define the definition of animation, but I know that it is not just a tool for sending preschoolers. Animation is essentially a projection of our spiritual world, using creativity and technology to tell an impossible story.
If DC Marvel Shueisha is the three kings of the comics world (3 companies control 70% of the world’s comic characters), then Pixar is above the three giants of Disney, DreamWorks, and Ghibli animation world. The emperor, there is no one.
About a brief history:
In 1979, the great success of "Star Wars" made George Lucas determined to set up a computer graphics department in Lucasfilm, which was later changed to an animation department. In 1984, John Lasseter left Disney, where he had worked for many years, to join the computer animation department of Industrial Light and Magic, a subsidiary of Lucasfilm. In 1986. "The Godfather" Steve Jobs was squeezed out of Apple, which was founded by one hand, and met John Lasseter, and the two kings met. After a long talk, the Godfather bought the computer animation department of Lucasfilm for US$10 million (US$10 million in 1986), established Pixar Animation, and the empire was established.
"That was the first time I met him. He shared with me the dream of shooting the world's first computer-animated film. In the end I bought this dream both mentally and financially."
About JingQiShen:
A successful company, organization or group often has a unique temperament or spirit flowing through them, which is the so-called corporate culture. Most of this spirit comes from the founders of the organization. The extremely strong personal charm and distinctive temperament characteristics gradually spread throughout the entire organization in the leaders’ decision to kill, accumulate and condense, even The founder left the organization, and this spirit still supports the entire enterprise. For the succeeding leader, this is not a good thing, but for the entire organization, it is not only a banner, a slogan, but also a belief and a self-confidence that is taken for granted.
From this point of view, who can be lucky with Pixar? It brings together George Lucas’ belief in “creating the impossible”, Steve Jobs’ foresight and judgment, and John Lasseter’s creativity and persistence.
"We are Pixar, and we are the future of animation."
About the film:
In terms of form alone, the film adopts the mainstream corporate documentary shooting method, which is a panoramic display of the birth and development of Pixar on the vertical timeline. Part of the content is added horizontally to show the entire animation industry, especially the development and changes of Disney who fell in love with Pixar at the same time; and the decline and revival of 2D animation, the birth and development of 3D animation, etc. In the content, three parts: interviews with characters, fragments of works, and real-time video are selected, and some photos and narrations are added, and the timeline and narrative line are cross-edited.
Dare to shoot Pixar and Industrial Light & Magic, two milestone companies in the history of film and succeeded ("Pixar's Story", "Industrial Light & Magic-Creating Impossibility"), the director's skill is beyond doubt.
On the comparison of domestic and foreign animation:
This topic can basically be compared with the comparison of domestic and foreign movies. The things involved are as small as local culture, market acceptance, interest preferences, and as large as social systems, economic development, industry norms, and so on. In short, this is a topic that can cause countless people to tear it up and compile the history of tearing into a "Historical Records".
Although there are at least the Great Sage, Quebec, etc. to support the scene, but it is only to support the scene. The mainstream channel is still the naive animation targeting audiences with preschool children’s IQ. Under the mainstream channels, follow the Japanese manga and watch the Meiman man. There are few really good domestic animations that can only survive in an environment where there is no channel, a market, and no capital. (See "Xing Journey" cut down, and "Luo Xiaohei Zhan Ji" which is updated half a year later. I only hope it can be finished before I die.)
Anime is for children, but it is not only for children, and it is not. For mentally handicapped children.
"When planning a new movie, we don’t think about children or adults. We only think about the pure and unpolluted place deep in each of us. Maybe the world makes us forget it, but our movie can let us. Think of it again."
---Walt Disney
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