A study on computer animations in digital age: Pixar universe

"A review of Computer Animation in the Digital Age Pixar Universe" in this study; The contribution of Pixar Animation Studios, which are the major developers in the development of these technological innovations, to the process of developing images with computers made possible by modern digital technology and software, were researched. When this research began in 2019, it was discovered that "digital animation" and "Pixar Animation Studios" had not conducted a comprehensive examination in Turkey, and that there was a serious lack of literature in this field. Pixar Animation Studios and the digital animation special have demonstrated various interdisciplinary approaches, particularly in terms of technical and conceptual phenomena. The method of scanning literature from generalized scanning models was utilized to acquire data for this study. This study is divided into three main sections. In the first part, the road map of the thesis was determined. In this context, the thesis, literature review, methodology, purpose and method, conceptual framework, problems and hypotheses of the research were realized. In the second part, inquiries such as "what is animation", "how it appeared", and "what are its varieties" are answered in order to fully understand the concept of animation. Meanwhile, a brief assessment of the impact of animation on people was executed. The socioeconomic, sociocultural, and industrial implications of animation are examined in this study. Review of the Pixar Universe were undertaken in the dissertation's third part. The Pixar Animation Studios' development process, their role and contribution in digitalized animation production, and the technological advancements that the Pixar Universe developed have all been studied. As a conclusion, Pixar Animation Studios contributions and significance to the development and institutionalization process of the animation industry at the technical and creative levels with the feature-length animated films produced.