Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!labrea!decwrl!ucbvax!cogsci.berkeley.EDU!bryce From: bryce@cogsci.berkeley.EDU.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Pixar,Leo and "The Dream Comes Alive" Message-ID: <8709020842.AA15483@cogsci.berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 2-Sep-87 04:42:03 EDT Article-I.D.: cogsci.8709020842.AA15483 Posted: Wed Sep 2 04:42:03 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Sep-87 01:49:00 EDT Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: Institute of Cognitive Studies, UC Berkeley Lines: 49 Summary: The last showing... Tonight was the night. The final showing of Leo's animation based on Pixar Inc.'s "Red's Dream" short film. As regular net readers will know Leo L. Schwab attended a pre-screening of "Red's Dream" just before the huge Sigraph graphics show. Just coincidentally he had also just received a copy of Aegis's "VideoScape 3-D" that week. To make a long story short, he produced a _very_ impressive animation based on the film. So impressive, in fact that it attracted the attention of Pixar Inc. when it was shown at Sigraph before and after the "Red's Dream" premier. The setting was the monthly meeting of the First Amiga User's Group (FAUG) at Rickey's Hyatt in Palo Alto, California. Attendance was average with over (and this is a guess) 500 people. The standard "famous people" list included RJ. Michael (Intuition), Dale Luck (Graphics, Math, Etc.), Jay Miner (Custom Chips) and Jim Mackraz (Spelled wrong, but still the person who has nursed Intuition though the later ROM revisions). Leo started off by showing his animation to the approving oooohs and ahhhs of the crowd. He explained the situation and how the animation came about. He correctly pointed out the the rendering of the origional was actually far superior. The standard heckler from the crowd asked "But what does the Pixar machine cost?" and the standard answer "$49,0000............ but it comes with a C compiler!". Leo answered questions about the technical aspects of the animation and also read a letter from Pixar expressing Pixar's final position on the issue. In short, that letter said that "You do not have permission to distribute or display publicly this animation. The film and the character "Red" are copyrighted by Pixar and we must protect our copyrights in order to keep them. As per your request, you are allowed one final showing.". Things seemed about to wind down when someone from the crowd asked "When will you produce an animation that we *can* distribute." Leo just smiled and ruffled his cape as he pulled out a single disk. To appreciate what comes next you _must_ realize the the original animation was of a character, "Red" who happens to be a unicycle. "Red" is juggling three balls by bouncing them off his pedals and seat. The balls are green, blue and the ball from "Boing!". "Red" is rocking back and forth in a starred circus ring while the camera zooms around overhead. The new animation? It should be available soon on a BBS near you. I won't tell you what it is... I could not do proper justice in text. Instead I'll just say that it was perfect for the moment and the situation at hand. It produced an extended and jubilant standing ovation. "Red's Dream" is a copyrighted motion picture, (C)1987 Pixar, Inc. "Red" is a copyrighted character, (C)1987 Pixar, Inc. "Leo L. Schwab" is a human, not copyrightable under current law.