Pixar Vocabulary words

1. _________ it's animated, everything about how the fingers float from one key to another to the small details like tendons moving in the hand feels just as real as the reference 2. ________ that inspired it.

• 1. Despite

  2. rig

• 1. Even though

  2. footage

• 1. Though

  2. breakthoughs

• 1. Although

  2. flipper

While Pixar has used reference footage since the beginning, it could not have 1._______ a scene with movement this 2._______ and realistic back in 1995 for "Toy Story."

• 1. Lift up

  2. beyond

• 1. first off

  2. strides

• 1. pulled off

  2. nuanced

Explain what "rigging" is

Answer explanation

The rigging consists on creating an inner skeleton. Throughout this rig you can take control of the animation movements.

it took years of technological __________ for Pixar to get to where they are today.

During the rigging process one control point is often connected to other control points. So, for instance, moving one in the eyebrow will move the _______ on the forehead.

Creating new rigs allowed animators to 1. _____ and adapt rigs for multiple characters. This 2. _______ the animation process and gave animators more control over movements and facial expressions.

• 1. nail

  2. led

• 1. reuse

  2. sped up

• 1. relay

  2. nail

The new software provided a template of ____________ rigs that could be altered depending on the specific needs of a character.

• two-legged and four-legged

• two-legs and four-legs

• two-leg and four-leg

How did animators manage to add facial expressions to fish characters?

Answer explanation

Now fish don't have eyebrows or eyelids, but eyebrows are so important for expressing human emotions. So animators decided to add eyebrow-like lumps to characters like Marlin and Dory.

The control points around Dory's mouth are connected with her eyes and her _______, giving her a more believable smile.

After making major 1.________ with toys and sea creatures, the most 2.________ challenge was yet to come: humans.

• 1. strides

  2. daunting

• 1. flex

  2. bulge

• 1. lifts

  2. subtle