Wierd Pixar Site

Can you guys shed some light on

this.

:confused:

[url]Pixar Animation Studios

It looks official, but theres like,

nothing on it apart from details on the projector reels. :unamused:

Read the

introduction below the Welcome “sign”, and I think your questions will be

answered. :wink:

In a nutshell, it’s a website specifically for those projectionists who exhibited

Cars in their theaters. I believe there was even a contest concerning who

“showed off” the best quality film of Cars.

Is it a Pixar site or just a Cars site? Cause all I am seeing is Cars.

Luxo Jr. (bawpcwpn) at Upcoming Pixar ran an article on

this site recently.

Basically what it is is that like any Pixar movie - no matter how much quality they

put into the film, it’s only as good as the quality of projection being shown (picture AND sound). Therefor,

Pixar put together this special page telling theaters exactly what to do to get the best quality - sharing their

philosphy about how important quality is as opposed to a fast buck. Of course as with all things Pixar though

they found new and exciting way to make the process fun and entertaining. And what better than a contest -

especially with THAT kind of prize! =D

Oh that’s pretty cool, I can’t remember being able to

get to it from the Pixar site though, but thanks for clearing it all up Dash. I wonder many actually read it,

maybe a link came with the reels to the site. :confused:

That’s kinda the cool part - there is no link from the site. They sent the

individual links out with the film and it has since leaked out to us. What’s really cool though is that Pixar

does this alot. There are several known sections of the site that are awesome but you can’t access them from

links on the site. They’re hidden and you have to just play around with words but typically they’re only given

out to select, special groups that require access. Sometimes it leaks out to us though and you just have to fave

those pages. Some are really spectacular. =)

You’re kidding? Myself

being an expert easter egg hunter, I’ll definitely have to check that out. Maybe I’ll find something


:open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

Dash, you must send me some links dude. :smiley:

Would you be allowed to post a list of links to these parts?

I like the way they make

it techincally public without resorting to usernames or passwords. So we can glimpse the magic if we’re

technically astute enough.

Yeah, and I completely anticipate Dash’s reply

now.

:stuck_out_tongue:

I don’t see why not, being on the internet it is

technically public domain and actually the projectionest site posted above is the only one I’ve ever seen that

was specifically for certain group only. I’m not at my computer right now but I’ll try to track down my list

this weekend
 although I may have some of them stored on my computer at home in which case it could be a couple

weeks.

In all honesty though I got most of them through Upcoming Pixar and Luxo - so check through their

archives and you may find them yourself. There’s really only 3 or 4 total that I know of. =)

Dash - Well, if you do find

those files (and that list) of yours, we’d be more than happy to view them. I’ll also check Upcoming Pixar for

those archives of theirs. Thanks for the information, Dash. :wink:

Yeah,

that’s great Dash, you are the man. LOL.

PM me or reply on the thread when you got them and thanks.

The website makes a good point. Projectionists are

important to the “movie watching experience”. My 6th viewing of Cars (I know, I am a sad, obsessed

Pixar fan) was at a free movie night at the University of Florida. The screen was blurry and the cars were

squashed into weird proportions. It made it hard for me to enjoy the viewing. It is an important aspect of movie

making that we should learn to consider more often!