The Adventures of André & Wally B. (or simply André & Wally B.[1]) is a 1984 American CGI-animatedshort film that was groundbreaking by the standards of the time and helped spark the film industry's interest in computer animation. The film was produced by the Lucasfilm Computer Graphics Project, a division of Lucasfilm and the predecessor of Pixar.
July 25, 1984 (1984-07-25) (Original SIGGRAPH premiere, unfinished)
August 17, 1984 (1984-08-17) (Toronto International Animation Festival, completed)
Running time
2 minutes
Country
United States
The animation in the film was by John Lasseter and was his first computer animated project with Lucasfilm. Partially as a result of the success of this project, and others that followed, Lasseter became an executive at Pixar. The film was released on July 25, 1984, at SIGGRAPH in Minneapolis.[2][3]
The short involves a boy named André awakening in a forest and being confronted by a pesky bumblebee[4] named Wally B. André tricks the bee into turning his back so that he can run away. Angered, Wally B. chases André and eventually catches up with him, and strikes with the stinger. A collision occurs off-screen and a dizzy Wally B. reappears with a bent stinger. Shortly thereafter, Wally B. gets hit by André's tossed hat as a last laugh for revenge.
The title is a tribute to the 1981 film My Dinner with Andre, starring André Gregory and Wallace Shawn, the latter of which went on to voice Rex for the Toy Story franchise. It was originally entitled My Breakfast with André, about waking up with an android.[5] The android's awakening was meant to symbolize the rise of computer animation itself.[6]
The animation on the short was groundbreaking, featuring the first use of motion blur in CG animation and complex 3D backgrounds, where the lighting styles and colors were inspired by Maxfield Parrish, made using particle systems. Lasseter pushed the envelope by asking for manipulatable shapes capable of the squash and stretch style, as earlier CG models had generally been restricted to rigid geometric shapes. It was rendered on a Cray X-MP/2 and a Cray X-MP/4 supercomputer at Cray Research's computer center in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, ten VAX-11/750 superminicomputers at Project Athena at MIT, and one VAX-11/780, and three VAX-11/750 computers at Lucasfilm.[7][8] These machines were often available only at night, and much of the movie was therefore made "in the wee hours".[9]Cray Research allowed them to use their computer in hopes Lucasfilm would buy a machine.[7][10] The film's soundtrack was partially produced by SoundDroid.[11]
Release
The film premiered on July 25, 1984, in Minneapolis at the annual SIGGRAPH conference,[2] though 2 shots or about 6 seconds of the film were incomplete and made of wire-frame renders, so-called pencil test footage, over the completed backgrounds.[12] The final rendering of the film was released a month later, on August 17 at Toronto's International Animation Festival.[2] The film was also showcased at "Digicon '85".[11][13]
^ abMilano, Dominic (November 1985). "Digicon '85 International Arts Conference on Computers and Creativity". Keyboard. 11 (11): 20. A still from The Adventures of André and Wally B., a 3-D animated feature by Alvy Ray Smith's Computer Graphics Division at Lucasfilm. The soundtrack was partially produced using the Sound 'Droid, Lucasfilm's digital sound processing system.
^Smith, Alvy Ray (August 14, 1984). "The Making of André & Wally B." (PDF). alvyray.com. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
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The Adventures of Andre amp Wally B or simply Andre amp Wally B 1 is a 1984 American CGI animated short film that was groundbreaking by the standards of the time and helped spark the film industry s interest in computer animation The film was produced by the Lucasfilm Computer Graphics Project a division of Lucasfilm and the predecessor of Pixar The Adventures of Andre amp Wally B Film posterDirected byAlvy Ray SmithWritten byAlvy Ray Smith concept ProductioncompanyLucasfilm Computer Graphics ProjectDistributed byLucasfilmRelease datesJuly 25 1984 1984 07 25 Original SIGGRAPH premiere unfinished August 17 1984 1984 08 17 Toronto International Animation Festival completed Running time2 minutesCountryUnited StatesThe animation in the film was by John Lasseter and was his first computer animated project with Lucasfilm Partially as a result of the success of this project and others that followed Lasseter became an executive at Pixar The film was released on July 25 1984 at SIGGRAPH in Minneapolis 2 3 Contents 1 Plot 2 Production 3 Release 4 Home media 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksPlot EditThe short involves a boy named Andre awakening in a forest and being confronted by a pesky bumblebee 4 named Wally B Andre tricks the bee into turning his back so that he can run away Angered Wally B chases Andre and eventually catches up with him and strikes with the stinger A collision occurs off screen and a dizzy Wally B reappears with a bent stinger Shortly thereafter Wally B gets hit by Andre s tossed hat as a last laugh for revenge Production EditThe credits for the piece are concept direction Alvy Ray Smith animation John Lasseter technical lead Bill Reeves technical contributions by Tom Duff who designed the animation program called md short for motion doctor Eben Ostby Rob Cook Loren Carpenter Ed Catmull David Salesin Tom Porter and Sam Leffler filming by David DiFrancesco Tom Noggle and Don Conway and computer logistics by Craig Good The title is a tribute to the 1981 film My Dinner with Andre starring Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn the latter of which went on to voice Rex for the Toy Story franchise It was originally entitled My Breakfast with Andre about waking up with an android 5 The android s awakening was meant to symbolize the rise of computer animation itself 6 The animation on the short was groundbreaking featuring the first use of motion blur in CG animation and complex 3D backgrounds where the lighting styles and colors were inspired by Maxfield Parrish made using particle systems Lasseter pushed the envelope by asking for manipulatable shapes capable of the squash and stretch style as earlier CG models had generally been restricted to rigid geometric shapes It was rendered on a Cray X MP 2 and a Cray X MP 4 supercomputer at Cray Research s computer center in Mendota Heights Minnesota ten VAX 11 750 superminicomputers at Project Athena at MIT and one VAX 11 780 and three VAX 11 750 computers at Lucasfilm 7 8 These machines were often available only at night and much of the movie was therefore made in the wee hours 9 Cray Research allowed them to use their computer in hopes Lucasfilm would buy a machine 7 10 The film s soundtrack was partially produced by SoundDroid 11 Release EditThe film premiered on July 25 1984 in Minneapolis at the annual SIGGRAPH conference 2 though 2 shots or about 6 seconds of the film were incomplete and made of wire frame renders so called pencil test footage over the completed backgrounds 12 The final rendering of the film was released a month later on August 17 at Toronto s International Animation Festival 2 The film was also showcased at Digicon 85 11 13 Home media EditIt was released for home video in the collections State of the Art of Computer Animation 14 Tiny Toy Stories and Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 1 DVD Blu ray 15 See also Edit Disney portal Animation portal Film portal 1980s portalList of Pixar shorts Walt Disney PicturesReferences Edit Andre amp Wally B Pixar com Pixar Retrieved 3 December 2016 a b c Smith Alvy Ray July 20 1984 The Adventures of Andre amp Wally B Summary PDF alvyray com Retrieved April 15 2012 Exclusive Rally To The Finish Takes Off Flight ET Online August 18 2011 Archived from the original on September 20 2011 Retrieved August 18 2011 The Adventures of Andre amp Wally B CGI making of 1984 on YouTube Paik Karen To Infinity and Beyond The Story of Pixar Animation Studios San Francisco Chronicle Books 2007 42 44 Levy Steven August 31 2021 Meet the Little Known Genius Who Helped Make Pixar Possible Wired Retrieved September 5 2021 a b Amidi Amid 16 May 2017 The Art of Pixar Short Films Chronicle Books p 16 ISBN 978 1 4521 6521 9 Retrieved 18 November 2022 The Computer Museum Boston Computer Animation Theater 1984 1985 PDF Computer History Museum Retrieved 18 November 2022 Computer Animation Theater 1984 1985 Alvy Ray Smith Andre and Wally B a b Milano Dominic November 1985 Digicon 85 International Arts Conference on Computers and Creativity Keyboard 11 11 20 A still from The Adventures of Andre and Wally B a 3 D animated feature by Alvy Ray Smith s Computer Graphics Division at Lucasfilm The soundtrack was partially produced using the Sound Droid Lucasfilm s digital sound processing system Smith Alvy Ray August 14 1984 The Making of Andre amp Wally B PDF alvyray com Retrieved April 15 2012 Austin Robert Spring Summer 1985 Digicon 85 Perspectives of New Music 23 2 270 266 272 doi 10 2307 832738 JSTOR 832738 Steven Churchill State of the Art of Computer Animation Pacific Arts Corp OCLC 259710280 Simon Ben November 21 2007 Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 1 Animated Views Retrieved October 17 2014 External links EditOfficial website The Adventures of Andre and Wally B at Alvy Ray Smith The Adventures of Andre amp Wally B at IMDb The Adventures of Andre amp Wally B at The Big Cartoon DataBase The Adventures of Andre amp Wally B at AllMoviePreceded byN A Pixar Animation Studios short films1984 Succeeded 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