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In response to "As I understand it, the rule on Animated Feature is that animation must be present in 75% of the film." by Reagen

After seeing it, I understand better why people think it should/could be nominated, but I'm still not there. It's a lot of mocap work.

Posted by TFox Jan 11 '10, 09:53

And even if the current definition embraces mocap, I'd prefer to define it as animation where the illustrators and their tools are providing the source of the character's motion, not a live-action captured performance.

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I think that's a useful distinction. -- nm - znufrii Jan 11, 09:55
but what about, say, Waking Life? -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 09:54 10
- From what I understand, that took a lot of frame-by-frame, hand animation. So I would still categorize it differently than Avatar. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 11, 09:56
- In retrospect, I'd boot it under my criteria. -- nm - TFox Jan 11, 09:56 8
  - I wouldn't. because the animation is hand-drawn, and not directly controlled by the actor. - znufrii Jan 11, 09:58 4
    - and by a guideline, you mean "something to trace"? -- nm - TFox Jan 11, 09:59 3
      - Oh look, here comes Banky Edwards with a gun! -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 10:02 1
        
        Nice. (nm) - musubi Jan 11, 10:07
      - except they didn't just treat it as "something to trace". - znufrii Jan 11, 10:01
  - (and really, Waking Life is most likely a one-off exception that won't arise all that often.) -- nm - TFox Jan 11, 09:57 2
    - Don't forget A Scanner Darkly (an underrated gem imo). -- nm - Don Homer Jan 11, 09:58 1
      - ok, a two-off exception. :) -- nm - TFox Jan 11, 09:59

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After seeing it, I understand better why people think it should/could be nominated, but I'm still not there. It's a lot of mocap work.

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