Inside The Magic of Disney Animation at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Guests may enjoy a number of experiences that demonstrate how animated films are brought to life. Drawn to Animation explains character creation and development. Animation Academy gives you a chance to draw a favorite character, and interactive stations allow you to step into the role of Ink & Paint Artist or Voice Actor.
Disney Animation also includes a series of ever-changing exhibits that provide a window into the artistic and story development of the latest animated film. Currently, they feature art from Toy Story 3.
Just outside the Drawn to Animation theater, the Production Gallery is filled with artwork from all three Toy Story films, including early designs for the characters that would become Buzz Lightyear and Woody Pride. Reviewing art from the first two films was important in the creation of the third, for while Pixar's technological prowess and artistic style have become more sophisticated over the years, Toy Story 3 still had to look like it took place in the same animated world created in the original films back in the 90s.
The other side of this exhibit shows some of the artistic development that went into Toy Story 3. In this new adventure, Andy has outgrown his childhood toys and is preparing to head off for college. A lot of work went into creating the right look for an 18-year-old Andy, so he would feel like the same character we knew before. Of course, this was also helped along by the casting of John Morris, the same actor who provided the voice of Andy in the first two films.
Buzz, Woody and the gang find themselves at Sunnyside Daycare, in the company of a host of other toys. In the Production Gallery we can see some of those designs, too, including early concepts for Lotso that rendered him more like a Care Bear. You'll see that the pre-production work on the film even went so far as to detail the specific layout of every room and playground at the daycare center.
Down the hall from the Production Gallery is the Story Room, where a film's Directors, Writers and Story Artists work out all the scenes and individual beats of the story using storyboards, before the time-consuming process of real animation is started.
The Story Room exhibit includes the storyboards from the sequence early in Toy Story 3, when Andy is trying to decide what to do with all his old toys. The white board on the wall reminds everyone of the schedule for Dailies, regular screenings of the previous day's work after which notes can be given and adjustments made. It also looks like there's a story review with John L. on Monday (that would be John Lasseter, of course, Director of the first two Toy Story films and Creative Director for Disney and Pixar Animation Studios).
The room is packed with inspiration for the story team. Everything is here, from conceptual artwork to toys of the characters, and the oversize blocks not-so-subtly spell out the span of the Toy Story saga from 1995 (the release of the first Toy Story) to 2010 (the debut of Toy Story 3).
Very cool, do they do workshops for the animation? or storyboarding?
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