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

With gross earnings of over 460 million U.S. dollars worldwide, 2006 animated Pixar movie cars was the highest successful 2006 animated film in the U.S., losing only to the Ice Age: The Meltdown on a global level. This income does not include income from Disney toy car industry.

Starting from the early stages of production at Pixar Studios team began their research on the racetrack at Infineon Raceway (Sonoma County), riding in a race car powered by professional drivers to feel how cars move and react to the speed and force in physics, actual world. They will also study traffic on the morning commute, and went on a trip along Route 66 the observation of small towns that are made ​​of new highways and intersections that were built. Photos from this trip helped modelers and environmental designers build their own scenes and unravel the story.

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) at the John Lesseter guidelines researching his visit to the design studio 3 major car makers to see how cars are designed. John wanted to, for example, that cars are the eyes on the windscreen instead of light that made ​​them look like snakes. an additional request to use tires as hands, except for vehicles with hooks that are used for hauling and towing. It is still a challenge to cars like human without losing their credibility.

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

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

After the film was released additional products are released, such as Disney cars toys, DVDs, books, accessories and more cars are one of the best selling animation feature even today, three years after publication.

Currently (August 2009) Pixar studios, located in Emeryville, California, earned ten p.m. Oscar, three Grammy Awards and four Golden Globe award for their achievements in the animation industry.