Industrial Light & Magic - Wikipedia. Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is an American motion picturevisual effects company that was founded in May 1. George Lucas. It is a division of the film production company, Lucasfilm, which Lucas founded, and was created when Lucas began production of the film Star Wars. It is also the original founder company of the animation studio Pixar. ILM originated in Van Nuys, California, then later moved to San Rafael in 1. Letterman Digital Arts Center in the Presidio of San Francisco.

In 2. 01. 2, The Walt Disney Company acquired ILM as part of its purchase of Lucasfilm.[3]History[edit]. Industrial Light & Magic original logo, designed by Drew Struzan.

Mr. Incredible and Pals is a 2005 animated short film produced by Pixar, and included as a bonus on the DVD edition of its 2004 feature film The Incredibles. It. Now, D3 asked sometime ago to X Atencio 23 questions about his life and career at Disney, i post them below, you can read the original D23 article HERE. Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is an American motion picture visual effects company that was founded in May 1975 by George Lucas. It is a division of the film.

Lucas wanted his 1. Star Wars[4] to include visual effects that had never been seen on film before.

After discovering that the in- house effects department at 2. Century Fox was no longer operational, Lucas approached Douglas Trumbull, best known for the effects on 2.

A Space Odyssey (1. Trumbull declined as he was already committed to working on Steven Spielberg's film Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1. John Dykstra to Lucas. Dykstra brought together a small team of college students, artists, and engineers, and set them up in a warehouse in Van Nuys, California.

Lucas named the group Industrial Light and Magic, which became the Special Visual Effects department on Star Wars. Alongside Dykstra, other leading members of the original ILM team were Ken Ralston, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Joe Johnston, Phil Tippett, Steve Gawley, Lorne Peterson, and Paul Huston. In late 1. 97. 8, when in pre- production for The Empire Strikes Back, Lucas reformed most of the team into Industrial Light & Magic in Marin County, California. From here on, the company expanded and has since gone on to produce special effects for nearly three hundred films, including the entire Star Wars saga, the Indiana Jones series, the Harry Potter series, the Jurassic Park series, the Back to the Future trilogy, many of the Star Trek films, Ghostbusters II, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the Pirates of the Caribbean series, the Terminator sequels, the Transformers films, the Men in Black series, Marvel Cinematic Universe films, Wild Wild West, most of the Mission: Impossible films, E. T. the Extra- Terrestrial, Batteries Not Included, The Abyss, and Flubber, and also provided work for Avatar, alongside Weta Digital. In addition to their work for George Lucas, ILM also collaborates with Steven Spielberg on most films that he directs, and for many that he produces as well.

Dennis Muren has acted as Visual Effects Supervisor on many of these films. Apart from flashy special effects, the company also works on more subtle effects—such as widening streets, digitally adding more extras to a shot, and inserting the film's actors into preexisting footage—in films including Schindler's List, Forrest Gump, Snow Falling on Cedars, Magnolia, and several Woody Allen films. Parking and building of the first company headquarters of ILM in Van Nuys. Here all the special effects of the first Star Wars movie (1.

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After the success of the first Star Wars movie, Lucas became interested in using computer graphics on the sequel. So he contacted Triple- I, known for their early computer effects in movies like Westworld (1. Futureworld (1. 97. X- Wing fighters flying in formation.

He found it to be too expensive and returned to handmade models. But the test had showed him it was possible, and he decided he would create his own computer graphics department instead. One of Lucas' employees was given the task to find the right people to hire. His search would lead him to NYIT, where he found Edwin Catmull and his colleagues. Catmull and others accepted Lucas' job offer, and a new computer division at ILM was created in 1.

Ed Catmull as the first NYIT employee who joined Lucasfilm.[5]John Lasseter, who was hired a few years later, worked on computer animation as part of ILM's contribution to Young Sherlock Holmes. The Graphics Group was later sold to Steve Jobs, named Pixar, and created the first CG animated feature, Toy Story. In 2. 00. 0, ILM created the Open.

EXR format for high- dynamic- range imaging.[6]ILM operated from an inconspicuous property in San Rafael, California until 2. The company was known to locals as The Kerner Company. In 2. 00. 5, when Lucas decided to move locations to the Presidio of San Francisco and focus on digital effects, a management- led team bought the five physical and practical effects divisions and formed a new company that included the George Lucas Theater, retained the "Kerner" name as Kerner Technologies, Inc. ILM, until its Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2. In 2. 00. 5, ILM extended its operations to Lucasfilm Singapore, which also includes the Singapore arm of Lucasfilm Animation. In 2. 01. 1, it was announced the company was considering a project- based facility in Vancouver.[7]In 2. ILM invented IMo.

Cap (Image Based Motion Capture Technology). As of 2. 00. 9[update], ILM has received 1. Best Visual Effects. Oscars and 2. 3 additional nominations. It has also received 2. Scientific and Technical Awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

In 2. 01. 2, Disney bought ILM's parent company, Lucasfilm, and acquired ILM in the process. Disney stated that it had no immediate plans to change ILM's operations,[8] but began to lay off employees by April of the next year.[9]ILM is currently the largest visual effects vendor in the motion picture industry, with regards to workforce, with more than 5.

It has one of the largest render farms currently available with more than 7. Following the restructuring of Lucas. Arts in April 2. 01. ILM was left overstaffed and the faculty was reduced to serve only ILM's visual effects department.[1. ILM opened a London studio headquartered in the city's Soho district on October 1. Milestones[edit]1.

Resurrected the use of Vista. Vision; first use of a motion control camera (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope)1. First use of Go motion to animate the Tauntaun creatures of The Empire Strikes Back. First in- house completely computer- generated sequence — the "Genesis sequence" in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Previous computer graphics in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope were done outside of ILM.)1. First completely computer- generated character, the "stained glass man" in Young Sherlock Holmes. First morphing sequence, in Willow.

First Digital compositing of a full- screen live action image during the final sequence in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. First computer- generated 3- D character to show emotion, the pseudopod creature in The Abyss. First- ever dimensional matte painting — where a traditional matte painting was mapped onto 3. D geometry, allowing for camera parallax, in Hook.

First partially computer- generated main character, the T- 1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day. First time the texture of human skin was computer generated, in Death Becomes Her.

First time digital technology used to create a complete and detailed living creature, the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, which earned ILM its thirteenth Oscar. First extensive use of digital manipulation of historical and stock footage to integrate characters in Forrest Gump. First fully synthetic speaking computer- generated character, with a distinct personality and emotion, to take a leading role in Casper. First computer- generated photo- realistic hair and fur (used for the digital lion and monkeys) in Jumanji. First completely computer- generated main character, Draco in Dragonheart.

First computer generated character to have a full human anatomy, Imhotep in The Mummy. Creates Open. EXR imaging format.[6]2. Develops i. Mocap system, which uses computer vision techniques to track live- action performers on set. Used in the creation of Davy Jones and ship's crew in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. First animated feature produced by ILM, Rango.

Mr. Incredible and Pals - Wikipedia. Mr. Incredible and Pals is a 2. Pixar, and included as a bonus on the DVD edition of its 2. The Incredibles.[1] It features the characters of Mr. Incredible and Frozone from the movie, plus a "cute animal" rabbit sidekick named Mister Skipperdoo. The film is produced in a style of limited animation that intentionally parodies the low budget, low quality television Saturday morning cartoons that aired regularly during the era of the 1.

During this time, television animation studios were contracted to turn out high quantities of product on low budgets, and this resulted in a large number of television cartoons that have been derided and mocked by television critics, film and animation historians, and audiences in general. Mr. Incredible and Pals provides examples of this style of low budget television animation, which produced such stereotypical fare as: Still shots of drawn scenes, rather than actual frame by frame animation.

Actual footage of live actors' mouths moving instead of animated lips on the characters, a technique known as Synchro- Vox. The most well known example of this form of "animation" was the Clutch Cargo series.

A Cold War era plot pitting the true, freedom loving American superheroes Mr. Incredible and Frozone against a stereotypical "Communist" supervillain, Lady Lightbug. The Full The Ten Commandments Cartoon here. The sidekick is ensnared by the supervillain and there is complete emphasis on the main hero, who nevertheless thanks the sidekick for his involvement in stopping the villain. Frozone speaking in forced "beatnik" slang, showing the out of touch depiction of minority characters in cartoons at the time.

A "cute animal" sidekick only added for "children's appeal." In this film, a glasses wearing rabbit named Mister Skipperdoo does nothing but hop up and down, yet his actions are seen as crucial to solving the "mystery" that comprises the plot of the cartoon. As of 2. 01. 7, Mr. Incredible and Pals is the first of only three short films produced by Pixar Animation Studios in the traditional hand drawn method, instead of CGI animation. The second film, Your Friend the Rat, was produced in 2. DVD release of Ratatouille, the third, Day & Night, produced in 2. Toy Story 3. The later two films feature a combination of hand- drawn and CGI animation.

The episode begins with Mr. Incredible, Frozone, and Mr. Skipperdoo discussing the previous events, that while they were gone an evil villainess named Lady Lightbug (described by Mr. Incredible as "sinister, yet lovely") stole the bridge connecting the city, leaving cars stuck on either side of the river trapped.

Resolving to amend the situation, Frozone builds a temporary bridge of ice, and the three skate away to find the nemesis. Arriving at an abandoned carnival, Mr.

Incredible goes about searching for Lady Lightbug, lifting up various objects while stating that she is not under any of them. Mr. Skipperdoo hops to point out that the missing bridge is behind him. Lady Lightbug then flies out at that moment and informs them all of her evil plan to steal the free world's bridges, creating massive traffic jams and thus destroying their economies. She then proceeds to shoot a line of radioactive silk out of the end of her abdomen, tying up Frozone and leaving all as lost.

Mr. Incredible throws a Ferris wheel at her, which she dodges. He then hops in a roller coaster, which then takes off flying toward Lady Lightbug. Mr Incredible knocks her out of the air, leaving her defeated.

The missing bridge piece is restored and all returns to normal thanks to Mr. Incredible, Frozone, Mr. Skipperdoo, and democracy. The end of the episode features a brief teaser of the next episode, featuring a gigantic anthropomorphic ear of corn yelling, “I’ll crush you, Mr. Incredible!” then laughs evilly as the two prepare to fight. In addition to the many in jokes and animation references included in this cartoon, the voice actors for Mr. Incredible and Frozone (Craig T.

Nelson and Samuel L. Jackson) provided a DVD commentary for the short film, acting in character as Mr. Incredible and Frozone, watching this film for the first time more than thirty years after it was produced.

The "background story" behind Mr. Incredible and Pals stated that Mr. Incredible and Frozone licensed their names and images to a television animation company, and this was the pilot episode for an animated television series that never aired. The commentary of the two characters provides additional entertainment for the DVD's viewers, as they react with shock and disbelief to the poor quality of the film. While Mr. Incredible appears to display only apathy for the episode, Frozone is aghast and disgusted at its campiness and supposed racism (the cartoon version of himself appears to be white, or "tan" as Mr. Incredible puts it). He is also annoyed by Mr.

Skipperdoo. By the end of the short, Frozone is so annoyed that he walks out of the commentary at the end, demanding the episode never be aired. References[edit]External links[edit].