Pixar Research Paper

In 2006, Pixar Animation Studios has been bought by Disney. Pixar had a rough start, many doubting their beliefs in creating a featured length film completely done by CGI until Steve Jobs came along. They created their first film Toy Story with the help of Disney and it became a huge success. Pixar were experimenting with their films, to see what would work and what that magical formula would be to make them even more successful. As their fame grew, Disney was ready to buy them. This lead to a debate from the people whether or not the partnership between Pixar and Disney is a good thing. After Disney bought Pixar, there is no doubt this sky-rocketed both of the companies. With Pixar’s creative mind and bringing their stories to life cause the movies to make a lot of money in the box office sales. Disney also has ownership of Pixar’s …show more content…
Watching a movie with their names on it ensures good quality. Disney was losing their footing again when it came to the animated movies before 2006 “When we came in, they were demoralized, dispirited, and they were failing as a company” (Catmull 2014) Then once Pixar and Disney started working together, Disney got their form back and is becoming successful once again. The merge helped Pixar become successful to the point they could do things. Upside to the expansion is more jobs for animators. Also with the technology moving forward, so it animation. The Good Dinosaur is a prime example of the technology we have today. The rendering of the environments is Phenomenal and this is only the beginning. Pixar is now facing some issues amongst the team while being owned by Disney. Challenges being that high demand of animated films is becoming costly, there is also the lost of sales in DVD’s and the fact that it is losing its free-spirited culture with the expansion of Pixar. Animated films are becoming costly because of the high demand, Disney-Pixar have to crank these movies out with a span of 3-4 years. Each