I searched and couldn't find a thread for this, it's the short that will come before Toy Story 3.
From Coming Soon.
March 12, 2010
Exclusive: First Look at Pixar Short Day & Night!
Source:Disney•Pixar
ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at the Pixar short that will play in front of Toy Story 3 theaters on June 18. The short, titled "Day & Knight," was directed by Teddy Newton and is described as follows:
When Day, a sunny fellow, encounters Night, a stranger of distinctly darker moods, sparks fly! Day and Night are frightened and suspicious of each other at first, and quickly get off on the wrong foot. But as they discover each other's unique qualities--and come to realize that each of them offers a different window onto the same world--the friendship helps both to gain a new perspective.
Interesting concept. Hope I like it. was disappointed in Partly cloudy. I want more shorts on the level of Presto.
And I wouldnt assume they wouldnt do a theatrical 2d short. this is the first time I can think of that they have used a 2d piece to promo an upcoming short. and these character designs look like they wouldnt work as well in 3d, so I'd be willing to bet that yes, it'll be 2d.
According to Jerry Beck, "The images “inside” the characters will be CG, but Day and Night is essentially a 2D short. The character animation is all hand drawn." http://www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/day-n ... ent-457133
Awesome! I don't remember if it was Pete Docter or somebody else at Pixar who said a long time ago that the idea isn't too of the question of them making a hand-drawn animated film. So, looks like he will definitely be seeing this quite soon. I really like the Monsters, Inc. opening and this looks like it might be in a similar style.
disneyboy20022 wrote:The facial expressions look to me like Elmer Fudd or maybe even Mr. Magoo
I immediately thought of UPA when I saw the pic (which indeed created Mr. Magoo) and automatically figured it would be CG within the "frames" of hand drawn characters.
I remember a while ago Lassater had said something along the lines of Pixar possibly working with hand-drawn animation someday. He said something about people inside the studio seriously wanting to make a feature-film that was hand-drawn. Maybe this is a pre-curser and sign of that actually happening.
After giving a speech, Lasseter presented the premiere of Teddy Newton's short Day & Night which will be running in front of Toy Story 3. The short was shown in 3D and it's another fairly innovative dialogue-free short involving two 2-dimensional "Schmoo"-like creatures who display 3D animation scenes on their bodies. The general idea is that one is always showing daytime scenes, while the other is always showing night, and the short cleverly juxtaposed the two things as the characters interacted.
The few pics I've seen for this look extremely interesting and artistic. Perhaps the most stylish Pixar short yet!
It does make me wonder what this will mean for Disney's hand drawn animation department. I know Pooh's in production, but will this urge them to greenlight more projects? Or, as Pixar studios is growing significantly, will the next 2D project be produced primarily BY Pixar? That would definately be ironic...
