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Reposted from Ozoux.com

Excerpts from each of the nominated shorts:

Même Les Pigeons Vont Au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go To Heaven)Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse directed the only CG animated short to be nominated this year. Even Pigeons Go To Heaven is an amusing story of a priest hawking the afterlife created by French visual effects company ( Read more... )

David Bowers takes on 'Astro Boy'Director replaces Brady on CG-animated film ( Read more... )

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Note the closing statement/ info...

Once upon a time, animated films relied on music far beneath the artistic standard of their live-action contemporaries. In some cases, as in Walt Disney's "Silly Symphonies" shorts, the compositions replaced dialogue and sound effects altogether, whimsically telegraphing every gesture -- or "Mickey Mousing" the action, as the technique pejoratively ( Read more... )

Burton, Disney team on 3D films

Tim Burton is pairing up with Disney to direct two 3D-animated toons, "Alice in Wonderland" and "Frankenweenie."

Two-picture deal with the Walt Disney Studios begins with "Alice in Wonderland," set to combine performance capture imagery with live action and shown in theaters in 3D.

-Variety

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I'm definitely taking some inspiration from this one for my animated short.

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I have been looking for ways to create an "in the clouds" environment, that is both imaginative and feels large and open like a real sky environment. The treatment for the lighting is very well done. The character design and animation are very appealing. ( Read more... )

Paris Hilton the Cartoon Character - Yep, you heard that right!Creative genius Stan Lee has been enlisted to create an animated series for MTV starring: Paris Hilton. No, that's not a misprint, according to the New York Daily News ( Read more... )