- Wednesday, April 27, 2016 9:12 AM
- DisneyDan
Hello everyone,
On Sunday we visited the new Science Behind PIXAR exhibit, at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, so I wanted to share with you all our day.
We pre-bought our tickets online, and selected an entry time. We went in at around 11.30am.
We had to walk up a ramp to get to the first section, which was a an introductory short film about the movie making process at PIXAR.
After that, the doors opened and we entered into the main room. The first two things that we saw were large statues of Mike and Sulley from Monsters Inc, and Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story.
After taking photos of those, we explored the rest of the room. There were a lot of interactive videos and things to touch and play with, and information boards. The exhibit (which was spread across two rooms) was laid out to guide you through the movie making process from start to end, and told you about the science behind it all, along the way. There were also other character statues of Wall-E, Dory (Finding Nemo) and Edna Mode (The Incredibles).
At the end there was a gift shop (of course). They were mostly selling some generic licensed PIXAR toys and books, with a couple of t-shirts and magnets that were exclusive to the exhibit thrown in. Unfortunately, the quality of these items was quite questionable.
Over all I enjoyed our time at the exhibit, although I felt it was a little short, and probably could have had a little more information. We didn't rush through, but we weren't there for very long at all, and I personally got a little bored with having to watch videos for everything. I felt that perhaps there needed to be more displays and models - maybe even real concept art, storyboards and sketches, etc, from the PIXAR studios themselves. Instead, it was all printed boards and video screens.
Have a great day everyone,
Dan.