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Pencils Vs Pixels

Well there's this myth out there that 2D animation is ittakes longer to produce, and it's...

Well there's this myth out there that 2D animation is it
takes longer to produce, and it's more expensive,
and that's largely why we don't do it anymore

Full Transcript

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Well there's this myth out there
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that 2D animation is it takes longer to produce,
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and it's more expensive, and that's largely
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why we don't do it anymore.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:44
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Minutehand Pictures,Hideout Pictures,Pencilish Animation Studios

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Movie Summary

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 ...
I've directed and 2D animated feature Mulan at Disney, - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:13
I've directed and 2D animated feature Mulan at Disney,
So I've seen hands-on from my perspective - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:07
So I've seen hands-on from my perspective
It's just in 2D animation, you can - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:08
It's just in 2D animation, you can
In CG animation, there's a lot of crafting - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:11
In CG animation, there's a lot of crafting
But when you put them side to side, - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:06
But when you put them side to side,
So the time is the same and really - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:06
So the time is the same and really
You have the same amount of animators on a 2D film - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:06
You have the same amount of animators on a 2D film
There's just a swap of different job titles and technology. - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:06
There's just a swap of different job titles and technol...
When DreamWorks released Shrek, - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:16
When DreamWorks released Shrek,
The heck with this pencil drawn stuff." - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:13
The heck with this pencil drawn stuff."
It was a funny, funny script enacted - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:12
It was a funny, funny script enacted
And if it had been animated with matchsticks, - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:06
And if it had been animated with matchsticks,
It was the content that made it successful, - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:13
It was the content that made it successful,
And that old 2D hand-drawn stuff was out of fashion now. - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:06
And that old 2D hand-drawn stuff was out of fashion now.
Well, Pixar had been acquired by Disney in 2005, - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:14
Well, Pixar had been acquired by Disney in 2005,
I mean, that was a gain for us to get those people with the 2D - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:11
I mean, that was a gain for us to get those people with the ...
But it was very sad to see the way - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:06
But it was very sad to see the way
The industry was going away from 2D - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:11
The industry was going away from 2D
One, what's interesting is it's a very common belief - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:16
One, what's interesting is it's a very common beli...
It reminds me a lot of when photography was invented. - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:05
It reminds me a lot of when photography was invented.