The Science behind Pixar

 

1. Story and art
2. Modeling
3. Rigging
4. Surfaces
5. Sets & Cameras
6. Animation
7. Simulation
8. Lighting
9. Rendering

It is about Art, Maths, Science and Technology.  There are Digital modeler, Rigger, Surface Artist, Cinematographer, Simulation technical designer, Lighting designer and Rendering technical director.  Amazing.

For the Lighting designers, they recreate the properties of light on a computer, for example

1. Direct light
2. Bounced light
3. Caustic light
4. Reflection
5. Refraction
6. Shadows