Turns out the history of 3D rendering involves a lot of nerds doing a lot of math.
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Script, VO, 3D Animation by Cam
https://bsky.app/profile/camw.ing
(Twitter blows these days, I highly recommend Bluesky)
Compositing, visual effects, editing by Sam
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Indie Animation Showcase
Good Woods:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3E8xRLwOe8
Why Are Disney Remakes So Ugly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqFrOgMs4f0
COOL TIMES: GRAND TOUR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSQ4q50ipPg
vENDED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb_Lz8-XIdM
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Video B-roll sources:
EditDroid: Rise and Fall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t887NRtAw9o
Futureworld 3D animation sequence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfRAfsK5cvU
A Computer Animated Hand:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naGntYNTSQM
Utah Graphics in the Bay Area
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA0MExlEmLo
Toy Story - CGI making of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W_HL3nULMM
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Book passages were read from David Price's 'The Pixar Touch'
(Which you can find at your local library!)
Toy Story behind-the-scenes
https://www.wired.com/1995/12/toy-story/
https://beforesandafters.com/2019/11/06/some-of-your-favorite-cg-toy-story-characters-actually-began-as-clay-sculpts/
Catmull's research paper:
https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/45/2017/09/catmull-movies.pdf
Bloomberg's coverage of the Pixar Antitrust Case
https://web.archive.org/web/20151026082336/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-11-19/apple-google-no-poaching-evidence-triggers-more-lawsuits
US V Lucasfilm litigation
https://www.justice.gov/atr/case/us-v-lucasfilm-ltd
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0:00 - Intro
1:56 - Animation software through the decades
4:09 - Ed Catmull & the Graphics Group
7:08 - A Computer Animated Hand
10:05 - Analog rendering of a digital video
11:42 - Pixar was decades ahead of the game
14:07 - 3D modeling has never been easier
15:41 - I LOVE megacorporations I LOVE megacorporations I LO
18:25 - Outro