| Flags and Waves | |
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| Directed by | Bill Reeves Alain Fournier |
| Written by | Bill Reeves Alain Fournier |
| Produced by | Bill Reeves Alain Fournier |
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Running time | 13 seconds |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | French and English (intro only) |
Flags and Waves is a 13-second American shortcomputer animation test clip which was created by animatorBill Reeves andAlain Fournier forPixar sometime in 1986.[1][2][3] The clip included waves reflecting a sunset and lapping against the shore.[1] Reeves and Fournier made the project with the feedback ofJohn Lasseter to work out details ofrendering water and waves realistically, including lighting, motion, and shading.[1][2]
It was first exhibited atSIGGRAPH inDallas in August 1986,[4] along with Lasseter’s landmark computer-animated shortLuxo Jr. and another test projectBeach Chair, byEben Ostby.[1] The methods developed during the creation of this project were the basis of the water inFinding Nemo.[1][2] It is based on anoceanographic model of ocean waves which Fournier dug out of the literature from the nineteenth century.
Flags and Waves can also be found as aneaster egg in thePixar Short Films Collection – Volume 1 which was released in November 2007.[5]
The thirteen-second short begins with the titleFlags and Waves and under it the title in French,Drapeaux et Vagues, superimposed on theSMPTE color bars while a high-pitch frequency sound is made. The bars are revealed to be a flag that is flapping in the wind, as the noise shifts to the sound of a calm beachside. The camera then pans up to show three more flags flapping in front of a beach as the bright sun appears to be setting.
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