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Animation is afilmmaking technique wherebystill images are manipulated to createmoving images. Intraditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand ontransparent celluloid sheets to bephotographed and exhibited onfilm. Animation has been recognized as an artistic medium, specifically within theentertainment industry. Many animations are either traditional animations orcomputer animations made withcomputer-generated imagery (CGI).Stop motion animation, in particularclaymation, is also prominent alongside these other forms, albeit to a lesser degree.
Animation is contrasted withlive action, although the two do not exist in isolation. Many filmmakers have producedfilms that are a hybrid of the two. As CGI increasinglyapproximates photographic imagery, filmmakers can relatively easilycomposite 3D animatedvisual effects (VFX) into their film, rather than usingpractical effects. (Full article...)
The Simpsons: Hit & Run is anaction-adventurevideo game based on theanimatedsitcomThe Simpsons. It was released in North America on September 16, 2003, and in Europe and Japan later in the year. The story and dialogue were crafted bywriters fromThe Simpsons, with all character voices supplied by theactual cast. The game follows theSimpson family and the citizens ofSpringfield, who witness strange incidents in town and discover that two aliens are filming areality television series about the populace. To make the show more interesting, the aliens release a new version of the popular soft drink Buzz Cola into Springfield's water supply, which causesinsanity. With help fromProfessor Frink,Homer destroys the aliens' spaceship, and Springfield and its inhabitants are returned to normal. The game received generally favorable reviews from video game critics. Praise focused on the interpretation of theSimpsons television series as a video game and its parodical take on the gameGrand Theft Auto III, while criticism mostly surrounded some aspects of gameplay. The game received the award for Fave Video Game at the 2004Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards and sold three million copies.
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Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an Americanfilm producer,director,screenwriter, voice actor,animator,entrepreneur,entertainer, internationalicon and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the20th century. As the co-founder (with his brotherRoy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. Thecorporation he co-founded, now known asThe Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion. Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator inanimation andtheme park design. He and his staff created a number of the world's most famous fictional characters includingMickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has won 26Academy Awards out of 59 nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won sevenEmmy Awards. He is the namesake forDisneyland andWalt Disney World Resort theme parks in theUnited States, as well as the international resorts inJapan,France, andChina.
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Theaccolades received byUp, a 2009computer-animatedfilm produced byPixar Animation Studios and distributed byWalt Disney Pictures.The film, which premiered on May 29, 2009, inNorth America, became the first animated 3D film to open theCannes Film Festival. It was directed byPete Docter(pictured), co-directed byBob Peterson, and produced by Jonas Rivera. It garnered various awards and nominations, most of them for the "Best Animated Picture" category and for thefilm's soundtrack.Up was nominated for fiveAcademy Awards at the2010 Ceremony, winning two, forBest Animated Feature and forBest Original Score. Rivera received the Motion Pictures Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award, for Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures, given by theProducers Guild of America, while Docter, Peterson and Giacchino were honored withBritish Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards for their work on the film. Furthermore the film was nominated at the2009 Satellite Awards in the categories "Best Animated or Mixed Media Film", "Best Original Screenplay" and "Best Original Score".
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