Live Action Toy Story
film
Live Action Toy Story is a fan film produced by the Arizona-based Jonason Pauley and Jesse Perrotta. It is an unofficial recreation and remake of the 1995 animated film Toy Story, with the toy characters animated through stop-motion or filmed moving with wires and strings.
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Production
Pauley and Perrotta began the project after viewing Toy Story 3 (2010), originally planning for only one clip of Toy Story (1995) to be recreated.
The production of the remake was funded through loans from family members and friends, some of whom also served as actors in the film.
Pauley's home served as the location for both Andy and Sid's rooms. Two arcades in Mesa and Oregon, and a Tempe Peter Piper Pizza restaurant, were the locations for Pizza Planet.
Live Action Toy Story was shot over the course of two years, with editing done during filming. The first six months of shooting concentrated on scenes that took place in Andy's room. More scenes were filmed in 2011 around the home and on the streets, with backgrounds of homes shot in neighborhoods close to the creators. A challenge when scouting locations in Arizona was making the settings look similar to Californian suburbs, including outdoor scenes.
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