![]() Three-point lighting Three-point lighting But as you’ll see in this example, creative use of the three-point lighting method can be used also as a storytelling device. This setup is used extensively by photographers, filmmakers or CGI artists. One of the most basic, and at the same time, most effective way to light a character or object in a scene, is using a three-point lighting setup. The toys realized in this scene, that the most important thing is that they have each other… is there anything more important? ![]() It works so well, because there are additional layers of meaning. It’s not just about creating the symmetry of storytelling (setting it up and paying it off). The incinerator scene is extremely emotional even if you only look at the still frames above. This is what Darla Anderson meant by “setting it up and paying it off”. It’s extremely emotional, because now we have this “family reunion” to contrast the messy break up in the earlier scene. ![]() They all hold hands, they bond as a family, close their eyes and face together their doom. This moment intentionally mirrors the earlier scene, where Woody refused to shake Buzz’s hand. Buzz reaches out to Woody and this time, he accepts his hand without hesitation. So there is this wonderful and extremely emotional moment, when all toys come together as a family. There is no way out, no option, this place is inescapable. They are falling into the incinerator and slowly sliding toward their doom. The toys are trying to climb up the trash, but they very quickly realize, that this is not an option. But heading into inferno of incinerator, that’s the ultimate end. ![]() It’s not like getting thrown away or being outgrown by a kid, because that’s not the end of a toy. Later in the movie, there is a scene, where the toys are taken to the dump. It’s a messy break up, because when Buzz extends his hand to Woody, he refuses to shake it. Both sides have to say things and they are not very nice. It gets very emotional, because they have been together for so many years. There is a scene, when Woody is leaving the toys. Saying goodbye is never easy, especially to someone who you’ve known for a long time, some you’ve loved or just deeply cared about. With movies, it’s all about setting it up and paying it off consistently, to create this poetry and symmetry of storytelling. This blog post was inspired by their commentary and draws heavily from it. But if they were to be utterly destroyed? Say, in an incinerator? Game over.I’ve watched recently Toy Story 3, but this time with audio commentary by director Lee Unkrich and producer Darla Anderson. right?”), but the tweet caught the attention of Toy Story 3 and Coco director Lee Unkrich, who wrote, “They live as long as they exist. but if you chopped off woody’s head… and put it far far away from his body where no one could put it back on… he must be dead. technically they aren’t even actually alive, just animated”) to the morbid (“ok so mr potato head can be completely dismembered and still be alive. Over the weekend, Twitter user “mustard clown” tweeted, “My girlfriend and i are having a big fight bc i think the toys from Toy Story are immortal and she thinks they can die.” The replies to this philosophical question ranged from the scientific (“they aren’t biologically living, they’re just sentient. Here’s your childhood-ruining moment of the week. hadn’t been saved by the Claw-loving aliens, what would happen if they were engulfed by fire? Would Hamm’s consciousness be transferred to another piggy bank? Are toys immortal? Or would they, y’know, die? But one thing I’ve never stopped to consider is: if Woody, Buzz, etc. I’ve seen Toy Story 3 at least a dozen times, and cried during the incinerator scene every time (it’s not the saddest Pixar moment, but it’s up there).
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