For the Birds by Pixar

Made in 2001 by Pixar 'For the birds' is funny,upbeat and simple to understand animation.
'For the birds' is a CGI animation, this stands for computer generated imagery. How its done is different to most other animation techniques compared to others this is all done on a computer and not done by the hand. It's less hands in comparison to Whiteboard or Claymation. I think that the use of CGI is the best choice as it allowed the animator to give the birds personalities of their own. The sound used would seem awkward and not of fit another type of animation technique.

The animation starts with the screen moving along electric lines with the title following the movement and then it slowly fades out. Once the looping background has stopped you see a single bird land on the electric wire getting comfy, trying to keep warm. It has its own personality you can see from its behaviour and eye movement.Then another bird lands followed by another until there are several birds each having a different personality. Initially they look cute and fluffy but their personalities make them quite devious. So along comes a big bird, he acts dopey &clumsy and isn't perhaps the brightest but his intentions are just to be friendly. However when the big bird comes along the little birds are not happy and so their individual personalities become one. The big bird sits right in between all the little birds and causes the wire to drop to a V shape. The small birds want him off and so the closest birds to the dopey one decide to peck at his feet which causes the big birds toes to let go one by one. When they get down to the last toe one bird realises the situation they're in that if the big bird lets go the wire will go back up and they'll go high in the sky. He alerts the others but its too late. The birds shoot into the sky but the feathers are left in the same spot the birds were. On the ground the big bird sits laughing and is intrigued by the feathers. One by one a naked bird falls down from the sky and hits the ground embarrassed all the birds hide behind him. Then the end credits come on to finish the animation.

The effect the animation tries to achieve is humour and feeling. You feel sorry for the big dopey bird because he doesn't know any better and only has the best intentions. So when he starts to get picked on by the other birds you feel for him. The little birds make it funny by having individual characters then becoming one. They all think they are better than the big bird. I found this animation funny and it kept my attention and interest. I like the use of character design and the plot of the animation.

You could compare this C.G.I animation to another also done by Pixar 'Partly Cloudy'



This is similar to for the birds as it provokes different emotions for the characters. It has a not so successful character who you feel sorry for just like in for the birds.

Overall For the birds is an amusing animation which provokes emotions for the characters causing you to pay attention the whole way through. I enjoyed watching this :)