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Toy Story

            
             Toy Story is the groundbreaking 1995 motion picture developed by Disney and Pixar and directed by John Lasseter. The film was so revolutionary not only because it was the first feature length animation to be created completely by CGI (Computer Generated Imagery), but also the film was more rounded in all respects. The characters not only looked more sophisticated and three-dimensional but their personalities were also more human and fewer cartoons like. The film uses a constructed text in order to put across a theme of two very different characters learning to work together beyond their rivalries to rise above a common enemy and work towards a common goal. The film uses characters and imagery very cleverly to portray this theme. The music used in the film is also different to other Disney features. Rather than the characters bursting into song themselves as in Aladdin or Hercules, the songs are played and sung by an outside person (Randy Newman) and reflect the mood and emotions of the characters in a particular scene. For example, the title sequence song "Friend in Me", when Woody and Andy are playing together, and the scene where Andy's room has been made over to a Buzz Light-year theme, "Strange Things" where the song reflects Woody's confusion and fear not only about the change in his surroundings but also the change in his friends and his own character and self-confidence. The attention to the smallest detail for example the reflections in Buzz's visor give the film even more realism and depth. The use of unusual and imaginative camera angles, made possible by the use of CGI, also adds to the texture and pace of the film. The film is then set against the background of toys. Woody voiced by Tom Hanks is the favorite toy of a little boy called Andy. However on Andy's birthday he receives a new toy: Buzz Light-year voiced by Tim Allen. This leads to a massive shift in roles with Woody being alienated not only by Andy but by the rest of his toys who once looked up to him as an authority figure and role model.


Essays Related to Toy Story

1. Character Development in Toy Story

Noody's resolve to maintain his status as "Andy's Favourite Toy" is unravelled throughout the course of the story, until by the end he concedes that status to Buzz. At the moment of greatest crisis (right before the rocket explodes), ... than its leader; he's more comfortable with himself and chummier to Buzz. Buzz Lightyear appears to make a change when he comes to see himself as Andy's Toy rather than a Space Ranger. His presence forces Woody to confront his personal issues, and that impact remains constant until Woody's own "change" resolves the ... him on a perch as Top Gun of Andy's Room...

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2. Toy Story Analysis

... a little altruism is all you need to over come obstacles and achieve a goal. Disney heroes are usually less complicated than the characters in Toy Story with none of the personality flaws like jealousy and greed. There a re normally clean-cut barriers for who is good and who is evil. None ... of the characters in Toy Story are black and white except perhaps for Sid and Andy. Although I personally don't see them as characters in there own right. I only ... Head rearranges his facial features to resemble a Picasso painting. He shows this to Hamm. He doesn't get it and Potato Head yells "Y...

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3. Power of the Sex - Lysistrata and The Toy Cart

... dominant sex. Men have controlled and ruled since the beginning of time. Men were thought to be stronger, more honorable, and righteous. Looking at The Toy Cart this would be a reasonable perception, however, in Lysistrata this is quite on the contrary. Aristophanes endows the women in Lysistrata with unparalleled power - ... be used - no sugar-coating. Aristophanes gives us an insight into human desire and sexuality. He shows us the truth and not a romance story. Through this piece Aristophanes conveys the message that men are in some respect not as strong and dominant as they would lik...

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4. Short Story - Beautiful Eyes

Grace looked out at the glistening horizon stretched out in front of her. She couldn't help but smile at the unmistakable beauty. The water looked as if there were billions of sparkling diamonds floating peacefully on the water.  She turned her face upward toward the welcoming heat of the sun and let her mind go blank. She stretched out her tired arms and wiggled her painted toes in the hot, wet sand. She listened to the sound of the waves not far from where she stood now. As she began to walk toward the sea, she closed her eyes. Then everything shattered.  She remembered. It was just like w...

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5. Story of My Father

How to start a story that has no beginning or end? Here I am, alone in my room, even after all these years your image is not erased from my mind, your firm gaze and sometimes ... you were my father. Like many parents before mine, and many who do the same for their children after my passage through this world is over, my story is no different from any other story of a boy who grew up in a distant country in South America during a military dictatorship, and a father recently retired after a long and successful military career. My father, a tall ... that was my destiny, and no one can beat it....

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6. Short Story - The Most Dangerous Game

He hit the raging waters with a splash. His head went under, and he took a gulp of the salty water. He kicked his legs, and waved his arms frantically, trying to get above the water. He managed to get a single breath of air, before being pounded by a gigantic wave, and thrown back under. He swam with all of his strength, in an attempt to resist the forceful current. His limbs ached, and his eyes burned, but he pushed on. When he finally started to feel like he was too weak to keep fighting, the defying force let up. He floated to the surface, his head bursting out of the water, gasping for air...

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7. The Story of Marion Anderson

In the Beginning Marian Anderson, an African American, later known as the Lady From Philadelphia, was born on February 27, 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her mother, Anna Anderson, had three children, Marian, who was the oldest, Alyse, who was born in 1900, and Ethel May in 1902. Their father, John Anderson, died in 1912, when Marian was 15, leaving her mother to take care of three girls, and forcing her to work as a cleaning lady, where she was not treated very well by her boss, and had to scrub floors as if her life depended on it. When she was six, Marian played the violin for a short ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

8. Short Story - The Fish-A-Lot

"Get up! Were going to be late for church!" Sean's mother yelled. Sean slowly got up out of his bed and made his way towards his dresser. Every other step he took he stepped on some sort of toy or piece of garbage that had been in his room for weeks. He pulled out the yellow painted chipped drawer and started getting dressed. Immediately after, he remembered that he needed to count his money. He rushed over to his closer door. "Two, four, six, eight, nine, ten. Aw man! I need two more dollars until I can get my special Goldfish from Fish-A-Lot." Sean said. He trampled down the stairs to a...

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  • Grade Level: High School

9. Computer Animation

... no one ever thought of an animated movie created totally by computers. Nobody thought it could be done. Little did they know how fast technology was growing. Toy Story 2 was filmed totally on location - in cyberspace. Computers Coming of Age 1970's At the start of the 1970's, the idea of computer animation for ... into a classic buddy picture, and it pretty much stayed that way from then on. Disney then bought the concept, and Pixar went to work on Toy Story. Disney essentially make a commitment to the film before Pixar had all the software ready to do it with. For the playroom where th...

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  • Approx Pages: 15
  • Grade Level: High School

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