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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 ...

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Bay Dariz, Phil Earnest

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documentary, biography

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Minutehand Pictures,Hideout Pictures,Pencilish Animation Studios

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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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When I first stepped
into a vocal booth - Pencils Vs Pixels

When I first stepped into a vocal booth

It also changed my life
and led to many other voice - Pencils Vs Pixels

It also changed my life and led to many other voice

No matter what it takes,
I'm finishing this mission. - Pencils Vs Pixels

No matter what it takes, I'm finishing this mission.

As I gave voice
to these characters, - Pencils Vs Pixels

As I gave voice to these characters,

Sometimes your song can't
start until you go some place. - Pencils Vs Pixels

Sometimes your song can't start until you go some place...

This is a story
celebrating the unique - Pencils Vs Pixels

This is a story celebrating the unique

And most importantly,
the remarkable people - Pencils Vs Pixels

And most importantly, the remarkable people

And who better to
tell this story - Pencils Vs Pixels

And who better to tell this story

Animation is a weird
unnatural art form in a way. - Pencils Vs Pixels

Animation is a weird unnatural art form in a way.

I mean, you're
bringing something - Pencils Vs Pixels

I mean, you're bringing something

A character comes to life by a
whole bunch of scribbly strokes - Pencils Vs Pixels

A character comes to life by a whole bunch of scribbly strok...

And I think this is
what grabs most animators - Pencils Vs Pixels

And I think this is what grabs most animators

It's like your brain goes,
OK, part of it is alive, - Pencils Vs Pixels

It's like your brain goes, OK, part of it is alive,

I can see things that
were made by people, - Pencils Vs Pixels

I can see things that were made by people,

You just run it
over and over and over - Pencils Vs Pixels

You just run it over and over and over

It's a kind of black
magic, and it's something - Pencils Vs Pixels

It's a kind of black magic, and it's something

So is that what animation is? - Pencils Vs Pixels

So is that what animation is?

It's feeling the energy,
it's animating the forces, - Pencils Vs Pixels

It's feeling the energy, it's animating the forces...

It's like an explosion
of acting passion - Pencils Vs Pixels

It's like an explosion of acting passion

And man, it's making
the impossible possible. - Pencils Vs Pixels

And man, it's making the impossible possible.

When they hear a voice
come out of a drawing, - Pencils Vs Pixels

When they hear a voice come out of a drawing,

The level of artistry to
achieve this is mind blowing. - Pencils Vs Pixels

The level of artistry to achieve this is mind blowing.

It's unlike any other art form. - Pencils Vs Pixels

It's unlike any other art form.

And when you examine
an isolated moment, - Pencils Vs Pixels

And when you examine an isolated moment,

But yet, when you put all of
them collectively together, - Pencils Vs Pixels

But yet, when you put all of them collectively together,

The people who invented this
art, craft, skill, however you - Pencils Vs Pixels

The people who invented this art, craft, skill, however you

And I can go back to Windsor
McCay and Gertie the dinosaur. - Pencils Vs Pixels

And I can go back to Windsor McCay and Gertie the dinosaur.

Somehow he breathed life
into this inanimate object. - Pencils Vs Pixels

Somehow he breathed life into this inanimate object.

As an animator, it's almost
without sounding too pompous, - Pencils Vs Pixels

As an animator, it's almost without sounding too pompou...

I think it speaks to everyone. - Pencils Vs Pixels

I think it speaks to everyone.

It is a universal art form. - Pencils Vs Pixels

It is a universal art form.

It comes from a
very unique place. - Pencils Vs Pixels

It comes from a very unique place.

Creating out of the ethers
stories, drawing them, - Pencils Vs Pixels

Creating out of the ethers stories, drawing them,

Cartoons are a way
into a person's soul - Pencils Vs Pixels

Cartoons are a way into a person's soul

But I think that first moment
where the light switch goes on - Pencils Vs Pixels

But I think that first moment where the light switch goes on

WEN: And it all
starts with one very - Pencils Vs Pixels

WEN: And it all starts with one very

A pencil test to me is
the purest form of what - Pencils Vs Pixels

A pencil test to me is the purest form of what

For us, the pencil test is the
first reveal of a performance, - Pencils Vs Pixels

For us, the pencil test is the first reveal of a performance...

A pencil test is when you
find out how bad you are. - Pencils Vs Pixels

A pencil test is when you find out how bad you are.

When I was in college, when I
first started in this business, - Pencils Vs Pixels

When I was in college, when I first started in this business...

So you would shoot, hope
to God you timed it right, - Pencils Vs Pixels

So you would shoot, hope to God you timed it right,

As painful as it
might be, it gives you - Pencils Vs Pixels

As painful as it might be, it gives you

But for an animator, you have
to know what that period of time - Pencils Vs Pixels

But for an animator, you have to know what that period of ti...

It was rough and wild,
but the forms had weight. - Pencils Vs Pixels

It was rough and wild, but the forms had weight.

And I thought that to get it
work at Disney, to animate, - Pencils Vs Pixels

And I thought that to get it work at Disney, to animate,

I didn't know it was possible
to animate like that. - Pencils Vs Pixels

I didn't know it was possible to animate like that.

Something pretty
amazing about a pencil - Pencils Vs Pixels

Something pretty amazing about a pencil

And really the artifice or
the fact that it was drawn - Pencils Vs Pixels

And really the artifice or the fact that it was drawn

When you just have
stacks of paper, - Pencils Vs Pixels

When you just have stacks of paper,

A first peek, it's kind
of birth, if you will, - Pencils Vs Pixels

A first peek, it's kind of birth, if you will,

So there's a vitality that is
in the very first pencil test - Pencils Vs Pixels

So there's a vitality that is in the very first pencil ...

And it's coming out of your hand
and it's going onto the paper - Pencils Vs Pixels

And it's coming out of your hand and it's going on...

And those lines
are going to define - Pencils Vs Pixels

And those lines are going to define

But it's not just going
to define it as an image, - Pencils Vs Pixels

But it's not just going to define it as an image,

You're using height,
width, depth, and time. - Pencils Vs Pixels

You're using height, width, depth, and time.

And all of those to create
something that lives. - Pencils Vs Pixels

And all of those to create something that lives.

WEN: 2D hand-drawn animation
is one of the most incredible - Pencils Vs Pixels

WEN: 2D hand-drawn animation is one of the most incredible

We all have our
first film that we - Pencils Vs Pixels

We all have our first film that we

And that movie for me
was 101 Dalmatians. - Pencils Vs Pixels

And that movie for me was 101 Dalmatians.

And the characters were
like real, even though they - Pencils Vs Pixels

And the characters were like real, even though they

Anita was real and
their dancing together, - Pencils Vs Pixels

Anita was real and their dancing together,

I mean, everything about
that movie lit up my senses. - Pencils Vs Pixels

I mean, everything about that movie lit up my senses.

Even seeing in a
newspaper article. - Pencils Vs Pixels

Even seeing in a newspaper article.

And there was a series of
drawings of Pongo running. - Pencils Vs Pixels

And there was a series of drawings of Pongo running.

Even seeing something like
that just makes my heart race. - Pencils Vs Pixels

Even seeing something like that just makes my heart race.

This is something about
a series of drawings - Pencils Vs Pixels

This is something about a series of drawings

That is the ultimate magic trick
to me and it won't let me go. - Pencils Vs Pixels

That is the ultimate magic trick to me and it won't let...

I fell in love with animation. - Pencils Vs Pixels

I fell in love with animation.

I saw Sleeping Beauty in the
theater on its first release - Pencils Vs Pixels

I saw Sleeping Beauty in the theater on its first release

I saw Bambi, Lady and
the Tramp, Cinderella, - Pencils Vs Pixels

I saw Bambi, Lady and the Tramp, Cinderella,

And they made such an
incredible impression on me. - Pencils Vs Pixels

And they made such an incredible impression on me.

The film that sealed the deal
for me, it was Jungle Book. - Pencils Vs Pixels

The film that sealed the deal for me, it was Jungle Book.

Not moving from here right now." - Pencils Vs Pixels

Not moving from here right now."

We definitely had Disney movies - Pencils Vs Pixels

We definitely had Disney movies

My mom said when I was four, I
watched Bambi every single day - Pencils Vs Pixels

My mom said when I was four, I watched Bambi every single da...

The first movie I ever
saw in a movie theater, - Pencils Vs Pixels

The first movie I ever saw in a movie theater,

And I became obsessed
with that movie. - Pencils Vs Pixels

And I became obsessed with that movie.

I dreamt of being
a little wooden boy - Pencils Vs Pixels

I dreamt of being a little wooden boy

I saw a special
or a series actually - Pencils Vs Pixels

I saw a special or a series actually

And they profiled a college
kid who had done an animated - Pencils Vs Pixels

And they profiled a college kid who had done an animated

How long did it take
you to make this seven - Pencils Vs Pixels

How long did it take you to make this seven

I think it was
about a guy and a cat - Pencils Vs Pixels

I think it was about a guy and a cat

It was pretty simple but
it was cel animation. - Pencils Vs Pixels

It was pretty simple but it was cel animation.

And this was a kid
who was just like me. - Pencils Vs Pixels

And this was a kid who was just like me.

And it was the first
indication that, wow, this - Pencils Vs Pixels

And it was the first indication that, wow, this

This is something that
I maybe can access - Pencils Vs Pixels

This is something that I maybe can access

In the '70s, we
didn't have choices. - Pencils Vs Pixels

In the '70s, we didn't have choices.

You had like three
channels for adults - Pencils Vs Pixels

You had like three channels for adults

And on those channels, they
would run programming for kids - Pencils Vs Pixels

And on those channels, they would run programming for kids

So naturally, it was cartoons. - Pencils Vs Pixels

So naturally, it was cartoons.

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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/