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When DreamWorks released Shrek
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Pencils Vs Pixels

When DreamWorks released Shrek, it was such an enormous hit thatthe rest of the movie...

When DreamWorks released Shrek, it was such an enormous hit that
the rest of the movie industry said, "Oh, that's what
we should be doing, and we can make
lots of money too

Full Transcript

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When DreamWorks released Shrek,
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it was such an enormous hit that the rest of the movie industry
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said, "Oh, that's what we should be doing,
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and we can make lots of money too.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:44
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 ...
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.
And what computer animation does is it has a whole new look, - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:10
And what computer animation does is it has a whole new look,
Animation by definition is making a motion - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:08
Animation by definition is making a motion
When we started on Toy Story, there - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:07
When we started on Toy Story, there
And so when we hired animators, we - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:10
And so when we hired animators, we
And so then we had a long intensive training - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:07
And so then we had a long intensive training
And it was not quite as straightforward as it is now. - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:06
And it was not quite as straightforward as it is now.
To run the software, you had to know some command - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:07
To run the software, you had to know some command
And so it was a little complicated - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:06
And so it was a little complicated
And I remember people getting really frustrated - Pencils Vs Pixels 00:11
And I remember people getting really frustrated