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January 21, 2010

Amy Yakubowski

Once upon a time, Disney created movies that were all hand drawn and traditionally made. But at the start of the new millennium, a new family of computer generated films seem to have taken over. Even with the new technology, students still remember their favorite childhood Disney movie.

“My favorite movie was “101 Dalmatians”,” senior Krissy Sokol said. “I use to sit on a box in front of the TV and watch it.”

But since the time of “101 Dalmatians,” Pixar, a graphics group who has been working with Disney since 1995 purchased by them in 2006, has produced many popular computer generated films including “A Bugs Life,” “Toy Story,” “Monsters, Inc.,” “The Incredibles” and “UP.” These computer animated movies have captured the attention of audiences with their bright colors and visual effects.

“I like more traditional movies,” Sokol said. “That’s how they were meant to be.”

In 2003, Disney announced that it was abandoning traditional animation in favor of computer generated imagery when “Treasure Plant” flopped in the box office and “Finding Nemo” was a hit.

This year, Disney decided to change their minds once again. The studio decided to keep the classic touch of Disney produce a hand drawn 2-D movie every two years.

Disney has produced 49 2-D animated movies since 1937. Their recent movie, “The Princess and the Frog,” is the first Disney movie since 2004 that was completely hand drawn and not computer animated.

“I enjoyed the movie,” senior Kelsey Schultz said. “It had great characters and an outstanding story line. I don’t think it would be a ‘princess movie’ if it wasn’t traditionally animated.”

John Lasseter, a board member of Disney, is the man keeping the magical tradition alive.

Lasseter doesn’t believe it’s the animation that separated the liking of hand drawn movies or computer graphic movies, it’s the characters and plot that pull in audiences.

“I’ve never understood why the studios were saying people don’t want to see hand-drawn animation,” Lasseter said at a fan convention earlier this year. “What people don’t want to watch is a bad movie.”

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