‘Frozen 2’: How Production Design Empowered Elsa’s Transformation as the Snow Queen
The graphic design of a shawl became the key to animating the four elemental spirits and how they connected to Elsa and her magical ice power.
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‘How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’ Is DreamWorks Animation Gamechanger
DreamWorks introduced innovative path-tracing renderer MoonRay, which provided for the first time a real-world lighting scheme.
‘Frozen 2’: How Disney Swooped ‘Into the Unknown’ With New Tech and Social Engineering
Disney introduced a new animation tool called Swoop for its Gale wind spirit while creating closer collaboration between the departments.
Netflix’s ‘I Lost My Body’ Is the Year’s Boldest Animated Feature
Touch and sound figure prominently in Netflix’s animated French Oscar contender about a severed hand trying to reconnect with its body.
Netflix Oscar-Contender ‘I Lost My Body’ Takes Top Honors at Animation Is Film 2019
The Cannes winner about a severed hand won the Grand Prize, while “Weathering With You” and “The Swallows of Kabul” shared the Audience Award.
Oscar Voters Could Pick from a Record Number of Animated Feature Contenders
It’s Pixar v. Dreamworks, as “Toy Story 4” and “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” are current Oscar frontrunners.
Oscars 2020: Best Animated Feature Predictions
Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” is the frontrunner, but Neftlix’s acclaimed “I Lost My Body” has become the darling of the critics. Updated 12/11/2019.
Annecy: Netflix Premieres Footage from First Original Animated Feature ‘Klaus’ In Innovative 2D
We got an early look at Netflix’s first animated Oscar contender, a wacky Santa origin story, prior to Wednesday’s Annecy presentation.
‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Wins Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film
The superhero film beat out “Incredibles 2” and “Isle of Dogs” to win Sony Pictures Animation its first Oscar in this category.
‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’: Making Doc Ock Olivia the Subversive Secret Weapon
Kathryn Hahn’s Doc Ock and soft robotics added new dimensions to the animated Oscar frontrunner.
‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’: Designing the Animated Game-Changer and Oscar Favorite
Annie and ADG winner, Justin Thompson, was the architect behind the trippy “Into the Spider-Verse,” which appears destined for Oscar glory.
‘Ruben Brandt, Collector’: Going Into the Wild, Animated Painter-Verse
There’s another animated visual feast vying for Oscar contention: a surreal, R-rated crime thriller about paintings (from Sony Pictures Classics).
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