Blog # 5

"When Danger calls, help is just one Super away!"

For any of you that have seen the movie, The Incredibles, I feel as if you would have to agree it was a great movie. The images, story, everything was awesome. You felt like you were seeing real people with real problems, yet it was a cartoon! The technology and work that went into making this movie is defintely seen by the final production.

The characters in the movie are entirely human, which is a first for Pixar. The writer-director, Brad Bird had an idea of a cast that did not look plastic or realistic, he wanted his characters directly out of the comic book, yet still looking like people. His technical team accomplished this by creating a program that used light and organic translucent skin that made the characters subtly glow from within (www.pixar.com) The model used for the background characters was named universal man, becuase he was used for everything. He was able to be morphed into children, adults, or senior citizens male or female. Two bigger characters that started out as Universal men were Dash's principle and the Underminer.

Bird was inspired to do this film but his own family, who are not quite superheros but showed some qualities. Bird was faced with being a good parent, especially after the birth of his second son, and being the successful director he wanted to be. The same problem that Mr.Parr faces as being a good parents and a superhero. The houses in the movie are inspired by the 1960's type house. The music is also from the 60's, specifically similar to James Bond.

Although the houses were similar to the 1960s the "bad" guys Mr. Incredible were fighting had out of this world hide outs. The images were outstanding and looked very futuristic. Its amazing how he can bring together so many different ideas from different generations. The concept art which is used to show these were mainly done by Lou Romano, Glenn Kim, and Geefwee Boedoe.

For Pixar the Incredibles did very well. Not only did the movie get good reviews but also did well in the box office. The film won an academy award for best animation, after its 2004 release, and best sound editting. This movie is Pixars second highest grossing movie within the worldwide with $629 million.