The Sky's the Limit

摘要

Over a span of 77 years, Walt Disney Studios pioneered and perfected the relatively young art form of hand-drawn animation. From squash and stretch and overlapping and secondary action, to slow in and slow out, Disney founded the fundamental principles of animation and became home to the most talented artists in the world. Collectively, these artists have made the studio the gold standard in traditional feature animation and the icon of quality family entertainment. By the turn of the century, however, Disney, in partnership with Pixar Animation Studios, was producing 3D films that widely outperformed its hand-drawn movies at the box office. Thus, when Pixar decided to secede from the alliance following the release of The Incredibles (see "Hero Animation," November 2004, pg. 18), Disney chose to adapt the talent of its "Grade-A" 2D animators to the digital realm. This month, Disney's decades-old legacy will be carried into this frontier on the wings of Chicken Little, the studio's first solo foray into all-3D features.