| One Man Band | |
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| Directed by | Andrew Jimenez Mark Andrews |
| Written by | Andrew Jimenez Mark Andrews |
| Produced by | Osnat Shurer |
| Edited by | Steve Bloom |
| Music by | Michael Giacchino |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution[a] |
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Running time | 4 minutes, 33 seconds |
| Country | United States |
One Man Band is a 2005Pixar animatedmusicalcomedyshort film. It debuted at the 29thAnnecy International Animated Film Festival inAnnecy,France,[1] and won the Platinum Grand Prize at the Future Film Festival inBologna,Italy.[2] It was shown with the theatrical release ofCars.
It was written and directed by Andrew Jimenez andMark Andrews and produced byOsnat Shurer, head of Pixar's Shorts group. The score was composed byMichael Giacchino. Like many Pixar shorts, it is completely free of dialogue and vocal effects, instead using music (played by the characters) and pantomime to tell the story. Unlike most Pixar shorts, which are driven solely by storyboarding and scriptwriting, the music inOne Man Band was developed alongside the film's story; Giacchino collaborated extensively with the film's directors due to the music's large role.[3]
On January 31, 2006, it was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Animated Short Film. It was included in theAnimation Show of Shows in 2005.
Bass, a man skilled and proudstreet performer, plays a routine tune on his wind and percussion instruments in a deserted Italianvillagesquare in the afternoon, waiting for apedestrian to tip him in his rusty iron cup. Soon, he spots Tippy, a humble peasant girl clutching a biggold coin, intending to drop it in the large plazafountain to make a wish. Treble, another man musician, seizing the opportunity, immediately plays animpromptu piece, capturing the girl's attention.
Just when Tippy is about to drop the coin into Bass' cup, Treble plays a more attractive tune on his string instruments, effectively stealing Tippy's attention, much to Bass' anger. Not to be outdone, Bass ups his ante, and Treble dares to take it even further. As the two unleash their arsenal of musical weapons, vying for Tippy's attention (or rather, tip), she cowers in their wild musical cacophony, and in the process, accidentally drops her coin, which falls down a drain and is lost in the village sewers.
Heartbroken, Tippy sniffles, but angrily demands from Treble and Bass a replacement coin for the one they made her lose. When they come up empty-handed, Tippy takes one of Treble's violins and Bass's iron cup in an attempt to get her money back by playing solo. She tunes the violin and plays it like a truevirtuoso, prompting an unidentified passing pedestrian to drop a large bag of gold coins onto her cup.
Elated, Tippy hugs the bag and approaches the fountain, but not before she pulls two coins out of her bag and tempts Treble and Bass. But as they eagerly reach out to grab the coins, she tosses them into the top of the fountain, out of reach, much to their dismay as payback for their fighting over Tippy's earlier coin.
In apost-credits scene, it is nighttime, with Treble standing on Bass, trying to reach the coins. As they start to fall backward, losing their balance, the screen shows the words "The End".
Beginning development shortly after the completion of the superhero movieThe Incredibles,One Man Band was directed by Andrew Jiminez andMark Andrews, who had previously worked together on films such asThe Iron Giant andSpider-Man.[4] In late 2004, they were approached byEd Catmull and asked to visit his office; according to the duo, they were initially concerned about the implications of this, but were later relieved after Catmull requested that they begin working on a brand new short film forPixar.[4] Jiminez and Andrews decided to create a film centered around music, a subject which they were both decidedly passionate about, and began developing a story about two musicians quarreling over the donation of a young peasant girl. The short was pitched to Pixar CEOJohn Lasseter andThe Incredibles directorBrad Bird, who quickly accepted the film for production.[4]
The violinists featured in the score for the film are:
The score was recorded at the Paramount Scoring Stage in Hollywood, CA. The filmmakers used a 38-piece orchestra as well as several soloists, including the ones listed above.[5]
The music during the credits isPablo de Sarasate'sZigeunerweisen.
The film debuted on June 11, 2005, at theAnnecy International Animated Film Festival inAnnecy, France.[6] It was shown with the theatrical release ofCars,[7] which was released in the United States on June 9, 2006.
Pixar included the film on theDVD release ofCars in 2006 and as part ofPixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1 in 2007.
The faces of the cars, for one thing, are far less expressive than the animated human faces we see in the brief short ("One Man Band") that precedes the feature.
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