FLIRTING WITH OSCAR.

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  • Author(s): Kaufman, Debra
  • Source:
    Computer Graphics World. Dec2005, Vol. 28 Issue 12, p20-26. 6p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      MOTION pictures; ACADEMY Awards; KING Kong (Film : 2005); HARRY Potter & the Goblet of Fire (Film); MADAGASCAR (Film); CORPSE Bride (Film); COMPUTER-generated imagery; MOTION picture industry
    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED States
    • Abstract:
      The article reports that although the 78th annual Academy Awards presentation is still months away, it is never too early to have a look at who will receive the U.S. motion picture industry's top honors and take home the golden idol known as Oscar. Far from pure conjecture, however, is the quality of this year's films that are receiving accolades by industry peers for the their visual effects and animation. As of this publication's deadline, "King Kong," "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," and "Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," all highly anticipated visual effects films. To get an idea of what films may end up as contenders for the Oscar, the journal spoke to more than a dozen VFX supervisors and producers, animators, and animation historians to get their take on the year's most outstanding work and, more importantly, why it could be Oscar-worthy. Although audiences have seen their share of top-rated computer graphics (CG) animated films such as "Madagascar" and "Robots," the non-CG animated films are equally popular, particularly the two stop-motion productions "Corpse Bride" and "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit," and the traditionally animated feature "Howl's Moving Castle."