Sunday, November 29, 2009

Toy Story - Brings Toys to Life

Toy Story - Brings Toys to Life
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Leanne_Ronalds]Leanne Ronalds

Toy Story is an animated feature film and was released in 1995. It is based on characters that are toys residing in six year old Andy's room. The movie was produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

Andy plays with his toys, with his favorite being Woody the cowboy doll. Other toys in the story include Mr. Pototo Head, Slinky Dog, Hamm and Rex the dinosaur. When Andy leaves the room all the toys come to life. It is on Andy's birthday that he receives a new toy called Buzz Lightyear. When Andy comes running into his room with Buzz all the other toys have returned to their places. After Andy leaves the room Buzz Lightyear announces to all the other toys that he is on a peaceful mission and that he is an intergalactic space ranger on a mission to save everyone from evil. Woody soon becomes jealous of Buzz and the story develops into an adventure for Andy's collection of toys.

In the original Toy Story film Tim Allen and Tom Hanks played the voices of Buzz Lightyear and Woody respectively. Don Rickles played the voice of Mr Potato Head and John Morris played the voice of Andy. Toy Story became a blockbuster movie and received many awards including an Academy Award for Academy Special Achievement awarded to John Lasseter for techniques in developing the first feature length computer animated film.

Since the original Toy Story film was released there have been various home video and DVD releases and many video game releases of Toy Story. The sequel to Toy Story was released in 1999, 'Toy Story 2', together with the movie 'Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins' and 'Buzz Lightyear of Star Command' the television series. 'Toy Story 3' is scheduled for release in 2010 and is set to feature the original characters from Andy's room.

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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Fifi and the Flowertots Characters

[http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Leanne_Ronalds]Leanne Ronalds
Fifi and the Flowertots is an animated children's television series created by Keith Chapman and originally premiered in January 2008. The series is about flower characters and their adventures in the garden.

The central character of the television series is Fifi Forget-me-not. Fifi loves to garden and she often forgets words. When she remembers words her friends often say 'Fifi Forget-me-not Forgot!'. There are many supporting characters that add to the charm of Fifi and the Flowertots that include:

- Bumble is a bee and is Fifi's best friend. When Fifi forgets words, Bumble helps her to remember.

- Violet lives in Flowertot Cottage and likes to paint. She always likes everything to be neat and tidy.

- Primrose lives in Flowertot Cottage and is best friends with Violet. Like Violet, she also likes everything to be neat and tidy and in order.

- Poppy sells fruit and owns a market stall in the garden.

- Mo is a lawnmower and speaks in a language that only Fifi understands, so she translates to the rest of the flowertots.

- Pip is a gooseberry and is the youngest character that lives in the garden.

- Stingo is a wasp that lives in Apple Tree House and is lazy and occasionally steals from the other Flowertots in the village.

- Slugsy is a slug and is Stingo's sidekick and is often very clumsy.

- Webby is a spider and often gives advise to the Flowertots in the garden when they have a problem.

- Dingly is a grumpy worm that lives in the compost heap. He is very helpful and creates compost for all the Flowertots to use.

The adventures of Fifi and the Flowertots encourage children, infants and toddlers to discover and learn about friendship, problem-solving and co-operation.

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