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Pencils Vs Pixels

It is a celebration of the unique magic of 2D hand-drawn animation and an exploration of how the Disney of the late 1980s and early 1990s led to an animation boom that was quickly upended by the computer animation revolution that ...

Director

Bay Dariz, Phil Earnest

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documentary, biography

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Production

Minutehand Pictures,Hideout Pictures,Pencilish Animation Studios

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Homepage

https://strikebackstudios.com/PENCILS-VS-PIXELS/

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Seth MacFarlane

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Jorge R. Gutiérrez

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Natalie Nourigat

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He loved all of
the little details - Pencils Vs Pixels

He loved all of the little details

Everything that we poured
our hearts in artistically, - Pencils Vs Pixels

Everything that we poured our hearts in artistically,

But it was just, oh
my goodness, this well - Pencils Vs Pixels

But it was just, oh my goodness, this well

But yes, it moved on
with an American tail. - Pencils Vs Pixels

But yes, it moved on with an American tail.

It's about a little
family of Russian mice - Pencils Vs Pixels

It's about a little family of Russian mice

Won't it be nice
to get to America - Pencils Vs Pixels

Won't it be nice to get to America

We were on the map making
a movie with that kind - Pencils Vs Pixels

We were on the map making a movie with that kind

It was wonderful
working in collaboration - Pencils Vs Pixels

It was wonderful working in collaboration

We've got to jump in with
our own animation studio - Pencils Vs Pixels

We've got to jump in with our own animation studio

And that changed
the whole complexion - Pencils Vs Pixels

And that changed the whole complexion

I think, the lover of animation, - Pencils Vs Pixels

I think, the lover of animation,

Something magical is
happening over there. - Pencils Vs Pixels

Something magical is happening over there.

WEN: We were embarking
upon the second golden age - Pencils Vs Pixels

WEN: We were embarking upon the second golden age

It was exciting
and groundbreaking, - Pencils Vs Pixels

It was exciting and groundbreaking,

A resetting and recalibration
of the executive command - Pencils Vs Pixels

A resetting and recalibration of the executive command

The old regime was removed
and replaced with Roy Disney. - Pencils Vs Pixels

The old regime was removed and replaced with Roy Disney.

I don't think it's
an exaggeration - Pencils Vs Pixels

I don't think it's an exaggeration

And that's the premise of Don
Juan's wonderful documentary, - Pencils Vs Pixels

And that's the premise of Don Juan's wonderful doc...

And here finally was someone
in the person of Howard Ashman, - Pencils Vs Pixels

And here finally was someone in the person of Howard Ashman,

And who would have dreamed that
it was the Broadway Musical, - Pencils Vs Pixels

And who would have dreamed that it was the Broadway Musical,

I remember when we went
to see Little Mermaid. - Pencils Vs Pixels

I remember when we went to see Little Mermaid.

And it was like,
oh, suddenly they - Pencils Vs Pixels

And it was like, oh, suddenly they

So those songs are
classics and it's - Pencils Vs Pixels

So those songs are classics and it's

And I mean, there
are some people - Pencils Vs Pixels

And I mean, there are some people

And that was the rebirth
of the Disney animated epic. - Pencils Vs Pixels

And that was the rebirth of the Disney animated epic.

There are chapters
with every studio. - Pencils Vs Pixels

There are chapters with every studio.

And there has to be a continuum
of energy, and new ideas, - Pencils Vs Pixels

And there has to be a continuum of energy, and new ideas,

And it was starting
to happen back - Pencils Vs Pixels

And it was starting to happen back

Little Mermaid, that
was the, it's back. - Pencils Vs Pixels

Little Mermaid, that was the, it's back.

And you could see
the confidence. - Pencils Vs Pixels

And you could see the confidence.

And you could see this artistry
that acknowledged the past - Pencils Vs Pixels

And you could see this artistry that acknowledged the past

They call the '90s and the 2000 - Pencils Vs Pixels

They call the '90s and the 2000

And why I think it
was the nine old men - Pencils Vs Pixels

And why I think it was the nine old men

And they'd pass it on to
that second generation. - Pencils Vs Pixels

And they'd pass it on to that second generation.

And that second
generation, right - Pencils Vs Pixels

And that second generation, right

We were all just super
excited at the time to be - Pencils Vs Pixels

We were all just super excited at the time to be

By that point, people started
to realize that we were working - Pencils Vs Pixels

By that point, people started to realize that we were workin...

Back at the beginning of that
period like Little Mermaid, - Pencils Vs Pixels

Back at the beginning of that period like Little Mermaid,

Little Mermaid that there
would be people and little kids - Pencils Vs Pixels

Little Mermaid that there would be people and little kids

I saw Pinocchio and I had
no idea it was from 20 years - Pencils Vs Pixels

I saw Pinocchio and I had no idea it was from 20 years

I think at the time, many of us - Pencils Vs Pixels

I think at the time, many of us

So I think us leaving,
having a competition out - Pencils Vs Pixels

So I think us leaving, having a competition out

So they had the character
design as a given. - Pencils Vs Pixels

So they had the character design as a given.

But what they did with it
was new, and inventive, - Pencils Vs Pixels

But what they did with it was new, and inventive,

I think the stories in
the '90s that we did, - Pencils Vs Pixels

I think the stories in the '90s that we did,

Well, I got to say the thing
that I love about animation - Pencils Vs Pixels

Well, I got to say the thing that I love about animation

Ariel wanting to walk on land. - Pencils Vs Pixels

Ariel wanting to walk on land.

Beast thinking
that somebody could - Pencils Vs Pixels

Beast thinking that somebody could

I thought I saw,
and when we touched - Pencils Vs Pixels

I thought I saw, and when we touched

And it was time to work
on Beauty and the Beast. - Pencils Vs Pixels

And it was time to work on Beauty and the Beast.

And Glenn was
animating the beast. - Pencils Vs Pixels

And Glenn was animating the beast.

Animator by the name of Mark
Henn was animating Belle. - Pencils Vs Pixels

Animator by the name of Mark Henn was animating Belle.

He's a main character of
the film and I was 21 or 22, - Pencils Vs Pixels

He's a main character of the film and I was 21 or 22,

And one of the great
things about Glenn - Pencils Vs Pixels

And one of the great things about Glenn

And I remember he gave me this
sequence in the film where - Pencils Vs Pixels

And I remember he gave me this sequence in the film where

This is not going to happen." - Pencils Vs Pixels

This is not going to happen."

Is he always had faith in all
of us that worked with him. - Pencils Vs Pixels

Is he always had faith in all of us that worked with him.

Over the span of
time, you'd be here - Pencils Vs Pixels

Over the span of time, you'd be here

[groans] - Pencils Vs Pixels

We worked on
Beauty and the Beast - Pencils Vs Pixels

We worked on Beauty and the Beast

And here are the nominees
for the best picture. - Pencils Vs Pixels

And here are the nominees for the best picture.

[clapping] - Pencils Vs Pixels

Well deserved but that sent
a panic through the academy. - Pencils Vs Pixels

Well deserved but that sent a panic through the academy.

And some people thought this was - Pencils Vs Pixels

And some people thought this was

We don't want the
animated films to be - Pencils Vs Pixels

We don't want the animated films to be

They have their place
and we love them, - Pencils Vs Pixels

They have their place and we love them,

We lost that, but we got
a Golden Globe that year. - Pencils Vs Pixels

We lost that, but we got a Golden Globe that year.

Beauty and the Beast and
Aladdin breathed new life - Pencils Vs Pixels

Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin breathed new life

I remember how
massive that movie was. - Pencils Vs Pixels

I remember how massive that movie was.

And the night that we
went to see Lion King, - Pencils Vs Pixels

And the night that we went to see Lion King,

It really was the
movie that brought - Pencils Vs Pixels

It really was the movie that brought

They were happy to come
back over and over again - Pencils Vs Pixels

They were happy to come back over and over again

It made us feel OK about
eating animals for a long time. - Pencils Vs Pixels

It made us feel OK about eating animals for a long time.

Winner of the Oscar is, - Pencils Vs Pixels

Winner of the Oscar is,

That officially made animation
this second golden age. - Pencils Vs Pixels

That officially made animation this second golden age.

It was official at that
point, when you had - Pencils Vs Pixels

It was official at that point, when you had

It was an animation boom and
it was all because of money. - Pencils Vs Pixels

It was an animation boom and it was all because of money.

Animation directors
suddenly had agents. - Pencils Vs Pixels

Animation directors suddenly had agents.

Everything about the
business changed. - Pencils Vs Pixels

Everything about the business changed.

Simultaneously, television
animation enjoyed a rebirth. - Pencils Vs Pixels

Simultaneously, television animation enjoyed a rebirth.

Steven Spielberg gave it a
kick in the right direction - Pencils Vs Pixels

Steven Spielberg gave it a kick in the right direction

Followed by The Simpsons
where again, it was not just - Pencils Vs Pixels

Followed by The Simpsons where again, it was not just

The quality of the
timing of the animation - Pencils Vs Pixels

The quality of the timing of the animation

I will never forget watching
the first Simpsons carton show. - Pencils Vs Pixels

I will never forget watching the first Simpsons carton show.

And Marge Simpson going... - Pencils Vs Pixels

And Marge Simpson going...

I like the punching
bag sound destroyed us. - Pencils Vs Pixels

I like the punching bag sound destroyed us.

The Simpsons dominated most
of my free time from 1989 - Pencils Vs Pixels

The Simpsons dominated most of my free time from 1989

That was the cultural
stew that fed - Pencils Vs Pixels

That was the cultural stew that fed

I was well prepared
and armed because I'd - Pencils Vs Pixels

I was well prepared and armed because I'd

I attribute a lot of Family
Guy's emergence to everybody - Pencils Vs Pixels

I attribute a lot of Family Guy's emergence to everybod...

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It is a celebration of the unique magic of 2D hand-drawn animation and an exploration of how the Disney of the late 1980s and early 1990s led to an animation boom that was quickly upended by the computer animation revolution that ...

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Director: Bay Dariz, Phil Earnest

Writer: Bay Dariz

Production: Minutehand Pictures,Hideout Pictures,Pencilish Animation Studios

Genre: documentary, biography

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 07 Nov 2023

Awards: N/A

Homepage: https://strikebackstudios.com/PENCILS-VS-PIXELS/