Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Beach Chair (Pixar test film)

Beach Chair

Voting period ends on 30 Jul 2024 at 10:27:17 (UTC)

Original – Beach Chair is a 1986 animation made by Eben Ostby at Pixar to test water interaction in CGI, it debuted at SIGGRAPH in 1986.

Reason: Historically significant animation in the evolution of CGI and Pixar, that still holds entertainment value despite not being made for that purpose.
Articles in which this image appears: Pixar, Beach Chair (film test)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator: Eben Ostby

~~Support as nominator~~ – RockosModernLifeFan848 (talk) 10:27, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I struck this vote. Editor has less than 100 edits. See instructions on top of the WP:FPC page. However, thanks for the nom and your comments. Bammesk (talk) 12:26, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – Gimmicky. Lacks EV. – Sca (talk) 12:41, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - The EV is in showing at what level computer animation was in 1986, nine years before Toy Story was released... --Janke | Talk 14:49, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is correct - it should be noted that this test film predates The Abyss, which is the first full film to feature CGI water. I think it's a good representation of not just the technology of CGI at the time, but also what experimental CGI productions were like in the late 80s to early 90s, typically being plotless and very short, intended less for a general audience and more for animators in the CGI industry. I also think it holds educational value specifically pertaining to Pixar in a vacuum as well as CGI, as AFAIK it, alongside Luxo Jr., was the first instance of the "What if *insert object or abstract concept here* had feelings?" concept that Pixar - and American CGI animation in general - has become known for. RockosModernLifeFan848 (talk) 16:50, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Source is 720p, rather than 360p. Also, source has the Pixar splash screen/logo that is excluded here. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 17:07, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I hade updated the upload to a higher quality download, now 1080p, using the same source as my update - It still lacks the Pixar intro logo however. RockosModernLifeFan848 (talk) 17:43, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm leaning support, but wonder if we should have the intro logo. On the whole, Support: The Pixar logo trademarks might limit use more. Although, if we can get the Pixar logo, that'd probably be a neat addition to the Pixar page. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 19:35, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Its interesting to see a work by Pixar in the public domain so why not? GamerPro64 01:38, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The Pixar article never discusses Beach Chair except in the video's caption, and Beach Chair (film test) is a stub that doesn't currently demonstrate significant coverage (the references are the video on YouTube and two 2-sentence mentions in books). hinnk (talk) 05:36, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – assuming the (lack of) copyright tag is valid. Bammesk (talk) 13:28, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Do we know if the animation was ever legally published before 1 March 1989? The Wikipedia article says that it was exhibited in 1986, but the s:Copyright Act of 1976 says that "A public performance or display of a work does not of itself constitute publication." Though, the Copyright Office's Circular 45 says that exhibiting a film at a film festival may constitute publication if "copies [are] made and [are] ready for distribution." prospectprospekt (talk) 15:41, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Its article says its an easter egg in Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1 so I would assume if its copywritten they would have added a copyright in the DVD. GamerPro64 04:48, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  The back of the Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1 DVD has copyright notices for the short films in the collection (all without a year, except for The Adventures of André & Wally B.). There's an additional notice that says "Pixar Shorts © 2011 Disney/Pixar". There's no mention of Beach Chair or Flags and Waves in either the description of the contents or the copyright notices, take from that what you will. hinnk (talk) 05:08, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]