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Released in 1995, Disney/Pixar (two merged companies in 1984) ‘Toy Story’ is the worlds first ever fully computer generated imagery feature film (first film to be made entirely by computer). The film was inspired from the short film ‘Tin Toy’ (1988) and became the grossing animated feature film in 1995.
Significance in the development of the genre/ achievements for the genre:
· ‘Toy Story’ is the worlds first ever computer generated feature length motion picture. It was from this film that the individual genre of CGI animation was born. Times involving having to hand drawing thousands of frames have now been replace by computers. This also reflects society in the advancement in technology. It was a time when major companies such as ‘DreamWorks Animation SKG’ (1994), ‘Blue Sky Studios’ (1997) and many others were starting to emerge.
Society at the time (in general):
1995
· The busiest hurricane season in 62 years beings (the Atlantic hurricane season)
· DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) was introduced
· eBay was founded
· James Bond ‘Golden Eye’ is released
Source/s:
1. http://www.pixar.com/featurefilms/ts/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story
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