The magic ingredient that brings Pixar movies to life | Danielle Feinberg

Danielle Feinberg, Pixar's director of photography, creates stories with soul and wonder using math, science and code. Go behind the scenes of Finding Nemo, Toy Story, Brave, WALL-E and more, and discover how Pixar interweaves art and science to create fantastic worlds where the things you imagine can become real. This talk comes from the PBS special "TED Talks: Science & Wonder."

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[amitBihar]

Pixar movies are just product of extremely hard labor and extreme love of art

[duyguozkann]

I always think that the jellyfish scene in Finding Nemo is awesome, the first time I saw it I felt like I was in an underwater paradise. Actually listening to the woman who made that scene happen, made me feel happy. I generally think science as a one dimensional boring thing which doesn't includes any imagination, but this video made me understand that sometimes, a beauty can come out from science. And talent.

[hyenaedits]

I really don't like people who tell kids that their dreams are unrealistic.
Just because you can't do it doesn't mean somebody else can't.

[Shangori]

Now THIS is a ted talk. You learn something, you enjoy the talk itself and you find the person speaking interesting.


...Why can't every talk be like this?

[AbzArt]

That got me a bit emotional :) beautifully presented. Art comes in so many forms and really does create magic.

[ellieban]

As a scientist and designer, QFT:

""it's this interweaving of art and science that elevates the world to a place of wonder.."

[Werstist]

I honestly didn't want this TEDtalk to end. I wanted to learned more about the details of science in art and the art in science....

[trevorbatesanimation]

That Wall-E thing with they eyes is amazing!

[kurojima]

finally a decent ted talk again, bringing art, science and technology together and well explained - kind off sad that this normally decent ted talk stands out as such a positive one in light of the last months - and this talk stands out why we need in and should motivate women into science and coding

[pacemarshall]

I always knew that Pixar took its job seriously and that the animation was of the utmost importance to them, but I never realized how important lighting is in its films. It never hit me how lighting could be involved in animation, but how central it is to the believability of the created world.

This was so educational! Thanks!

[lilyisnotamused]

This made me a bit emotional. A lot of my friends say that they like hand drawn animation more, because is has "more life in it". And while I love old movies like 101 Dalmatians or The Lion King, their view on computer animation upsets me a little. So much work was put into movies like Finding Nemo, or Brave, or any other, and they just don't really understand, how it works! They say, that characters don't look alive for them, but that's just SO NOT TRUE! Computer animated characters are as emotional as hand drawn characters, it's just a matter of taste (and in some cases — stubborness.) Animation is great no matter how it was created. This video is really nice!

[nettlescats]

So glad she got to be the artist her inner child longed for:)

[PyroChimp]

Fantastic talk! it reminds me of a quote from Adam savage - "Art and science have always been the twin engines driving us forward as a species." how right he was!

[FruddyG]

They should have played the last clip completely through with sound, without interruption by the speaker and it would have hit 10x as hard.

[StarzzLAB]

One of the best ted-talk and I watch'em all

[srimansrini]

Pixar's creations like Toy Story, Finding Nemo and Wall-E are epoch-making work of art. In this awe-inspiring talk, Pixar's Director of Photography - Danielle Feinberg gives how they create a realistic world with the mixture of science, math and art. Highly recommended.

[Castorios]

I've got to say my eyes were always glued to the TV when the jelly fish scene came up (when kids were watching it for the 20th+ time), such a beautifully illuminated environment, congrats to her.

[SunnyState]

This is exactly why I want to work at Pixar; to be one of the creators of these amazing worlds. Simply love it!

[Andersson]

I loved that jelly fish scene when I watched Finding Nemo for the first time. Amazing work!

[uiyuma]

This is really inspiring, not like those other TED Talks where people come on stage just to show how much they have accomplished and how great they are.