It’s September, the unofficial start of the long road to the Academy Awards telecast on February 24, 2013. Already, awards campaigns are in the works and the end of last week’s Toronto International Film Festival already has a number of titles in play for those oh-so-very-coveted golden statuettes. One big change this year, the Oscar nominations will come out earlier this year. Nominations will be revealed January 10th, five days earlier than in the past. And that group of 5,500-plus voting members of the Academy will have the opportunity to vote electronically (conceivably a bit harder now for voting members to pass their ballots over to their more eager assistants, perhaps?) The Academy will make several voting resources available to members during the transition, including the installation of assisted voting stations in Los Angeles, New York and London, a 24-hour telephone help line during voting periods, and paper ballots. In the pre-Nominations phase, members will continue to vote via paper ballot in eight categories due to specialized screening schedules and processes. Those categories are Animated Feature Film, Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Foreign Language Film, Makeup and Hairstyling and Visual Effects. And the key dates are : Friday, November 30, 2012: Official Screen Credits due Saturday, December 1, 2012: Governors Awards presentation Monday, December 17, 2012: Nominations voting begins Thursday, January 3, 2013: Nominations voting ends 5 p.m. PT Thursday, January 10, 2013: Nominations announced 5:30 a.m. PT, Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater Monday, February 4, 2013: Nominees Luncheon Friday, February 8, 2013: Final voting begins Saturday, February 9, 2013: Scientific and Technical Awards presentation Tuesday, February 19, 2013: Final voting ends 5 p.m. PT Sunday, February 24, 2013: 85th Academy Awards presentation
[Video Link] Boing Boing pal Joe Sabia, who works with me to create our in-flight Boing Boing Virgin America TV channel, shares his latest project. This delightful stop-motion animated short was 7 months in the making, all done with hand-made miniatures. It’s a promotional video for Bamboo Sushi, a restaurant in Portland. Joe says: Lori Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Boing Boing Discovery Date : 28/02/2012 17:51 Number of articles : 3
Animated Short of the Day: The staff at Korea’s Studio Shelter kindly request that you keep drawing . [ likecool .] Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : The Daily What Discovery Date : 15/11/2011 04:24 Number of articles : 2
Explaining Sh*t To Kids of the Day: Nuclear Boy Has a Stomachache : Apparently Japan has been airing this animated short on national television in an effort to explain the nuclear crisis to children. Most terrifying Schoolhouse Rock! episode ever. [ thanks kat! ] Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Daily What Discovery Date : 17/03/2011 16:07 Number of articles : 2
Explaining Sh*t To Kids of the Day: Nuclear Boy Has a Stomachache : Apparently Japan has been airing this animated short on national television in an effort to explain the nuclear crisis to children. Most terrifying Schoolhouse Rock! episode ever. [ thanks kat! ] Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Daily What Discovery Date : 17/03/2011 16:07 Number of articles : 2
“Sweet Dreams” is a remarkably unexpected and absolutely hysterical stop-motion animated short film by Kirsten Lepore. The film tells the story of a stalwart cupcake yearning to find something beyond his world of sugar cube skyscrapers and frosting-covered friends. The runaway cupcake’s adventures turn into an intense bout of hot and steamy food porn, as he travels to distant shores. The sweet stuff’s sugar-cube boat is battered by the stormy seas, and that’s just the start of this astounding (flour-sifting?) journey. At one life-changing point during his stay in a foreign land, there’s some very naughty stop-motion romantic action between the cupcake and his newly beloved sexy gourd. This piece includes a number of colorful illustrations, as well as the wickedly funny animated short film. http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/sweet-dreams-the-sexy-adventures-of-… added by: disembedded
“MARS!” is a very thought-provoking animated short by Joe Bichard and Jack Cunningham, which tells the now painfully common tale of one species colonizing another and sucking its resources dry. This poignant environmental message shows the perils of utilizing a planet’s resources with absolutely no regard for nature and wildlife. “MARS!” can’t help but evoke clear connections to British Petroleum’s ongoing, catastrophic Louisiana oil spill that’s devastating the southern Gulf Coast. This is what we’re actually doing to our own planet! This piece includes colorful illustrations and the engaging animated short, “MARS!” http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/bps-next-huge-oil-catastrophe-its-ma… added by: disembedded
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