This weekend saw a quartet of important precursors hand out awards that could very well be clues as to what Academy members will be doing in about three weeks. Yes, Friday night saw the American Cinema Editors give out their annual Ace Eddie prizes, while Saturday evening had both the Directors Guild of America and the Annie Awards reveal their winners, as well as the Art Directors Guild (which solidified Black Panther and The Favourite as the frontrunners in Best Production Design). All told, it was a 24 hour period or so that is of definite interest to anyone trying to figure out a handful of Oscar races. In some cases, the Academy Award winner now seems all but set in stone, too. We’ve spoken about the first two already, so now let us discuss the Annies. Leading the way was Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which Here now are the...
- 2/4/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Sony’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” continued its march toward the Oscar, topping Asifa-Hollywood’s 46th Annie Awards at UCLA Saturday night with seven wins, including animated feature.
GKids snagged indie feature honors for the lovely Japanese “Mirai,” and Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns” earned awards for special production and live-action character animation.
Read More: 2019 Oscars: Best Animated Feature Predictions.
And Pixar story artist Trevor Jimenez won for his solo short, “Weekends,” about growing up with divorced parents in Toronto. He goes up against Pixar’s official entry, “Bao,” for the Oscar, the Chinese-themed baby dumpling dramedy from Domee Shi (the studio’s first female shorts director).
The innovative “Spider-Verse,” which swept all of its categories, also took direction, writing, production design (Justin K. Thompson), character animation (David Han), character design (Shiyoon Kim), and feature editing.
Pixar’s “Incredibles 2,” also vying for the Oscar, only scored two wins...
GKids snagged indie feature honors for the lovely Japanese “Mirai,” and Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns” earned awards for special production and live-action character animation.
Read More: 2019 Oscars: Best Animated Feature Predictions.
And Pixar story artist Trevor Jimenez won for his solo short, “Weekends,” about growing up with divorced parents in Toronto. He goes up against Pixar’s official entry, “Bao,” for the Oscar, the Chinese-themed baby dumpling dramedy from Domee Shi (the studio’s first female shorts director).
The innovative “Spider-Verse,” which swept all of its categories, also took direction, writing, production design (Justin K. Thompson), character animation (David Han), character design (Shiyoon Kim), and feature editing.
Pixar’s “Incredibles 2,” also vying for the Oscar, only scored two wins...
- 2/3/2019
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Next stop: Oscar. The world of animation bowed before Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse tonight at the 46th annual Annie Awards from UCLA’s Royce Hall. The teen-superhero pic from Sony Pictures Animation pummeled the competition, going 7-for-7 in its nominated categories including Best Animated Feature.
“Go break new ground, everybody,” producer Chris Miller said in accepting the night marquee prize. Added Peter Ramsey, one of the trio who also won the directing prize for Spider-Verse tonight: “We wanted to make a movie that made people feel special and powerful, that was kind of our mission.”
Phil Lord said the diversity of the night’s winners — including student winners — was a resounding message in his ears throughout the program. “The diversity of the projects and the diversity of characters, too,” the Spider-Verse producer/co-writer and co-writer said as the film’s soundtrack hit Sunflower serenaded Royce Hall one again on a...
“Go break new ground, everybody,” producer Chris Miller said in accepting the night marquee prize. Added Peter Ramsey, one of the trio who also won the directing prize for Spider-Verse tonight: “We wanted to make a movie that made people feel special and powerful, that was kind of our mission.”
Phil Lord said the diversity of the night’s winners — including student winners — was a resounding message in his ears throughout the program. “The diversity of the projects and the diversity of characters, too,” the Spider-Verse producer/co-writer and co-writer said as the film’s soundtrack hit Sunflower serenaded Royce Hall one again on a...
- 2/3/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
I’m surprised it took this long to come up with a concept like Wreck-it Ralph, the hilarious, arcade-game-hopping journey from Disney which was something of a Toy Story for a generation weaned on Nintendo and Sega. Wreck-it Ralph was a lot of fun (much more so than Brave which took home the Oscar last week). Wamg’s Jim Batts gave the film 4 ½ stars (read his review Here)
http://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2012/11/wreck-it-ralph-the-review/
Now Wreck-it Ralph has been released on Blu-ray and, unsurprisingly, it looks spectacular. Sharpness consistently appears immaculate on the Br disc. Even the widest shots of the “Sugar Rush” racers zooming around the track demonstrated excellent clarity, as every aspect of Wreck-it Ralph looked detailed and distinctive. No issues with jagged edges or shimmering materialized, and I saw no edge haloes or processing concerns. Of course, print flaws weren’t a factor, as they stayed away from this unblemished presentation.
http://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2012/11/wreck-it-ralph-the-review/
Now Wreck-it Ralph has been released on Blu-ray and, unsurprisingly, it looks spectacular. Sharpness consistently appears immaculate on the Br disc. Even the widest shots of the “Sugar Rush” racers zooming around the track demonstrated excellent clarity, as every aspect of Wreck-it Ralph looked detailed and distinctive. No issues with jagged edges or shimmering materialized, and I saw no edge haloes or processing concerns. Of course, print flaws weren’t a factor, as they stayed away from this unblemished presentation.
- 3/5/2013
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Interview Simon Brew Feb 7, 2013
The effects supervisor on Wreck-It Ralph talks to use about his work on the film, and being at the end of the production pipeline...
You think visual effects work, and you don't necessarily think of a fully animated movie. Yet at the end of the production pipeline of Disney's Wreck-It Ralph was a very busy effects team. Here, one of the film's two effects supervisors, Cesar Velazquez, spared us some time for a chat...
Can I start by briefly touching on Eraser, Batman & Robin and Mars Attacks!
Yes! Very early back on where I started.
So if my memory serves, in Eraser you've got Arnie bashing two crocodiles' heads together, in Batman & Robin we've got the icing up of Gotham City, and Mars Attacks! you've got the exploding heads. So what kind of apprenticeship was that?
Those were when I started out in the industry.
First job?...
The effects supervisor on Wreck-It Ralph talks to use about his work on the film, and being at the end of the production pipeline...
You think visual effects work, and you don't necessarily think of a fully animated movie. Yet at the end of the production pipeline of Disney's Wreck-It Ralph was a very busy effects team. Here, one of the film's two effects supervisors, Cesar Velazquez, spared us some time for a chat...
Can I start by briefly touching on Eraser, Batman & Robin and Mars Attacks!
Yes! Very early back on where I started.
So if my memory serves, in Eraser you've got Arnie bashing two crocodiles' heads together, in Batman & Robin we've got the icing up of Gotham City, and Mars Attacks! you've got the exploding heads. So what kind of apprenticeship was that?
Those were when I started out in the industry.
First job?...
- 2/6/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
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