2010 Oscar Nominated Short Films at the Rafael

The Rafael Theater in downtown San Rafael, CA is showing the 2010 Oscar Nominated short Films. They're screening both the live action and animated shorts.

The animated short films include:

French Roast
Granny O'Gimm's Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Partly Cloudy
The Kinematograph
Runaway

*One side note - The Live Action Shorts are rated R for those interested in taking kids to see the animated shorts.


Playing at the Rafael Feb 19th - 25th


2010 Oscar Nominated Short Films

From 'Rapunzel' to 'Tangled'?

From 'Rapunzel' to 'Tangled'? Really?



I'm not sure if I agree with the 'Rapunzel' title change Disney announced last week. If it's true that they're changing the title in reaction to the boxoffice performance of 'The Princess and the Frog' (and it's supposed lack luster popularity with young boys) then they're barking up the wrong tree. Any thoughts?

Rapunzel now called Tangled via Market Saw

Rapunzel Retitled Tangled via /Film

Tom Sito Podcast Interview and Speech

Check out the Tom Sito interview and his Annie Award speech over on the ASIFA Animation Archive site.


Tom Sito Podcast


Tom Sito's Blog

The Secret of Kells

I can't wait to see this film! The designs are great and I'm loving the animation -- as for the story I haven't heard much but the Oscar nod boosted my expectations quite a bit (very impressed that the Academy nominated this film!). It's like a breath of fresh air amid the smog of design complacency in this industry. I've been digging through the fantastic production blog for 'Kells' over the past couple of days. It has an archive going back to 2005 so there's tons to see! Very inspiring
work!

The Secret of Kells - Disney Trailer from on Vimeo.

Hand Reference

Hand reference via Michael Sporn's Blog