The Other Three Nominations for Animated Short Oscar

This is one of my favorite categories in the Oscars, which air tonight. But very little attention is usually paid to the nominees or the winner.

Here are the other three nominations, in addition to Peter and the Wolf.

Madame Tutli-Putli

Madame Tutli-Putli is a beautifully realized, maccabre film. The stop-motion animation on show here is brilliant. Most interesting are the eye movements. The effect was achieved by using eyeless puppets, and then using a human actor to film the corresponding eye movements. Once the tracking was complete, the footage was re-timed with the animation and then digitally composited into the onto the puppet scenes.

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My Love

Moya Lyubov (My Love) is, quite literally, an animated oil painting. I cannot imagine the amount of work that went into making this film but it shows. Unfortunately it is in Russian, sans subtitles, but it remains breathtaking to watch nevertheless.

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I Met the Walrus

This is the trailer and an interview with the creators for the short film honoring John Lennon.

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