Day & Night

Day & Night is a short film released with the theatrical release of Toy Story 3.

Plot
When Day, a sunny fellow, encounters Night, a stranger of the dark, sparks fly! Day and Night are frightened and suspicious of each other at first, and quickly get off on the wrong foot. But as they discover each other's unique qualities -- and come to realize that each of them offers a different window onto the same world -- the friendship helps both to gain a new perspective.

Production
Teddy Newton, whose previous work includes The Incredibles and Ratatouille, makes his directorial debut on the film. Unlike previous Pixar shorts, the animation style combines 2D and 3D elements, and Up production designer Don Shank says it is "unlike anything Pixar has produced before."

Awards

 * Nominated: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
 * Won: Visual Effects Society award for Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Short
 * Won: Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject

Trivia

 * The wolf inside Night's "window" is a modified version of Alpha from Up.
 * The lumberjack chopping down a tree is Tom from Up wearing different clothes.
 * The bicycle sound effect was used for Roller Bob in the Toy Story Animated Storybook, while the sheep sound effects were from Bo Peep's Sheep.
 * The rainbow inside Day's "window" is also on the front door at Sunnyside Daycare.
 * The movie Day is watching is actually the Thunderbolt show from Walt Disney's 101 Dalmatians film.
 * Some of the cars watching the Thunderbolt Show in Night's window are at least the same model as characters from Cars.
 * Although Boundin' is the only Pixar theatrical short not based on a feature film to have dialogue, at the end of Day & Night, a man can be heard talking on the radio.
 * This is the first Pixar short to show the title at the end rather than the beginning.
 * Teddy Newton is the director in which he voiced Chatter Telephone in Toy Story 3, the feature film that Day & Night was released with.
 * The planes in Day's "window" seem to be a reference to the Red Arrows.