Visual - Paperman Animation

I think Disney really went to town on this animation, not only did they go and demonstrate a new technique they have developed but ensure there was a story both emotional and moving. A superb use of music and well thought out imagery that is commonly recognised in Disneys work. Being released shortly after 'Wreck it Ralph' it has not surprisingly gained it's own popularity in the online community. Here is the trailer below.

The story put shortly is about a young man office worker in a city meeting a young women who catches his eye on train. Their meeting is initiated by a piece of paper took by the wind hitting him in the face. Leaving without her paper she says goodbye, upon arriving at work the young notices her in a window building across the road. In a desperate attempt he tries to gain her attention by sending paper aeroplanes across, he is unsuccessful and she leaves. Unsatisfied he races down to the ground floor and in a feat of magic is swept away by all his paper aeroplanes which seem to be alive. They guide him back to the exact place they first met.

Above I spoke about a new technique used in this short and it's called 'Meander' Basically it's the integration of 2D animation overlaid onto a 3D animation. The finished effect look incredible making drawn animation look more appealing than ever before. When finding the trailer I came across the actually video without 'Meander' being applied while explaining the process of it's creation. The whole reason for all this is because at Disney they realised they were spending so much time drawing out frames and storyboard and then disregarding , they decided to stop wasting them and put them to even more use.