The Making of Pixar's 'Cars' and Disney Cars Toys

with a gross salary of more than $ 460 million worldwide, 2006 animated Pixar film Cars in 2006 was the most successful animated film in the U.S., losing only to the Ice Age: The Meltdown on a global level. This revenue does not include income from Disney toy car industry.

Starting from the early stages of the production team at Pixar Studios began his research on the race track at Infineon Raceway (Sonoma County), riding the race cars driven by professional drivers feel the car move and react to the speed and force in physics, actual world. They will also study the traffic in the morning commute, and went on a trip along the route watching the 66 small towns that are made ​​of new highways and intersections that are izgrađene.Fotografije from this trip helped modellers and environmental designers to build scenes and revealing stories.

The animators studied the movement of athletes to see how they twist, turn and move, and even took acting classes to the cars' shoes (or rubber). Developers sketched more car designs (from different time periods) after John Lesseter guidelines that are not research your visit to the study design 3 major car makers to see how cars are designed. John wanted to, for example, that cars are the eyes on the windshield, instead of the lights which made them look like snakes. In addition, a request to use tires as hands, except for vehicles with hooks that are used for towing and hauling. It is still a challenge to those cars as a human being without losing their credibility.

When the design phase is done, the 3D models were carved in clay, and if approved will be scanned in 3D software. The same models were used later as reference for Disney toy car.

The next stage before any animation sequence would be that the car looks really applying textures, shadows, reflections and lighting.

After the film was released additional products are released, such as Disney Car Toys, DVDs, books, and more cars are one of the best-selling animation have today, three years after publication.

Currently (August 2009) Pixar studios, located in Emeryville, California, won twenty two Academy Awards, three Grammys, four Golden Globes for their achievements in the animation industry.