![]() ![]() Part coming of age, sports, and campus comedy Monsters University is a prequel to Monsters Inc. Global Illumination automated the process, delivered more realism, produced soft shadows, and let the artist spend more time on models and complex scenes-some of which contained thousands of light sources. Before the new system was introduced, artists had to build reflections and shadows manually, which became increasingly complex as the models and the setups became more technologically advanced. The new lighting system uses ray tracing, a technique that imitates the behaviour of light in the real world. Monster University was the first Pixar film to use a new lighting system for animated films called Global Illumination. In the 2013 follow up to Monsters Inc., Monsters University showcased new technology once again. Joe Ranft as Peter “Claws” Ward Monsters University.John Ratzenberger as The Abominable Snowman.Billy Crystal as Michael “Mike” Wazowski.Steve Buscemi plays Randall, Sulley’s rival, which saw the reunion between himself and John Goodman who had worked together in previous films. ![]() Billy Crystal, who regretted turning down the part of Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story years prior, took the role of Mike Wazowski, Sulley’s one-eyed best friend and scaring assistant. Goodman reportedly interpreted Sulley as the monster equivalent to a National Football League player. “Sulley” Sullivan is played by actor John Goodman, the longtime co-star of the comedy series Roseanne and a regular in the Coen brothers films. This practice helped the fur and clothing move in a natural way with the characters movements. The Fizt program was a breakthrough, allowing the team to take the controlled movements of the characters and add fur or clothing to them after the scenes had been shot. ![]() In response to the engineering challenges they faced, Pixar set up a Simulation department and created a new fur simulation program called Fizt (“physics tool”). Another challenge was making sure the hairs cast shadows on other hairs because without self-shadowing, fur or hair takes on an unrealistic look. One challenges was figuring out how to animate the huge numbers of hairs-2,320,413 on Sulley-in an efficient way. was challenged to find a way to refine the rendering of Sulley’s fur to make it look and move as naturally as possible. When a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, it’s the monsters who are scared silly.Ī huge bearlike Monster, the technical team for Monster Inc. Tapping into the child-like notion that monsters live in closets and only come out to scare children at night, the film follows Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski who are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. was one of the most celebrated animated films of 2001. The Trials and Triumphs of Disney/Pixar’s Monsters Franchise ![]()
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