"Shit we rendered this scene with too shallow of a depth of field and only the spork is in focus" "It's okay. Just re-render the left half of the frame and mask them together. Nobody's gonna notice" Later... This video
Actually...the real magic is that no one would notice it. The brain would be processing the effect with the viewer not even realizing its impact. So yeah, that's the reason to "put in all this effort". ;)
@@jammygamer8961 You're right. An animated film doesn't have to look realistic, but that does not mean that realism hurts the film either. Toy Story 4 doesn't try to be photorealistic. The humans are still very stylized. I would call the style of Toy Story 4 "Reality, but better". ^^
Sugar2000galaxy We got so far with the design of Andy as well! After watching Toy Story 1 after seeing some of the scenes from Andy’s childhood in Toy Story 4 during the beginning, you can see an amazing difference between how realistic he looks and how much better he looks as well. In Toy Story 1, you can see how simplistic Andy looks in general without much hair, clothes, skin, eyes and lighting detail as well. Toy Story 4 has a lot more attention on the way he looks overall. Of course, the difference is all because of the 3D animation processes and such they use. They’ve come a long way since 25 years ago, so you can’t blame Toy Story 1 for not having as much attention to detail as some of the newer animations. Though, Toy Story 1 was probably by far the best animated film of its time back then. Anyways, kudos to the team and everyone who had their part in contributing to this film. I’m not so much for the story, but the visual design is amazing and wonderful.
CG is not sterile, but it's also not 2D. For better or worse CG has (and by that I mean: the trend is) to look more like a "live action movie" where fantastical things can happen while 2D can have more stylistic liberties.
@@felixrogers9569 Good point! Spiderverse definitely takes creative freedom in their all the animation, even adding 2D in some portions (wait a...). Spiderverse is an amazing CG film but sadly it's an exception, not the rule. But to that you may answer that toystory 4 is _also_ an exception with how much detail they put in, when most 3d films compare to Source film maker animations, and not professionally shot films. I guess I do have a personal bias in the subject, oh well.
yeah, I'm super biased toward 2D animation, I always prefer it, so much so I refuse to watch new Disney princess movies. If I do watch them, you can bet I'm gonna insult the animation at least oncr., But I gotta admit, the toy story animation looks absolutely beautiful, you can see how much effort they put into it and hating on that just feels mean.
Yes! Oh I remember being enchanted by those little moments as a kid. It made the characters and the world feel wonderfully real and way more tangible than any other animated character I’d seen before. It was magic.
@@jkl5901 it was deleted cuz it was spam. He was plugging some shitty "funny" vine compilation that was just the worst. Said something like "this should make your day" with a link
I haven't really watched any movies in 4 years, other than drawn animation movies. CGI has gotten really powerful, I'm almost shocked how good and realistic some of these scenes look.
From an engineering standpoint, that fair ground is astounding. They literally created a fully functional, fully detailed, fully living fair ground down to every motor in every ride, every blade of grass on the field and down to every single person seen or unseen in the entire area. Or, to put it another way, THEY LITERALLY MADE A REALITY! I cannot WAIT for VR movies. Where it has the story going on, but you can look around too.
The map was done with 100% detail fidelity, but I don't think they had the entire 'npcs' so to speak animated all the time, only where we can see them.
@@choo_choo_ He's an engineering student, I'm pretty sure he understands. Along with the fact, 3D is just giving depth and details to the drawings or well... frames. He's mentioning about how realistic each animation is getting every time. With how it's being developed, it makes it seem like it's a whole new world or a reality.
@@albamariarodrigues5876 Hold onto that passion.Who knows? Maybe you could animate your own professional movie some day. End up as successful as anyone from classroom A113.
Tbh I couldn't even focus on the story when I watched this movie because I was so overwhelmed by the graphics and how realistic everything is. And now knowing this, it just made me appreciate the movie even more
Pixar Artists: Hey we're using Computer Generated Images, we're not restricted by real life physics, we can do anything! Patrick Lin: Nah, let's just copy camera lenses from real life.
Everything in the 3D space is based off of real life. Even when you're doing things like combining two different animals into one, it still needs to be realistic. The idea that CG animated movies don't use reality is a misunderstanding.
If I had a criticism of Nerdwriter it'd be that he is too concise. That Helm's Deep video barely scratched the surface. Why make it if you're not going to do it properly?
"It's not something make you notice, but make you..feel" Ah so that's why this film has feelings that i can't describe, this is one of the factor. Unsubtle but effective
@@bellabyers2929 Its realistic. Someone else won't have the same connection you did with a toy you once had, especially not a young child who is already fickle enough with their attachment and hasn't lived long enough to even understand being sentimental.
I love how on the Toy Story movies, they use cameras at the size and proportion of the toys. But when they are filming humans handling toys, they use "normal" sized cameras and suddenly the toy characters just become plastic toys.
Every studio and almost every movie does this, Stellvia. Has nothing to do with hookers and blow and who has that in their budget. Some of the all time great films have that in their budget and still had different lenses. To the OP, actually, very few movies stick to only one lens. A recent example would be Call Me By Your Name, which used a 35MM lens for its entirety.
0:20 “notice anything weird about it?” Me: well there’s a talking doll checking herself out,and a talking and moving spork with popsickle legs, weird bendi things as arms and googly eyes. So no, I don’t see anything weird with that. 😂😂😂
The quality of animation and the progress made from Toy Story 1 to 4 is outstanding. Pixar always had great stories but they have seriously upped their animation in recent years. Soul's R&B atmosphere of New York City is also spectacular as hell.
Being a Layout Artist in charge of the cg camera for feature animated films, I want to say thank you for such a brilliant video about and complimenting our line of work!
As an aspiring cartoonist, layout animation is basically the same thing as cinematography in live action film except animation can do what live-action couldn't. So layout artists are responsible for camera angles, paths, lighting, character pose, and shading. For short films, the layout was responsible by the directors.
I'm a videographer and photographer and I never even would have thought of something like this,but as soon as I saw it in action I was blown away. This is the coolest thing ever.
I've had a theory that part of the reason people reject 3D animation as if they're cartoons is partially because we've grown with 2D cartoons all our lives. For example: If someone wants to make 3D characters for a Japanese Anime look like their 2D hand drawn version, everything from lighting, line weight, and even timing/smoothness needs to be adjusted. So even though you can 3D animate a character with sweeping sleek 60/120 fps, it'll "look" wrong because it's almost "too perfect." So reverting to 24 fps and classic 2D animation techniques becomes important to create the illusion. Did you know many of Naruto's animations are done with 3D characters? They've just gotten so darn good at hiding/convincing you it's still 2D.
@@donaldsterling1631 Aren't they doing that already? I mean, not the big movies (not 100% sure though), but like people working with cinematography do it all the time. Obviously not to the entire movie, but to certain parts. Usually the backstory, flashbacks, narration of a story (although most of the time that uses flat lineless animation or the like), or the ending.
Totally! It probably had such bad recommendations because of using the words “real” and “fake” in the same sentence, plus the addition of “toy”, “story” and “camera” all of which don’t really make a lot of sense together for a computer.
This video not only expresses how great cinematography can be insightful storytelling but casually informs people of the technical decisions in filmmaking. Furthermore, I enjoyed the elegant details in your editing, if it's either masking the right side of the split diopter shot, to playoff "Forky's" dialogue as part of a joke or the simple cut to the cat with beautifully shaped specular highlights flowing down its body as you bring up the cinematographers use of light. I enjoyed the experience, such a well-crafted video.
The first Pixar movie I had seen was "A Bug's Life" when I was a child. Pixar has come a long way since then. So have I. So have you. Good job everyone.
Cinematography in Animation has change vastly, to the point when an image just looks like a real camera shot. Whether it’s 3D Animation or 2D, it gives me chills whenever it’s done.
ok that video was one of the most satisfying I have ever watched, your voice, the actual tech/animation nuances, and the realization that TOY STORY could have detailed “photography” and “videography”. wow
It really is how absolutely stunning Toy Story 4 is. Both the rainy and the night carnival scenes made me stop in wonderment at how the details were handled. Glad you did this video.
You're the only channel I know who considers every technique in film to create a cohesive and relevant work, even down to the aspect ratio! You are amazing!
Pixar interviewer: how many skills do you have? Candidate: graduation in physics, animation, cinematography, psychology, philosophy, acting, general knowledge, history, poetry, .......... Interviewer: That's it? Sorry we can't hire you, you must be more talented!
Yeah, he really should have mentioned Wall-E. They even had Roger Deakins come on board to help translate physical camera and lens characteristics into animation.
Every once in a while I come back to this video just cause I remember what a split diopter shot is, and then I forget how amazingly crafted this video is. The graphics, the editing, the transitions, etc, just amazing.
Dude, these videos are not only beautiful and interesting, but so useful! I’m in the process of making an animated film that will be using rotoscoping, and I’ve pulled so many bits and pieces from these essays! Thanks!
Cartoons from my childhood: Characters in Technicolor is so innovative!! DP’s for Pixar: We’re gonna program the render for an Arri anamorphic lens to give a specific kind of bokeh. ...but only for one character. 🤯
Narrator: "...that's not possible with a single lens" Forky: "That's exactly what Woody says" Narrator: "He...he does!?" Gabby: "Interesting" Narrator: "What am I...I mean I'm talking to a..spork...." 🤣🤣😂
I'm SO glad you included All the President's Men in the montage of split diopter examples. While, I wasn't familiar with the tech (I always assumed the effect was achieved in post), I did key in on the several split focus shots during a recent re-viewing of ATPM
i just found this channel and omg this video was so captivating and stylish. I had no prior knowledge and interest in the subject yet you still did not fail to loose my focus. GREAT JOB!
I imagine that this was intended as an Easter-egg in this video, but I'm loving it as a little detail in the film: The shot of Beau and Woody hugging at the end of the film, after Woody has decided to embrace the same change Beau has, simulates the use of an anamorphic lens, rather than Woody's usual spherical lens
I think they simply wanted the left character stand out through shallow depth of field. This would, however, make the right character be blurry. That's why they rendered the whole thing a second time and combined the shots. This technique is actually less surprising than the older diopter technique. I didn't know that this existed.
So good, as always. Lens simulation is so important, because, except for the dioptic lens, this is how the human eyes see the world. The effect of this is that the movie is not perceived as being played on a screen, but in your mind. The dioptic lens then forces you to make a choice at what to look, involving you in the scene.
I hated the story and characters, it felt like a spinoff woody movie. But god it was so pretty to look at. But who needs a story when you have B O K E H
This video really taught me a lot about photography, I use to think "how hard is it to just get a simple picture of an object?". But now I see the importance of lens and how different lens can reflect different feelings.
2:52 even if you don’t feel it, all the small details add up to something convincing. It’s amazing how much an overall picture owes to seemingly insignificant details.
I was so blown away by every frame in this film. When I was in the theater, my mouth was legit on the floor at the detail. And so was everyone else in the theater's. I kinda figured they based it off of real lenses. Makes sense.
I can't even look at a few shots from top story 4 without getting emotional. Those ending scenes from 3 and 4 just pop on my mind and almost bring me to tears every time.
watching toy story 4 for the first time was an experience. constantly i was blown away by the amount of detail in each frame, and how effortless everything looked. this video really shows just how talented these pixar animators are.
I'm taking 3d animation as of nowand classes are about to start next week. This fills my heart so much, and i expect to struggle like any other university student.
if i remember correctly there is moment like that in toy story 1 or 2. Woody look at the "camera" for comedy effect but i don't remember what the scene was about
Gosh, I just...never actually realised the amount of effort in detail put into these movies... I’d known that so many people in so many different departments contribute to production, but never truly realised what that meant. This was very enlightening to watch.
While I am one who usually champions the drawn-and-animated over live-action, I must say this extrapolation of analogue lens technology from the realm of live-action into drawing-animation is completely mind-blowing; what a synthesis and thanks for illuminating me to it!!🙏
5:05 “Gabby Gabby is trying to manipulate Forky into giving her information, the split diopter broadcasts that there’s something bogus about her sweetness.” Sure Gabby Gabby was mostly interrogating Forky throughout his kidnapping with her, but I don’t necessarily think her sweetness was at all artificial. She’s a gray character, a character between the range of black and white, good and evil. She’s a dimensional character with desires and a backstory. She was simply a nice character, but had desires that pinned her as the story’s antagonist. So if anything, I think the split diopter was simply to decrease the amount of cuts in the scene, and to show a sense of dominance between the two chracters. Gabby being the kidnapper, and Forky being the powerless hostage. He even trips on his own feet which sort of illustrates that he can’t escape on his own.
I also found it interesting that they also keep the mirror trick of the reflection facing the camera. Also keeping what we're used to in traditional film.
“Do you really think we need to put in all this effort into a split diopter scene? I mean no body would notice it.”
“One person will notice it.”
They’re not trying to make people notice it. They’re just trying to affect you subconciously as a viewer.
"Shit we rendered this scene with too shallow of a depth of field and only the spork is in focus"
"It's okay. Just re-render the left half of the frame and mask them together. Nobody's gonna notice"
Later... This video
There actually isn't that much effort needed for one of these shots, I hope we see it more in the future!
Actually...the real magic is that no one would notice it. The brain would be processing the effect with the viewer not even realizing its impact. So yeah, that's the reason to "put in all this effort". ;)
Omg I was the 1k like
*Incredibles 2:* Look at these arm hairs. You can't get more realistic than that!
*Toy Story 4:* Hold my virtual camera lens...
When it comes to animated movies I dont walk in expecting tons of realism as animation is not meant to reflect real life but tell a story
@@jammygamer8961 and have a beautiful animation
@@jammygamer8961 You're right. An animated film doesn't have to look realistic, but that does not mean that realism hurts the film either. Toy Story 4 doesn't try to be photorealistic. The humans are still very stylized. I would call the style of Toy Story 4 "Reality, but better". ^^
Stealing this comment
*Toy Story 4:* _no wait you’re holding it wrong, you’re gonna smudge it_
“I just love that this is my job”
We love that it’s yours too!
1k likes, 0 replies. Wow.
Yep
@@nikkoXmercado You should've said "FIRST!" like every early commenter. ;)
I read your comment as the same time he said it 😱
@@timfa4566 IT WAS MEANT TO BE!!!
4:00 I can’t get over how realistic that cat looks, when I saw the movie at first I thought they recorded a real life cat!
That's pixart , they are pros .
same here. the cat, and the difference between Bo's sheen and Woody's plastic had me floored
Man, we got so far from the dog in the first toy story.
Sugar2000galaxy We got so far with the design of Andy as well! After watching Toy Story 1 after seeing some of the scenes from Andy’s childhood in Toy Story 4 during the beginning, you can see an amazing difference between how realistic he looks and how much better he looks as well.
In Toy Story 1, you can see how simplistic Andy looks in general without much hair, clothes, skin, eyes and lighting detail as well. Toy Story 4 has a lot more attention on the way he looks overall.
Of course, the difference is all because of the 3D animation processes and such they use. They’ve come a long way since 25 years ago, so you can’t blame Toy Story 1 for not having as much attention to detail as some of the newer animations. Though, Toy Story 1 was probably by far the best animated film of its time back then.
Anyways, kudos to the team and everyone who had their part in contributing to this film. I’m not so much for the story, but the visual design is amazing and wonderful.
Wait.. that cat is not real?!
"God I hate CG it's so sterile and fake, its nowhere near as detailed as 2D animation."
Pixar- hold my dioptor shot
CG is not sterile, but it's also not 2D. For better or worse CG has (and by that I mean: the trend is) to look more like a "live action movie" where fantastical things can happen while 2D can have more stylistic liberties.
J. Az. Woods I’d like to bring up into the spiderverse as a counterpoint
@@felixrogers9569 Good point! Spiderverse definitely takes creative freedom in their all the animation, even adding 2D in some portions (wait a...). Spiderverse is an amazing CG film but sadly it's an exception, not the rule.
But to that you may answer that toystory 4 is _also_ an exception with how much detail they put in, when most 3d films compare to Source film maker animations, and not professionally shot films.
I guess I do have a personal bias in the subject, oh well.
yeah, I'm super biased toward 2D animation, I always prefer it, so much so I refuse to watch new Disney princess movies. If I do watch them, you can bet I'm gonna insult the animation at least oncr., But I gotta admit, the toy story animation looks absolutely beautiful, you can see how much effort they put into it and hating on that just feels mean.
Klaus : hold my pencil .paper and crayon
This goes back to the bloopers of “a bugs life”
Where a grasshopper hits the camera and breaks it
Yes! Oh I remember being enchanted by those little moments as a kid. It made the characters and the world feel wonderfully real and way more tangible than any other animated character I’d seen before. It was magic.
@UCCfeb9-7lOJZ755y9eo51qw That was just outright untrue.
Eddition what? I think the comment was deleted
@@jkl5901 it was deleted cuz it was spam. He was plugging some shitty "funny" vine compilation that was just the worst. Said something like "this should make your day" with a link
@@livelongpartyharder yeah you can't do that.
"Come down to Pixar and get some real fake lenses!"
Real fake doors that’s real fake doors🤧
Exactly what came to my mind when I first read it
None of them focus! Not this one, not this one!
And I’m still here and I’m still selling fake lense🔥
A Plinkett and Rick And Morty reference side by side, Nerdwriter1 really does foster the best community.
Since when did animation got so calming and aesthetically beautiful
Neko014 It has always been
The Lego Movie
I don't know, but this movie is technically perfect
I haven't really watched any movies in 4 years, other than drawn animation movies. CGI has gotten really powerful, I'm almost shocked how good and realistic some of these scenes look.
And people say CGI takes the heart out of animation.
Basically, Toy story 4 is the most detailed animated movie of 2019 and most probably the whole decade
And yet is still the worst film of the lot
@@samhitchcock7237 have you seen Sherlock gnomes
@@eliweiss751 last time I checked that wasnt part of the toy story trilogy
@@samhitchcock7237 I thought you meant of every animated film coming out in the last decade, sorry
@@eliweiss751 sorry I didnt mean to be aggy, youtube is so toxic 🤣
From an engineering standpoint, that fair ground is astounding. They literally created a fully functional, fully detailed, fully living fair ground down to every motor in every ride, every blade of grass on the field and down to every single person seen or unseen in the entire area. Or, to put it another way, THEY LITERALLY MADE A REALITY! I cannot WAIT for VR movies. Where it has the story going on, but you can look around too.
No they didn't. You have no idea how 3d actually works do you?
The map was done with 100% detail fidelity, but I don't think they had the entire 'npcs' so to speak animated all the time, only where we can see them.
@@choo_choo_ He's an engineering student, I'm pretty sure he understands. Along with the fact, 3D is just giving depth and details to the drawings or well... frames. He's mentioning about how realistic each animation is getting every time. With how it's being developed, it makes it seem like it's a whole new world or a reality.
@@albamariarodrigues5876 Hold onto that passion.Who knows? Maybe you could animate your own professional movie some day. End up as successful as anyone from classroom A113.
@@albamariarodrigues5876 aaayyyyy bro, I'm a student interested in animation as well! Though I'm not in high school yet.
As Plinkett would say “You didn’t notice, but your brain did”
Plinkett's worshiper is everywhere!!!!!
Hail Plinkett!
So true in this case!
Loool I literally finished off the quote in the video with plinkett's
E1025 what video exactly?
"real fake cameras"
These are confusing times.
This comment gave me a natural high.
Would've been grammatically correct if the title said "Realistic" instead of real.
I guess real fake doors are coming next.
What a beautiful Oxi-Moron
it`s a big brain time!!
Tbh I couldn't even focus on the story when I watched this movie because I was so overwhelmed by the graphics and how realistic everything is. And now knowing this, it just made me appreciate the movie even more
Pixar should remaster toy story 1
mae-be not an artist Same!
Jup, same here.
The first outside scene i was like: "wtf is this real oder animated?:o "
My gods, they used different lenses to define the characters’ viewpoints and personalities WITHIN the same scenes!!!
Now, if only Disney had let Pixar direct The Lion King...
Don't say that?
Pixar Artists: Hey we're using Computer Generated Images, we're not restricted by real life physics, we can do anything!
Patrick Lin: Nah, let's just copy camera lenses from real life.
You act as if its a bad thing
ЩΉIƬΣ ƧПΛKΣ it really isn’t bad at all, actually it’s really impressive that this man does “realistic” camera work.
so why don`t take all that is good from real life to digital? Don`t underestimate the power of real camera experience
It will be nice will disney says "we aren't bound by cameras so let's see what we CAN do"
Everything in the 3D space is based off of real life. Even when you're doing things like combining two different animals into one, it still needs to be realistic. The idea that CG animated movies don't use reality is a misunderstanding.
Or the toys are alive and they actually recorded them
Nah
@@scottkelyon4860 What
Paid actors
@@Met_August What What
@@scottkelyon4860 What What What
I just noticed that this video is 6 minutes. I cant express enough how much I appreciate and am amazed by your ability to remain rich yet concise!
If I had a criticism of Nerdwriter it'd be that he is too concise. That Helm's Deep video barely scratched the surface. Why make it if you're not going to do it properly?
Funny, my assessment is the opposite, this was 5:59 too long
777 likes
Just like Tom Scott
@@chicanohek what?
lmao thought he was gonna say they animated the reflection of a camera in the character's eyes
This is just ray tracing, all animated movies have, even the old ones
@@iBocks_ That's not true. The early Pixar movies, as a general rule, did not use raytracing
One Girl me too
same but for the mirror
One Girl saaaameee!! I even rewinded to catch it before he actually says. 😂
I thought this was gonna be about her eyes having a reflection of a camera lol
Same!
Right. I was looking for reflections the first shot of this video.
haha i thought the same! but it turned out more than what i could imagined
"It's not something make you notice, but make you..feel"
Ah so that's why this film has feelings that i can't describe, this is one of the factor. Unsubtle but effective
Even in this digital age, it's nice to see artist's go back to basics.
yes
Yes
yES
@@vlusky_husky yes indeed
Yes
When you do something well, people won't realize you did anything at all.
I think you meant when you do something right.
Design is like this too. It's a shame that because of this rule, the people working in that industry are taken that much more for granted.
but you can see that it's good you may not know why exactly but the image looks good
Is this why nobody's noticed the string of mutilated corpses I've been leaving for the past few months now?
Futurama, A Pharaoh to remember?
*Clicks on one video related to Toy Story*
TH-cam algorithm: Hi widdle guy, do you want to watch 17 hours of nursery rhymes while you wait for mommy?
Oh good. I thought that was just me. What the hell, TH-cam recommendations?
You might even say that it may have gone too far in a few places?
Yeah makes you wish you could block certan channels from being recommended
@@Sket6984 Even if you could, Children's Channels are like a hydra. Block one, and 78 more will take its place
How
Everyone: "Animation is just animating things"
Pixar: "Hold my RenderMan"
Pixar > Disney
Ye
Cant wait for the RenderDragon engine
dang this movie looks like the real world with animated characters in it
Andy: "Where's Woody?"
Bonnie: *G O O D Q U E S T I O N*
It was so sad, she didn’t even realise he was gone...
I was like: how can you do this with my lifelong favourite toy!
Damn you bonnie!!!
Doo bee doo bee doo ba
@@bellabyers2929 Its realistic. Someone else won't have the same connection you did with a toy you once had, especially not a young child who is already fickle enough with their attachment and hasn't lived long enough to even understand being sentimental.
I love how on the Toy Story movies, they use cameras at the size and proportion of the toys. But when they are filming humans handling toys, they use "normal" sized cameras and suddenly the toy characters just become plastic toys.
id never considered using different lenses to portray different character's personalities before!
Every studio and almost every movie does this, Stellvia. Has nothing to do with hookers and blow and who has that in their budget. Some of the all time great films have that in their budget and still had different lenses.
To the OP, actually, very few movies stick to only one lens. A recent example would be Call Me By Your Name, which used a 35MM lens for its entirety.
0:20 “notice anything weird about it?”
Me: well there’s a talking doll checking herself out,and a talking and moving spork with popsickle legs, weird bendi things as arms and googly eyes. So no, I don’t see anything weird with that.
😂😂😂
The quality of animation and the progress made from Toy Story 1 to 4 is outstanding. Pixar always had great stories but they have seriously upped their animation in recent years. Soul's R&B atmosphere of New York City is also spectacular as hell.
1:17 "Why am I talking to a Spork?" 😂
_-Nerdwriter_
This is probably the first video I've seen about cinematography that actually made me gasp.
Being a Layout Artist in charge of the cg camera for feature animated films, I want to say thank you for such a brilliant video about and complimenting our line of work!
As an aspiring cartoonist, layout animation is basically the same thing as cinematography in live action film except animation can do what live-action couldn't. So layout artists are responsible for camera angles, paths, lighting, character pose, and shading. For short films, the layout was responsible by the directors.
What an awesome job you have!
Cool works!
I'm a videographer and photographer and I never even would have thought of something like this,but as soon as I saw it in action I was blown away. This is the coolest thing ever.
I've had a theory that part of the reason people reject 3D animation as if they're cartoons is partially because we've grown with 2D cartoons all our lives. For example: If someone wants to make 3D characters for a Japanese Anime look like their 2D hand drawn version, everything from lighting, line weight, and even timing/smoothness needs to be adjusted. So even though you can 3D animate a character with sweeping sleek 60/120 fps, it'll "look" wrong because it's almost "too perfect." So reverting to 24 fps and classic 2D animation techniques becomes important to create the illusion. Did you know many of Naruto's animations are done with 3D characters? They've just gotten so darn good at hiding/convincing you it's still 2D.
Toy Story 4 is my favorite movie of this year hands down! That ending was intensely emotional and knowing this even makes me appreciate it even more
I have no idea what he’s talking about. But yes
*money, Pixar, talented people*
I like ur pfp lol
Lmao I thought I was the only one who didn't get what he was saying 😂😂 good thing not only me
And Squarespace. Don't forget the most important one
Alex Lee I feel ashamed that I know every word he's talking about ...
@@TheRockK95 do u? tho hmmm
This was a fascinating look at this concept. I like how in "digital perfection" it is forcing imperfections into it that things become more...real.
I can't wait for films to drop HD and intentionally add static and grain on purpose
@@donaldsterling1631 Aren't they doing that already? I mean, not the big movies (not 100% sure though), but like people working with cinematography do it all the time. Obviously not to the entire movie, but to certain parts. Usually the backstory, flashbacks, narration of a story (although most of the time that uses flat lineless animation or the like), or the ending.
0:55 I loved that "How do you know" moment
Just one reason why I love your videos!!
There's a split diopter shot in "Us" when the leading character meets her clone as an adult. Really cool
This made me buy the filter haha
Steven Van oh hi Steve
@@jadendoyle2287 hi
VFX Viper ...
Hahaha same here
I just like how much detail the team of Toy Story put into this movie, this makes me so happy.
*Lotso:* _WE'RE ALL JUST TRASH WAITING TO BE THROWN AWAY! THAT'S ALL TOY IS!!!_
*Forky:* Am I a joke to you?
yawwwwwn
The recommended videos on this are so creepy.
I just realize that
And it creeps me out a lot
Welcome to TH-cam reccommendations. This is why I stay to gaming vids
Totally! It probably had such bad recommendations because of using the words “real” and “fake” in the same sentence, plus the addition of “toy”, “story” and “camera” all of which don’t really make a lot of sense together for a computer.
All of them are nursery rhymes and cartoons for 2 year olds lol
Where's the button for "I don't want this shit on my feed EVER"?
Surfs up did some of this too in the 2000’s
Cameron true, there was a lot of shaky cam in that movie to make it feel more like a documentary to the audience.
what a beautiful movie
twas actually recorded by a real guy, the viewfinder was VR
This is really fascinating, had no idea they used fake camera lenses like that.
I noticed this while I was watching the movie. I was like “hey they animated it so that it looks like a camera took it”
“Come on down to real fake cameras,
Not that one?
Nope, not that one either”
appoNo1 thank you
Toy Story 4 was a gift, we should not take it for granted.
This video not only expresses how great cinematography can be insightful storytelling but casually informs people of the technical decisions in filmmaking. Furthermore, I enjoyed the elegant details in your editing, if it's either masking the right side of the split diopter shot, to playoff "Forky's" dialogue as part of a joke or the simple cut to the cat with beautifully shaped specular highlights flowing down its body as you bring up the cinematographers use of light. I enjoyed the experience, such a well-crafted video.
Dude, you had me. I didn't even THINK about the fact you're talking about a CARTOON until you said it out loud!
The first Pixar movie I had seen was "A Bug's Life" when I was a child.
Pixar has come a long way since then. So have I. So have you.
Good job everyone.
truelightseeker thank you
Aww gee thanks
:3
This comment puts a smile on my face
Just because I clicked on this vdieo, TH-cam thinks I would like to watch a bunch of bootleg children videos.
Same. Weird
enzmondo sure, that's why
oh god, same. Please only be on this video :|
Same here
Yea, its creepy
Cinematography in Animation has change vastly, to the point when an image just looks like a real camera shot. Whether it’s 3D Animation or 2D, it gives me chills whenever it’s done.
ok that video was one of the most satisfying I have ever watched, your voice, the actual tech/animation nuances, and the realization that TOY STORY could have detailed “photography” and “videography”. wow
It really is how absolutely stunning Toy Story 4 is. Both the rainy and the night carnival scenes made me stop in wonderment at how the details were handled. Glad you did this video.
It's crazy how realistic these animations have become, the textures, materials, light etc blows my mind
Woody says the same thing.
He does?
I laughed stupidly at this.
You're the only channel I know who considers every technique in film to create a cohesive and relevant work, even down to the aspect ratio! You are amazing!
That's stupid.
Got em
11I1I11I No u
Pixar interviewer: how many skills do you have?
Candidate: graduation in physics, animation, cinematography, psychology, philosophy, acting, general knowledge, history, poetry, ..........
Interviewer: That's it? Sorry we can't hire you, you must be more talented!
Love the detail of Sporky saying "how do you know?" As a segway.
I remember being pleasantly surprised when spotting recreated lens focus-breathing in a "shot" in the movie Wall-E. That was neat, too.
Yeah, he really should have mentioned Wall-E. They even had Roger Deakins come on board to help translate physical camera and lens characteristics into animation.
I was going to say that, too. This isn't new to Toy Story 4. The bonus DVD in my Wall-E box talks about this specifically.
I have tears in my eyes just for seeing again a few of those scenes.. Super fascinating video, thank you! :)
Fun Fact: A Bug’s Life was Pixar’s First film that was shot in widescreen.
Every once in a while I come back to this video just cause I remember what a split diopter shot is, and then I forget how amazingly crafted this video is. The graphics, the editing, the transitions, etc, just amazing.
Dude, these videos are not only beautiful and interesting, but so useful! I’m in the process of making an animated film that will be using rotoscoping, and I’ve pulled so many bits and pieces from these essays! Thanks!
Cartoons from my childhood: Characters in Technicolor is so innovative!!
DP’s for Pixar: We’re gonna program the render for an Arri anamorphic lens to give a specific kind of bokeh. ...but only for one character.
🤯
Michael J Long we’ve come so far
Narrator: "...that's not possible with a single lens"
Forky: "That's exactly what Woody says"
Narrator: "He...he does!?"
Gabby: "Interesting"
Narrator: "What am I...I mean I'm talking to a..spork...."
🤣🤣😂
1:12
yes he did say that
his joke is lame. i mean the narrator, and this channel. i'm out.
Greys Curious about why you disliked it so much? I thought it was pretty funny haha. Genuine question
@@Tengzhichong the narrator is obviously not good at jokes, he's a more serious type i think, and the way he delivered it was pretty lame... sorry...
"You might not have noticed it but your brain did."
I'm SO glad you included All the President's Men in the montage of split diopter examples. While, I wasn't familiar with the tech (I always assumed the effect was achieved in post), I did key in on the several split focus shots during a recent re-viewing of ATPM
i just found this channel and omg this video was so captivating and stylish. I had no prior knowledge and interest in the subject yet you still did not fail to loose my focus. GREAT JOB!
I imagine that this was intended as an Easter-egg in this video, but I'm loving it as a little detail in the film:
The shot of Beau and Woody hugging at the end of the film, after Woody has decided to embrace the same change Beau has, simulates the use of an anamorphic lens, rather than Woody's usual spherical lens
This is one of the most gorgeous looking Pixar movies.
Thank you for rendering these 21:9 videos in 21:9 so they fit on my wide monitor without hitches!
I think they simply wanted the left character stand out through shallow depth of field. This would, however, make the right character be blurry. That's why they rendered the whole thing a second time and combined the shots. This technique is actually less surprising than the older diopter technique. I didn't know that this existed.
So good, as always. Lens simulation is so important, because, except for the dioptic lens, this is how the human eyes see the world. The effect of this is that the movie is not perceived as being played on a screen, but in your mind. The dioptic lens then forces you to make a choice at what to look, involving you in the scene.
This movie is just mindblowing in every aspect. There was a sequence that feels a bit rushed, but aside from that, everything else is perfect.
what sequence specifically?
I hated the story and characters, it felt like a spinoff woody movie. But god it was so pretty to look at. But who needs a story when you have B O K E H
@@paulgabel8261 When they were trying to get Forky with the duke, but maybe that is just me.
@@charlottesimss9853 Agree with you wholeheartedly
This made me appreciate the film more.
I now appreciate Toy Story 4 on an entirely new level thank you
This video really taught me a lot about photography, I use to think "how hard is it to just get a simple picture of an object?". But now I see the importance of lens and how different lens can reflect different feelings.
2:52 even if you don’t feel it, all the small details add up to something convincing. It’s amazing how much an overall picture owes to seemingly insignificant details.
Nerdwriter1: "You can not achieve this effect with a single Lens"
Theodor Scheimpflug: "Hold my Beer"
This video is honestly one of my favorite videos I've watched in 2019. Theres something so beautiful about it ❤
I was so blown away by every frame in this film. When I was in the theater, my mouth was legit on the floor at the detail. And so was everyone else in the theater's.
I kinda figured they based it off of real lenses. Makes sense.
This is the first video I've seen from this channel, but it just gave me even more appreciation for movies 👏
I can't even look at a few shots from top story 4 without getting emotional. Those ending scenes from 3 and 4 just pop on my mind and almost bring me to tears every time.
I already loved this movie so much, and yet, you made me love it even more!
"...they use an 'Animorphic Lense'."
Ah yes.. which of course, as we all know, is the lense you use when young adults turn into animals. ;)
LOL
@@JL0017 I hope it's Ana de Armas
this is fascinating... this movie is just so gorgeous to look at
Never needed to know this, but when someone in 20years quizzes me on the camera work for Toy Story 4, you bet I’m acing it!
watching toy story 4 for the first time was an experience. constantly i was blown away by the amount of detail in each frame, and how effortless everything looked. this video really shows just how talented these pixar animators are.
00:57 i just died laughing, love that editing
I'm taking 3d animation as of nowand classes are about to start next week. This fills my heart so much, and i expect to struggle like any other university student.
Did anyone else think this was going to be moments like in the office where a character looks at the camera
if i remember correctly there is moment like that in toy story 1 or 2. Woody look at the "camera" for comedy effect but i don't remember what the scene was about
Do you mean interviews (like in the office) or fourth wall breaks like in House Of Cards?
jeyemGFX More like whenever Jim looks at the camera.
Emilia Eltawey or pam lol
andrea francescon
There was a fourth wall break in Toy Story 1 or 2? That’s depressing.
Gosh, I just...never actually realised the amount of effort in detail put into these movies... I’d known that so many people in so many different departments contribute to production, but never truly realised what that meant. This was very enlightening to watch.
While I am one who usually champions the drawn-and-animated over live-action, I must say this extrapolation of analogue lens technology from the realm of live-action into drawing-animation is completely mind-blowing; what a synthesis and thanks for illuminating me to it!!🙏
5:05 “Gabby Gabby is trying to manipulate Forky into giving her information, the split diopter broadcasts that there’s something bogus about her sweetness.”
Sure Gabby Gabby was mostly interrogating Forky throughout his kidnapping with her, but I don’t necessarily think her sweetness was at all artificial. She’s a gray character, a character between the range of black and white, good and evil. She’s a dimensional character with desires and a backstory. She was simply a nice character, but had desires that pinned her as the story’s antagonist. So if anything, I think the split diopter was simply to decrease the amount of cuts in the scene, and to show a sense of dominance between the two chracters. Gabby being the kidnapper, and Forky being the powerless hostage. He even trips on his own feet which sort of illustrates that he can’t escape on his own.
I love the camera stuff. That “virtual reality” camera rig is sweet.
I also found it interesting that they also keep the mirror trick of the reflection facing the camera. Also keeping what we're used to in traditional film.
Love all your videos. They make me notice all the details I missed. And that makes it even better to watch these movies/arts.
What a gorgeous film. I cried just thinking about it. Every detail is so well done, the story is enchanting.