Pixar in a Box 1

The Khan Academy have joined forces with Pixar (the awesome company that brought us films like Toy Story, Brave and Inside Out) to create a series of lessons which combine maths and animation. Through these lessons we are able to learn about some of the techniques the animators use in order to make their films. Plus we're also able to catch a glimpse of what goes on in an enormous company such as Pixar, where so many employees with distinct skills are working together towards a common goal.
Lesson 1: Environment Modelling
This series looked at Brave. One of the challenges when the animators made Brave was creating so much grass which moved in natural ways. We learned how parabolic arcs helped the designers to make single blades of grass, and how they were animated in order to move naturally.