Disney
Warner Bros. Animation
Dreamworks
Aardman
Pixar
All these animation companies have produced fully animated CGI films. Pixar have made all their movies using CGI, whilst Disney, and Warner Bros. started with traditional forms of 2D animation before making the step to CGI. Dreamworks started with CGI, made a few 2D animated films, but then returned to CGI for their movies. Aardman was owned by Dreamworks, who encouraged them to make the move to CGI animation. The companies teamed togethor to created Flushed Away, which recieved mixed reviews in terms of it's animation. Aardman left Dreamworks and moved to Sony, where they made Arthur Christmas, another CGI film. Whilst Arthur Christmas recieved positive reviews, many weren't sure of the art style or animation. Aardman returned to their original claymation style, which they had continued to use for their short films.
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All these animation companies have used 2D digital animation. Disney used it on films such as The Princess and the Frog and for their award winning short film Paperman. Dreamworks has used 2D digital animation for films like Sinbad and Pixar have used it for projects such as Day and Night. Aardman have used 2D digital animation for the creation of their ident and the opening sequence for Creature Comforts. Warner Bros. still use 2D digital animation for the creation of most of their cartoons and relied on it for the creation of their film The Iron Giant.
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Only Disney and Warner Bros. have used traditional 2D hand-drawn animation, which they used on their initial projects. However, neither company uses this form of animation today as many mainstream companies believe it has become outdated and, due to the cost and man-hours this form of animation requires, many animators avoid this challenging form of animation. Another factor of why it isn't so frequently used is also that you can include more realistic detail in a CGI image as apposed to an animated drawing. Disney and Warner Bros. are also the only companies listed that have crossed live action with animation, although it should be mentioned that Aardman's Creature Comforts did use real, unscripted sound recordings and created their animations based around those.
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Aardman has been the only one of these companies to use Claymation. Warner Bros. considered making a stop-motion movie using Lego figures, but resorted to the easier option of CGI, although they kept it in the same style by making character actions jerky. Some Disney films have used stop-motion animation and Claymation, but none were created or produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, as Disney is a conglomerate company, so they have other animation companies for other animation projects (e.g. Nightmare Before Christmas was a claymation movie created and produced by Touchstone Pictures, which is owned by Disney, but not part of Walt Disney Animation Studios). Although Pixar make all their films using CGI, they have said the Claymation has inspired them, especially pieces made by Aardman. For example, the designs for the seagulls in Finding Nemo were based on the penguin from The Wrong Trousers. DreamWorks never made any Claymation films, but they did own Aardman for many years and so helped to distribute their Claymation movies.
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All these animation companies have produced fully animated CGI films. Pixar have made all their movies using CGI, whilst Disney, and Warner Bros. started with traditional forms of 2D animation before making the step to CGI. Dreamworks started with CGI, made a few 2D animated films, but then returned to CGI for their movies. Aardman was owned by Dreamworks, who encouraged them to make the move to CGI animation. The companies teamed togethor to created Flushed Away, which recieved mixed reviews in terms of it's animation. Aardman left Dreamworks and moved to Sony, where they made Arthur Christmas, another CGI film. Whilst Arthur Christmas recieved positive reviews, many weren't sure of the art style or animation. Aardman returned to their original claymation style, which they had continued to use for their short films.
All these animation companies have used 2D digital animation. Disney used it on films such as The Princess and the Frog and for their award winning short film Paperman. Dreamworks has used 2D digital animation for films like Sinbad and Pixar have used it for projects such as Day and Night. Aardman have used 2D digital animation for the creation of their ident and the opening sequence for Creature Comforts. Warner Bros. still use 2D digital animation for the creation of most of their cartoons and relied on it for the creation of their film The Iron Giant.
Only Disney and Warner Bros. have used traditional 2D hand-drawn animation, which they used on their initial projects. However, neither company uses this form of animation today as many mainstream companies believe it has become outdated and, due to the cost and man-hours this form of animation requires, many animators avoid this challenging form of animation. Another factor of why it isn't so frequently used is also that you can include more realistic detail in a CGI image as apposed to an animated drawing. Disney and Warner Bros. are also the only companies listed that have crossed live action with animation, although it should be mentioned that Aardman's Creature Comforts did use real, unscripted sound recordings and created their animations based around those.
Aardman has been the only one of these companies to use Claymation. Warner Bros. considered making a stop-motion movie using Lego figures, but resorted to the easier option of CGI, although they kept it in the same style by making character actions jerky. Some Disney films have used stop-motion animation and Claymation, but none were created or produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, as Disney is a conglomerate company, so they have other animation companies for other animation projects (e.g. Nightmare Before Christmas was a claymation movie created and produced by Touchstone Pictures, which is owned by Disney, but not part of Walt Disney Animation Studios). Although Pixar make all their films using CGI, they have said the Claymation has inspired them, especially pieces made by Aardman. For example, the designs for the seagulls in Finding Nemo were based on the penguin from The Wrong Trousers. DreamWorks never made any Claymation films, but they did own Aardman for many years and so helped to distribute their Claymation movies.
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