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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
I've always been a big fan of Disney and Pixar movies - but never knew how things worked behind the scenes with the two companies. This was an interesting bit of insight into how Pixar came to be, along with the start of the computer animation movement - as well as the change in animated movies from the start of Pixar on. I highly recommend it for anyone who would like to know 'more' about the workings behind the scenes.
Interesting to hear about all the travails and the inspirational struggles.
This was written in 2008 so it is a little bit older story so you won't see the full history of Pixar. But you will see how the company was founded and some examples of how to build an environment of creativity that allowed them to create some amazing movies.
Although some of the technical language and details surrounding the rise of computer animation can be difficult to follow for the average reader, "The Pixar Touch" offers a fascinating behind the scenes look at one of the dominant animation studios of our day. "Pixar Touch" also lends insight into the arduous process of creating top-notch animated films, which increased my personal appreciation for Pixar's work. A must read.
As a fan of pretty much every movie that Pixar has ever made and as someone who remembers being impressed by their early animated shorts when I saw them years ago, I was obviously eager to read all about the founding of the company.
So the early chapters of this book are great since the cover the pre-Pixar years as the company founders move from company to company building their knowledge and skills. It's really just as much a history of computer modeling as it is of Pixar.
The middle chapters that focus on Pixar's early years are fascinating too, painting Steve Jobs in a somewhat different light to that in his own biography as well as going into detail about the struggles to create the first few films and the Disney buyout.
It's the last few chapters that let things down. The book only takes us up to Ratatouille but coverage of those last films seems almost perfunctory. Certainly they weren't the critical or commercial hits of the earlier movies, but that doesn't make them less technically interesting to me.
So while I liked what was there, I did come away feeling like their might be more to the story than was in the book.
So the early chapters of this book are great since the cover the pre-Pixar years as the company founders move from company to company building their knowledge and skills. It's really just as much a history of computer modeling as it is of Pixar.
The middle chapters that focus on Pixar's early years are fascinating too, painting Steve Jobs in a somewhat different light to that in his own biography as well as going into detail about the struggles to create the first few films and the Disney buyout.
It's the last few chapters that let things down. The book only takes us up to Ratatouille but coverage of those last films seems almost perfunctory. Certainly they weren't the critical or commercial hits of the earlier movies, but that doesn't make them less technically interesting to me.
So while I liked what was there, I did come away feeling like their might be more to the story than was in the book.
Pixar produced great stuff… before Disney bought it. Always been a boys club
Awesome book explaining in detail how Pixar is able to churn our great movie after great movie. Also reaffirms that Steve Jobs is a douche
The book is full of stories about the early days of Pixar (through it’s purchase by Disney). They all feel disconnected and the writing is at times hard to follow. I learned some cool new things about Pixar, but Creativity Inc is a far better look at what makes Pixar Pixar.
informative
reflective
medium-paced