Comments on: The Problem with Animation and The Academy https://www.rotoscopers.com/2015/02/24/the-problem-with-animation-and-the-academy/ Animation News, Reviews, Interviews, Podcasts & Videos! Sun, 08 Mar 2015 21:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.4 By: Trev https://www.rotoscopers.com/2015/02/24/the-problem-with-animation-and-the-academy/#comment-15745 Sun, 08 Mar 2015 21:26:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=26403#comment-15745 In reply to Not Without.

Because there is a separate award for best director. For the animated feature category, both the directors and the producers accept it. I think.

]]> By: Marier Villarreal https://www.rotoscopers.com/2015/02/24/the-problem-with-animation-and-the-academy/#comment-15428 Sat, 28 Feb 2015 15:36:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=26403#comment-15428 I just had to post this here…
This is how I think it happened between characters XD

]]> By: Angela L https://www.rotoscopers.com/2015/02/24/the-problem-with-animation-and-the-academy/#comment-15415 Sat, 28 Feb 2015 05:00:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=26403#comment-15415 In reply to Blake Hyodo.

I feel there also should be some kind of voter comment regulation or brief cultural FYI guideline. Speaking as a quadrilingual (and someone aware of how potentially dangerous it can be to confuse Chinese and Japanese things), the lack of cultural understanding for films like Song and Kaguya should not bar a potentially winning vote based on the overall quality of a film. And certainly not insult the people who spent years of their lives on these movies, even overseas.

]]> By: cetrata https://www.rotoscopers.com/2015/02/24/the-problem-with-animation-and-the-academy/#comment-15402 Sat, 28 Feb 2015 00:23:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=26403#comment-15402 In reply to Blake Hyodo.

Then they go to disney if pixar isnt available. Dragons 2 or kaguya should have won.

]]> By: Baymax https://www.rotoscopers.com/2015/02/24/the-problem-with-animation-and-the-academy/#comment-15300 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 11:48:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=26403#comment-15300 In reply to David Lee Fuhrmaneck.

I do

]]> By: D Thomas https://www.rotoscopers.com/2015/02/24/the-problem-with-animation-and-the-academy/#comment-15293 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 05:13:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=26403#comment-15293 You are right animation is a medium, not a genre… and most blockbusters are mixed media productions: A couple of live action actors set against an animated environment, that would be near impossible to achieve without animation. What shows the film industry’s disrespect for animation more than anything else is that the 50% of the crew that work on set with physical cameras and actors are protected by legislation and agreements regarding length of workdays, lunch breaks, and when overtime pay kicks in. While the other 50% of the crew working in front of pc’s creating the visual richness, that is as indispensable to any modern blockbuster’s success as big name actors, are not.

]]> By: Baymax https://www.rotoscopers.com/2015/02/24/the-problem-with-animation-and-the-academy/#comment-15288 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 01:36:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=26403#comment-15288 Yes.

]]> By: Bob Smith https://www.rotoscopers.com/2015/02/24/the-problem-with-animation-and-the-academy/#comment-15285 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 00:47:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=26403#comment-15285 In reply to Ranting Swede.

I guess what I’m really wondering was: Why is animation considered to be “kid’s stuff”? I’m pretty sure the people who worked on Snow White or any of those theatrical animated shorts (Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, etc.) weren’t thinking, “How can we make this good for children?”, so that current mindset in the U.S. must have started somewhere.

I don’t know if this is true, but I read somewhere that the animated shorts fell out of favor when films started being in color. If so, then audiences may have never thought much of animation in general. I could be wrong about this part, so anyone responding to this can feel free to say so and hopefully provide a source with answers.

]]> By: Renard N. Bansale https://www.rotoscopers.com/2015/02/24/the-problem-with-animation-and-the-academy/#comment-15272 Wed, 25 Feb 2015 21:31:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=26403#comment-15272 In reply to Blake Hyodo.

You’ll have to thank the animation branch itself for the improvement. They’re the ones who actually select the final slate of five nominees.

]]> By: Ranting Swede https://www.rotoscopers.com/2015/02/24/the-problem-with-animation-and-the-academy/#comment-15255 Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:41:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=26403#comment-15255 In reply to Tim Tran.

Given that neither Song of The Sea nor the Tale of Princess Kaguya have received wide release in the USA (the former hasn’t even received wide release in its native Ireland), I find it unlikely that Rotoscoper readers have been exposed to either of these movies before voting began. There’s not even a review of Song of The Sea on this site, so how would it generate any interest to get votes? Whereas there was much more coverage of Big Hero 6 which led to greater retention in the consciousness of the readers here. Nope, voting on the Rotoscoper web page isn’t more reliable. It’s subject to the same bias to vote for the movie that receives the most timely media exposure that is true for Oscar voters.

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