The directors of The Lego Movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and The Mitchells vs. the Machines asked the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to treat animated.
The biggest reason is that by treating animated films as second-class citizens at the Oscars, they create a stigma that affects the entire industry. The five Academy Award nominees for best animated feature as a corporate product for kids that parents must begrudgingly endure could be dismissed as simply careless. carelessness has become routine for those of us who have dedicated our lives to making animated films. The head of a major animation studio once told an assembly of animators that if they played their cards right, they would one day graduate to live-action.
The Animation Guild has been forced to band together to demand fair compensation for their work because of the dismissal of animation people. We are currently negotiating with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to get studios to pay animation workers fairly, especially when animation is such a large and important part of their bottom lines. Look up #NewDeal4Animation to learn more. When production was stopped, animators began working from home. These films kept our business going.
They are not wrong. They are not wrong about the respect these films deserve. When the Oscar nominees included a film about a man's escape from Afghanistan, the presenters called it a virtual babysitter. Hopefully the members of the Academy will do the same.
Wondering where our feed went? The new one can be picked up here.
All Rights Reserved © 2024
