Oscar for Best Animated Feature 2012

[estefan]

For those wondering, here is the full list of Annie Award winners tonight:

Best Animated Feature: Wreck-It Ralph
Best Animated Special Production: Despicable Me - Minion Mayhem
Best Animated Short Subject: Paperman
Best General Audience Animated TV Production For Preschool Children: Bubble Guppies
Best Animated Television Production For Children: Dragons Riders of Berk
Best General Audience Animated Television Production: Robot Chicken
Best Animated Video Game: Journey
Best Student Film: Head Over Heels

Animated Effects in an Animated Production: Andy Hayes, Carl Hooper, David Lipton – Rise of the Guardians
Animated Effects in a Live Action Production: Jerome Platteaux, John Sigurdson, Ryan Hopkins, Raul Essig, Mark Chataway - The Avengers
Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production: Dan Driscoll - SpongeBob SquarePants: It’s a SpongeBob Christmas!
Character Animation in a Feature Production: Travis Knight - ParaNorman
Character Animation in a Live Action Production: Erik de Boer, Matt Shumway, Brian Wells, Vinayak Pawar, Michael Holzl - Life of Pi – 'Tiger'
Character Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production: Robert Valley - Tron Uprising
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production: Heidi Smith - ParaNorman
Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production: John Eng - Dragons Riders of Berk
Directing in an Animated Feature Production: Rich Moore - Wreck-It Ralph
Music in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production: John Paesano - Dragons Riders of Berk
Music in an Animated Feature Production: Henry Jackman - Wreck-It Ralph
Production Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production: Alberto Mielgo - Tron Uprising
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production: Steve Pilcher - Brave
Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production: Doug Lovelave - Dragons Riders of Berk
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production: Johanne Matte - Rise of the Guardians
Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production: Kristen Schaal - Gravity Falls
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production: Alan Tudyk - Wreck-It Ralph
Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production: Trey Parker - South Park
Writing in an Animated Feature Production: Phil Johnston and Jennifer Lee - Wreck-It Ralph
Editorial in an Animated Television Production: Hugo Morales, Adam Arnold, Davrik Waeden, Otto Ferraye - Kung Fu Panda
Editorial in an Animated Feature Production: Nicholas A. Smith, Robert Graham Jones and David Suther - Brave

[Sotiris]

Music in an Animated Feature Production: Henry Jackman - Wreck-It Ralph

Ugh. So not deserved.

[DisneyJedi]

Music in an Animated Feature Production: Henry Jackman - Wreck-It Ralph

Ugh. So not deserved.

Sotiris, how dare you?? I thought the music was well done in said movie, epic and nostalgic!

[SWillie!]

Music in an Animated Feature Production: Henry Jackman - Wreck-It Ralph

Ugh. So not deserved.

What would you have given it to? I thought the score for Ralph was amazing, I've listened to it over and over again since the movie came out.

[Sotiris]

Sotiris, how dare you?

You're lucky I didn't say anything about their un-deserved wins in the other categories

I thought the music was well done in said movie, epic and nostalgic!

Please tell me which track of the soundtrack was this 'epic and nostalgic' music on. Unless by nostalgic you mean 8-bit music. Because I've listened to the whole thing and there's nothing award-deserving there.

[SWillie!]

Well which film would you have given it to?

I agree with DisneyJedi - there are some AWESOME moments in the score. I think you should revisit it. To give specific tracks, the main theme, "Wreck-it Ralph" is just plain awesome. The last minute or two of "Rocket Fiasco" when Ralph is getting his medal is epic as anything. The entirety of "Royal Raceway" deserves more appearances in the score, especially the part that comes in at 1:25. "Candy Vandals" is badass. "One Minute to Win It" captures the spirit of that scene perfectly. The sad moments during "King Candy" and "Broken Karted" when Ralph is making the tough decision are heartbreaking. And then entire finale, "Sugar Rush Showdown", "You're My Hero", and "Arcade Finale" are all perfect to me. 2:35 in "You're My Hero", COME ON! You can't not love that.

[PatrickvD]

I've listened to all scores and Jackman's Wreck-It Ralph was by far the most deserving in my opinion.

[Sotiris]

Well, which film would you have given it to?

From the nominated ones, I find that the Rise of the Guardians, Brave, and Adventures in Zambezia had a much better soundtrack than Wreck-It Ralph.

[disneyboy20022]

Character Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production: Robert Valley - Tron Uprising

I wish that were enough to wake Disney up and keep this show going...

[Disney's Divinity]

I would’ve thought Brave would win for the score. I didn’t notice anything particularly deserving from WIR’s score.

I’m not sure how it won in Voice Acting either, tbh.

[disneyprincess11]

I would’ve thought Brave would win for the score. I didn’t notice anything particularly deserving from WIR’s score.

I’m not sure how it won in Voice Acting either, tbh.

I thought Brave should have won for Best Music. The music to WIR was nice, and that's about it. The music to Brave was just gorgeous. The songs needs more recongizition.

I thought WIR deserved Best VA the most. Alan Tudyk was great!

[SWillie!]

For you guys that think Ralph didn't deserve best music, might it be because its just very different? What with the 8-bit tracks and all? Because I know that it did grow on me after being a little skeptical at first.

[Linden]

I agree with Sotiris. I've listened to almost all the the soundtracks nominated. I'd go with Rise of the Guardians or Brave. They both pack much more emotion into the music that meshes well with the visuals. I came away from both movies remembering bits of score from them. I didn't have that experience with WIR. The music works really well in that movie, but it's not the kind that you notice (with the exception of the songs) while watching the movie or that is particularly enjoyable to listen to by itself.

Can't comment on Adventures in Zambezia. I do think Jon Brion's score for Paranorman should have been nominated, though. It was refreshingly simple, but still emotive.

[estefan]

Minkyu Lee has now uploaded his nominated short "Adam and Dog" to YouTube:

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[Jules]

Thank you for posting, estefan! What an unusual turn that took. I expected this short to be very different based on the trailer I saw quite a few months ago.

Oh, and I miss hand-drawn. Paperman's technique is lovely and all, but it still can't quite replace the looseness and occassional distortion one can do in hand-drawn. Adam and Dog looks beautiful, even if it has some rough spots. At times, the animation wasn't inbetweened. I don't think it was a stylistic decision ... the budget probably ran out.

[estefan]

Head Over Heels is now online:

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[Sotiris]

I'm probably the only one here but I find that both 'Adam & Dog' and 'Head Over Heels' are better films than 'Paperman'.

If it were up to me, I'd give the Oscar to 'Head Over Heels'.

[PatrickvD]

I like 'Head over Heels' as well. Even though, thematically, it's heavily borrowing ideas from Up. It's pretty much impossible not to think of Up while watching it.

So far I'm still on team Paperman. But these are some of the best animated shorts in recent years. I'd say they're all deserving,

[Sotiris]

I like 'Head over Heels' as well. Even though, thematically, it's heavily borrowing ideas from Up.

Paperman isn't thematically original either.

[PatrickvD]

I like 'Head over Heels' as well. Even though, thematically, it's heavily borrowing ideas from Up.

Paperman isn't thematically original either.

Never said it wasn't. Though I've not seen the film everyone is referring to.