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1986 American film
Flags and Waves
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Directed by
| Bill Reeves
Alain Fournier
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Written by
| Bill Reeves
Alain Fournier
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Produced by
| Bill Reeves
Alain Fournier
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Running time
| 13 seconds
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Country
| United States
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Flags and Waves
is a 13-second American short
computer animation
test clip which was created by animator
Bill Reeves
and
Alain Fournier
for
Pixar
sometime in 1986.
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The clip included waves reflecting a sunset and lapping against the shore.
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Reeves and Fournier made the project with the feedback of
John Lasseter
to work out details of
rendering
water and waves realistically, including lighting, motion, and shading.
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It was first exhibited at
SIGGRAPH
in
Dallas
in August 1986,
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along with Lasseter’s landmark computer-animated short
Luxo Jr.
and another test project
Beach Chair
, by
Eben Ostby
.
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The methods developed during the creation of this project were the basis of the water in
Finding Nemo
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It is based on an
oceanographic
model of ocean waves which Fournier dug out of the literature from the nineteenth century.
Flags and Waves
can also be found as an
easter egg
in the
Pixar Short Films Collection ? Volume 1
which was released in November 2007.
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Content
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The fourteen-second short begins with the title
Flags and Waves
and under it the title in French,
Drapeaux et Vagues
, superimposed on the
SMPTE
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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