Toy Story · How Pixar Reinvented the Animated Feature (Animation · Key Films/Filmmakers) by Brown, Noel -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Half Title Series Information Title Page Contents Introduction

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Chapter 1 Toy Story, Pixar and Contemporary Hollywood

Hits, Original Scripts and Animation Pixar’s Commercial and Critical Success The World of the Toy Story Movies Conclusion Notes

Chapter 2 Toy Story and the Hollywood Family Film

Hollywood and the ‘Family Audience’ Family Entertainment and Contemporary Hollywood Stylistic and Narrative Innovations Humour and Intertexuality Modernity, Nostalgia and Childhood Conclusion Notes

The Rules of the Game Story Toys: How to Write a Hit Pixar Screenplay The Wisdom of the Guru ‘They’ll Probably Kill Each Other’:83 The Conventions of Buddy Salvation Avoiding Cliché: Characterization and Setting in Toy Story Notes

Toy Story 2 Toy Story 3 Conclusion Notes

Chapter 5 Rough and Smooth: The Everyday Textures of Toy Story

Texture and Surface Smoothness and Plasticity Imperfection and the Everyday Design Coherence Achievements in Detail Surface Contribution Conclusion Notes

Digital Puppetry and Performing Animation Toy Story, Puppetry and Play Conclusion: Computer-Animated Films as Modern Puppet Entertainment Notes

Chapter 7 Toy Stories through Song: Pixar, Randy Newman and the Sublimated Film Musical

‘You’ve Got a Friend in Me’ ‘Strange Things’ ‘I Will Go Sailing No More’ Toy Story’s Reprise of ‘You’ve Got a Friend in Me’ Musical Reverberations of ‘You’ve Got a Friend in Me’ in Toy Story 2 and 3 Notes

Chapter 8 From Shelf to Screen: Toys as a Site of Intertextuality

Andy’s Room and Playing with the Familiar Sid’s Room and the Familiar Made Strange Woody, Buzz and Toys with Character Notes

Chapter 9 Fear, Guilt and the Future of Play in Toy Story

Beyond Nostalgia Defensive Mechanisms and the Tyranny of Play The ‘Good-Enough’ Toy and the Reconfiguration of Play Notes

Chapter 10 Mirrors and Shadows: Duality, Illusion and the Divided Self in Toy Story

Mirrors, Reflections and Objects Light and Dark, Presence and Absence The Shadow Family Conclusion Notes

Chapter 11 Woody, Buzz and the Koons Corollary ... Or Why Toy Story Is Art

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Story Is King Toy Story: Silicon Valley Meets Hollywood Toy Story 2: Merchandise Is King Toy Story 3: ‘You’ve Got a Friend in Me’ Conclusion Notes

Chapter 13 An Interview with Steve Segal

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A Guide to Further Research

Toy Story: How Pixar Reinvented the Animated Feature Toy Story Pixar

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