This is the film that sent Pixar's ball rolling. After becoming their own company in 1986, the creative team at Pixar decided to create a short film that said who they were and what they would do. Director/Animator John Lasseter decided on the simplest approach, two Luxo lamps playing with a ball.
More specifically, it is a daddy lamp and a baby lamp (aptly named Luxo Jr.) playing with a ball on a wooden desktop. Jr. accidentally jumps on top of it and the ball deflates, much to his sadness. But the short has indeed a happy ending, he finds a BIGGER ball to play with, leaving his father to shake his bulb left to right.
One rule in Hollywood is "less is more," and nowhere is that more true than here in Luxo Jr. Lasseter and his team take something from everyday life and give us a new perspective on what inanimate objects are thinking, even without expressions or facial features. Just like the short released last year, Paperman (in my profile) the animation, story, and execution are top notch.
One word for Luxo Jr. is perfection. This set the standard, which would lead to over 20 years of great work from Pixar Animation Studios.
More specifically, it is a daddy lamp and a baby lamp (aptly named Luxo Jr.) playing with a ball on a wooden desktop. Jr. accidentally jumps on top of it and the ball deflates, much to his sadness. But the short has indeed a happy ending, he finds a BIGGER ball to play with, leaving his father to shake his bulb left to right.
One rule in Hollywood is "less is more," and nowhere is that more true than here in Luxo Jr. Lasseter and his team take something from everyday life and give us a new perspective on what inanimate objects are thinking, even without expressions or facial features. Just like the short released last year, Paperman (in my profile) the animation, story, and execution are top notch.
One word for Luxo Jr. is perfection. This set the standard, which would lead to over 20 years of great work from Pixar Animation Studios.