Day and Night.

I know I'm a little behind on this, but I just got back from seeing Toy Story 3. And it was great, really Pixar's great movie streak is almost getting into “deal with Satan” territory. But I'm not writing about Toy Story 3, which has had plenty written about it. I'm writing about the short screened with it Day and Night. This short was brilliant. It features two guys representing night and day coming to an understanding with each other. But what's awesome about it is it's a 3D animated movie inside a 2D animated movie. Night and Day are two completely hand drawn 2D animated characters but instead of ink and paint, They have Pixar 3D animation of their respective days filling them. So as they walk a 3D scene scrolls through them. As they come closer the 3D scene fills up more of the screen. It's an effect so mind blowing that your amazed at every moment, but a concept so simple your amazed no one had thought of it earlier. It also is an excellent use of the Real D system, as the figures make a proscenium for the action inside them. This was a genius new idea in animation, the sort that reminds one why animation is so special and I hope we see more neat stuff like this in the future.