Computer Rendering

Computer generated imagery (CGI) was first used in the 1970’s with films such as Star Wars and Alien.

However, it didn’t catch on in Hollywood until the 1993 film Jurassic Park was released, with its fully integrated CGI dinosaurs. The following year, the makers of Forest Gump used CGI to simulate limb removal.  From there, CGI in film and television has become mainstream.

In 1995, the animated film industry was revolutionised when Toy Story, the first fully computer-generated film, was released.   Before Toy Story, cartoons had been drawn frame-by-frame by hand. For example, the first full length Disney feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, took approximately three to four years to design, draw, and produce.

Toy Story, on the other hand, took about a ten years from conception to release, and Pixar’s animation studios had 294 processors rendering away 24 hours a day to produce the film.

Article by Caroline Jones

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