The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the
shortlist for the 91st Oscars in the category of Animated Short Film.
Ten films were selected out of Eighty-one films qualified in the
category. Members of the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch vote
to determine the shortlist and the nominees.
The 91st Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 24th, 2019, at the
Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will
be televised live on the ABC Television Network.
Before the computing era, ILM was the master of oil matte painting, making audiences believe that some of the sets in the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogy were real when they weren’t. They were the work of geniuses like Chris Evans,Michael Pangrazio,Frank Ordaz, Harrison Ellenshaw and Ralph McQuarrie! Forever thank you, to their handmade art and the work of their colleagues, that made us dream of impossible worlds and fantastic places across Earth and the Universe.
There are more background paintings on this article, featuring comments by the masters/artists themselves !
Some of the following pieces were made by other artists 2:
exCUSE ME?!?!!??!??! TheYRE PAINTINGS?!??!!?!
SHUT UP I thought they were miniatures!!!!
It’s too beautiful. I could cry.
I love this because I’ll be watching a movie and think “how did they do that? Is that a building they built for this movie? Was it there beforehand? Is it cardboard or CGI? Is that actually some place on Earth that they’re filming?” And the answer to all of these now is “nope, that’s a painting”. I can’t believe some of the most iconic, familiar shots were paintings!
