An animated film has never been nominated for an Art Direction Oscar!
Beauty and the Beast (1991) and Up (2009) are the only animated films ever to be nominated for Best Picture, while Waltz with Bashir (2008) is the only animated picture ever nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.
However an animated film has never been up for Best Art Direction.
Now saying that, Avatar did win last year but many would not regard this as a solely animated piece as the lines are very blurred with this film. I must say though it thoroughly deserved the win for an absolutely remarkable achievement, and perhaps it will be the turning point for the animated films to be recognised. … read more
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Former Spline Doctor Angus Maclane made this funny chart of fame.
It’s a regular joke here how animators are among the least recognized people in the entertainment industry. Oh well, we really didn’t get into animation because we wanted to be famous…
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As mentioned in a previous post, John Canemaker came to visit recently. After his wonderful presentation on the Art and Flair of Mary Blair he talked about his life and the several different jobs he’s had throughout his career. He explained how it is so important to do other types of acting when you’re in the field of animation. Be it stage or film, an animator should step out from behind their monitor and desk and act in front of an audience at least once in their life.
This made a lot of sense to me as I had been toying with the idea for a while. I decided to take action and immediately searched for a improvisation course in Dublin and luckily enough I found a masterclass that would be starting the following week. I couldn’t wait! … read more
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Here’s an update on the Mo Bros. It looks like they’ve been naughty! (we also have our first Mo Sista, see if you can spot her!)
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It’s that time of year again at Brown Bag where we say goodbye to any facial hair we had and start growing fabulous new moustaches again.
This is the second year we’ve done Movember in BBF and it certainly won’t be our last. Though the cold season has begun (well, does it ever really end in Ireland?!) we have braved the frostbite to our upper lips and wiped away former traces of face fungus as we begin to grow a new misplaced eyebrow.
There are lots of different types of soup strainers as shown below, and we all have our favourites though most of us can’t grow them so have to stick with what we can!
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On an unusually sunny Sunday for Ireland I found myself at the cinema …but I didn’t mind at all as it was for the premiere of Pixar’s new film, Up.
Click image to see trailer in HD
Though I was initially very annoyed when I first heard that Up wasn’t going to be released in Ireland until October 9th – over 4 months after its US release - I still couldn’t wait to see it.
Luckily for me, 3 weeks before its general release, I got to see Up at the Irish premiere which was presented in stunning Disney Digital 3-D. There was also a Q&A afterwards with writer/director Pete Docter and producer Jonas Rivera. … read more
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The official annual ranking of baby names for England and Wales has been published recently by the Office for National Statistics and ‘Olivia’ has topped the poll for the girls!
With Brown Bag’s series Olivia being so well recieved across the pond, is it just a coincidence or what?!
Take a bow Olivia, you poll winning star!!!
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When people mention a Warner Brothers animated feature film that they missed on theatrical release, ‘The Iron Giant’ is always it. Luckily for ‘The Iron Giant’ it was popularised much later on DVD release.
There is however another film in their back catalogue that is truly a gem, and just as criminally unknown as ‘The Iron Giant’ was.
This film is called “Cats Don’t Dance”
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“Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn.” - Norman McLaren
Actions speak louder than words…
Pixar's One Man Band
I went to the recent AIB World Street Performance recently and saw some fantastic acts. They had a huge variety of different types of street performers who were some of the best in the world at their particular craft. … read more
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Our very own Cathal Gaffney is the latest guest editor for the upcoming issue of Film Ireland which will be an animation special. It will be an in-depth examination of an area of filmmaking in Ireland which is often overlooked.
This July/August issue will be out soon and we will post more news once it is published.
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