Why Pixar is so successful?

Toy story, Finding Nemo, Wall-E, etc… most of the people have seen this movies, and maybe not only once, but we need to figure out what is that “especial thing” that makes Pixar successful? It is for all known that some of the things that define Pixar are innovation, talent and prestige. But how do directors can make the fusion between all those fun things and serious work? I decided to summarize this into three main key points.

First of all, big companies like Pixar should balance finances and art. Tension is not a necessary bad thing, if this in a short future will generate huge products and income. Films like this can be very expensive and spending a huge amount of money on something that may be not so common can be risky, but in Pixar they know for sure that you have to risk in order to win, and this strategy has given very positive outcome throughout the years.

Second of all, the necessity of some managers of controlling everything and knowing each and every minimum movement of their workers can affect the creativity and innovation. But in Pixar they know they have people they can trust, and this is by far the best method in order to have a successful company. On Pixar they let creativity take its own curse, no stress, and of course “no rules”, and by no rules I mean not having the same strict set of orders that regular companies may have.

Lastly, being safe doesn’t necessarily means success. Being on an unstable place where art, innovation, new ideas are formed, time, technology, and everything is on balance can have an excellent outcome. On Pixar “they let you be” and this makes the company have new fresh ideas instead of having an old-fashion way of working and thinking, in other words they let you do thing that have never being done before and this is a method that should be admired.

In conclusion I personally think that Pixar is very “laid back” company in some sort of way and that is what makes this company to be a successful one. When it erases formalizations at all costs and makes its employees be who they truly are makes them enjoy working there and it creates happiness on its surroundings.

lola

What thing can make the course of a story change?, Have we realized that the smallest thing or situation can change the entire future?. The relevance of a simple thing can that its essential in every movie. We can appreciate a great example in the movie Lola Rennt. The main part of the film is divided in three "runs". Each run starts from the same situation but develops differently and has a different outcome. Now we are going to analyze what exactly is the special thing that makes the outcome of each of the three plotlines different?

Music, I personally think that music in this film has a lot to do with the change in plotlines between runs, in the first two “runs” the director with the music, is giving us the sense of intensity, rush and tension. In the other hand in the third “run” we feel more hopeful and content, and of course we get the sense that everything is going to work out now.

Reaction, the reaction of Lola when she receives that life changing phone call makes a huge impact on the course of the story, desperation and numbness invade her in the first two runs, and this, in consequence, makes the story to end in a wrong way, but on the other hand in the third act when she hangs the phone, she reacts in a faster way giving her a split second in advance.

Encounters, on the three runs Lola encounters herself with different people, a dog, a group of nuns, a mother with a child, etc… But in each situation she reacts differently and this gives her seconds in delay or in advance.

In conclusion, for me the writer of this magnificent story is giving a very consistent and clear message, witch it could be that even the smallest thing that happens changes completely the future.