Computer animation For the Birds by Pixar

The birds is a small animation created by Pixar. The type of animation it is would be classed as Computer animation.

How it works at Pixar is one person pitches a story idea to the rest of development team and if they see it taking off they work on.

A written treatment is then created to summaries the storyline and to see what is realistic and what is not.

Storyboards are then created. Each storyboard artist at Pixar is given a script and/or a beat outline. A beat outlines is a map of the emotional changes the character goes through scene to scene.

Next comes the voices. To start with they just use normally voices until later on when they get actors to do it. Unless the voice is good anyway then they sometimes keep it.

Next comes the start of the reel making. This shows if the animation can stand by it self with no one pitching and the beginning of editorial decisions start being made.

After this the Art Department start to create a look and feel for the characters using things such as the storyboards they create art illustrating the creatures and the world they live on.

The step after this is that the characters, sets and props are either sculptured by hand then scanned in three dimensional or are just directly modeled into the computer in 3d.

The next step is that the sets are dressed. After the sets are created in 3d prop models have to be put in. Things such as table, chairs, toys. This makes the world more believable.

After this is done Pixar start laying out the shots. This puts the characters in the scenes in 3d on the computer due to the storyboards so the editing team can see what is happening and how it will carry on.

Next is when the piece starts getting animated. Using animating technology the animator starts putting movement to the face and other parts of the body using key poses and changing in between ones if necessary.

After this comes the shading this allows them to determine how much light goes onto the characters in the animation.

Then the digital light is brought in and lits up the animation much like stage lighting lits up the stage.

Then comes the rendering where all the scenes are rendered. This is the act of putting everything into such as sets, colours, character movement etc into a single frame of film.

After this the final stage comes and the final touches are added then the animation is good to go.

The effects from For The Birds depends on the individual, it made me personally review society, in the manner how the tall bird is rejected by the others for who he is. It reminds me of how some people get rejected due to learning disabilities.

It is different compared to the other animations I have seen because it is very bright and is quite short compared to others. Also it does back some for the story line, but it is very slick and well polished.

It is similar to other animations due to the well polished of it and how it flows. It gives the illusion of movement very well.

For this blog entry I used www.youtube.com and www.pixiar. com and http://news.cnet.com/i/ne/sr06/pixar/bird_466x313.jpg