Day & Night and Dolly

As I'm sure you know, Pixar films are always followed by a new short film. Pixar always uses these short films to test new animations techniques and as a spring board for up-and-coming directors. I thought it would be a good idea to make a post highlighting the short film that is scheduled to show before Toy Story 3.

Day & Night

The film is going to be called "Day & Night". It will be directed by Teddy Newton, who worked on the short film "Jack Jack Attack" for The Incredibles DVD. The film is going to be predominately 2D traditional, animation. Pixar has done 2D animation before, with the Ratatouille short "My Friend the Rat," but it is mostly unusual for them. The short is supposed to feature some computer animation, but my guess is that it will mostly be in the form of subtle enhancements. I am pretty excited to see a good traditionally animated short film by Pixar. It has been a really long time since I gave seen some decent 2D animation, and I have no doubts that "Day & Night" will deliver.

I have always loved that Pixar puts short films like this in front of their films. It really gives me the sense that your back in the day when they showed a Bugs Bunny or Popeye cartoon before the main feature and going to the movies was a big event.

Dolly

Today's new character for my in-depth look is Dolly. Dolly is a fabric doll, her clothes are interchangeable and are intended to be customized, so girls can draw on her or sew things to her and make her their own. Dolly was first revealed to the internet on the blog HEYUGUYS. She is going to be voiced by Bonnie Hunt. After looking closely at the picture I decided that Bonnie Hunt seems like a good fit for this character. I recently saw an interview with John Lasseter (Chief Creative Officer at Pixar) in which he mentions how much he respects Bonnie Hunt's improvisational skills. Could this mean were going to see a lot of Bonnie Hunt ad-libs coming from Dolly? I am not personally very familiar with the works of Bonnie Hunt but I think it's always a good thing when actors are allowed to run free with the character. Ad-libs are usually some of the most memorable lines in a film.

Facebook Feedback

In today's installment of The Toy Story Buzz's newest feature I am going to take a look at a comment posted about Dolly's picture on Pixar's Facebook page.

Angelica

I just hope that she is not on the dark side with Ken and the others....

I think this is a really good thing to be thinking about. It seems like it would be first instinct to think that all the toys in the daycare are part of the same mysterious conspiracy that Lotso and Ken are in on. At first I assumed they would be; but I thought about it and maybe some of the other toys want to escape just like Andy's toys do. Maybe they're all just victims of Lotso and Ken.

What do you think? What do you think about "Day & Night"? Leave a comment.