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The section will briefly discuss my reasons for choosing this topic and my design ideas.

I have had an interest in computer animation and digital technology since the re-release of the Star Wars movies, which had new computer generated characters, shots and environments. I wanted to know  how the creatures and expanded shots were created using the computers. From there, I began to watch and pay attention to more movies with computer animation. A few years ago I was able to purchase a relatively inexpensive animation program, Ray Dream 3D from MetaCreations. From there my interest grew and I began to read more magazines, books and websites and learn more about the this art form. I hope to continue to learn more about this medium, I don't plan to pursue a career in this field but I do enjoy it as a hobby.

There were several movies I considered as the turning point and most significant to computer animation--Jurassic Park, Terminator 2: Judgment Day but these movies only featured several minutes of CGI (Computer Generated Images) and in those minutes, only a character or two were animated. On the other hand, Toy Story, features 77-minutes of entirely digital environments, characters, sets, lighting, objects and for me, represented the true potential of computers for use in animation.

In creating this website, I wanted the design to be simple, clean and easy to read. I think I have accomplished this by having only a few colours to distinguish the different sections. I had experimented with the idea of having many colours throughout the site, to represent the colourful world of Toy Story, but ultimately, it looked better with fewer colours.

To navigate the site, I thought it would appear cleanest if left navigation bar  was used for main navigation from major topics. The right navigation bar can be used for links within a major topic, once the page becomes more complex. This method also allows for future expansion of the website, which I hope to do.

The images above the navigation bars were taken directly from the DVD, allowing me to choose exactly which scenes I wanted to use and take the photos from the source.