‘Feral’: The Art of the Oscar-Nominated Shorts. In this special Cartoon Brew series, we asked the five nominees of the 2013 Best Animated Short Academy Award to discuss the artwork of their films.
Today we begin this exclusive look at the short contenders with Feral, an independent film directed by Daniel Sousa. (Click on any of the images for a closer view. Explore the artwork of the other 2013 Oscar animated short nominees: Possessions, Mr. Hublot, Get A Horse! And Room on the Broom.) Daniel Sousa: “Initially, the film was going to tell the story of Kasper Hauser, a boy who had been locked in a dark room for his whole childhood, without human contact. Daniel Sousa: “I also tried pen-and-ink and playing around with transparencies, thinking of the boy as a hollow receptacle of information, soaking in the chaos of the new-found civilization, allowing it to flow through him.” Daniel Sousa: “I started to feel that the boy needed to be more savage, untamed, aggressive. ‘Possessions’: The Art of the Oscar-Nominated Shorts. In this special Cartoon Brew series, we asked the five nominees of the 2013 Best Animated Short Academy Award to discuss the artwork of their films.
Today we continue this exclusive look at the short contenders with Possessions, a Japanese film directed by Shuhei Morita. The film initially appeared in Katsuhiro Otomo’s Short Peace film omnibus. (Click on any of the images for a closer view. See the artwork of the other short nominees: Feral, Mr. Hublot, Room on the Broom and Get A Horse!) Shuhei Morita: Stories that are written in old Japanese folk stories usually don’t have big actions or surprising tricks. Shuhei Morita: In the past few years, we have been creating a “Theatrical Plan” for a film themed on ‘Things.’
Shuhei Morita: “Stuff” such as characters and items in the anime cannot be ignored, so I used the sounds such as “Ding,” “Bang,” and “Crack,” and expressed its presence. Shuhei Morita: As you see in the design, I was particular about the details. ‘Get a Horse!’: The Art of the Oscar-Nominated Shorts. In this special Cartoon Brew series, we asked the five nominees of the 2013 Best Animated Short Academy Award to discuss the artwork of their films.
Today we conclude this exclusive look at the short contenders with Get A Horse! , a Walt Disney short directed by Lauren MacMullan. The short, which premiered last June at Annecy, was distributed to mainstream audiences in front of the theatrical release of Frozen. (Click on any of the images for a closer view. See the artwork of the other short nominees: Possessions, Feral, Mr. Lauren MacMullan: Oddly enough, no model sheets from this 1928-30 era could be found.
‘Get a Horse!’: The Art of the Oscar-Nominated Shorts. ‘Mr. Hublot’: The Art of the Oscar-Nominated Shorts. In this special Cartoon Brew series, we asked the five nominees of the 2013 Best Animated Short Academy Award to discuss the artwork of their films.
Today we continue this exclusive look at the short contenders with Mr. Hublot, a Luxembourg/France co-production directed by Laurent Witz and co-directed by Alexandre Espigares. (Click on any of the images for a closer view. All images in this post are copyright ZEILT Productions. See the artwork of the other short nominees: Possessions, Feral, Get A Horse!
Laurent Witz: Stéphane Halleux’ characters were the basis for the short. Laurent Witz: Working on the ambiance of the film was important, both to underline the emotions—the poetry of it—and to find the identity of the film. Laurent Witz: Color research was a key stage in making Mr. Laurent Witz: For the designs of Mr. Laurent Witz: We didn’t want Mr. ‘Room on the Broom’: The Art of the Oscar-Nominated Shorts. In this special Cartoon Brew series, we asked the five nominees of the 2013 Best Animated Short Academy Award to discuss the artwork of their films.
Today we continue this exclusive look at the short contenders with Room on the Broom, a UK/German Magic Light Pictures (UK)/Studio Soi (Germany) co-production directed by Jan Lachauer and Max Lang. The 27-minute film originally debuted on BBC One on December 25th, 2012.