Why Best Animated Feature Has Failed | Keyframe

Описание: The Oscars are far from perfect, but the way they handle animation is particularly bad, especially in the case of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Be it condescending presenters, a narrow scope of nominees and winners, or a lack of recognition across other Oscar categories, animation is always looked at as the lesser medium within the wider film landscape by the academy.

Enjoy this video essay exploring these topics, serving as the introduction to Keyframe: a series that will go from year to year since the inception of Best Animated Feature and give each animated film its time in the spotlight, provide a new series of retrospective nominees and winners, and hopefully help others discover great films that they may not have seen otherwise.

Credits/Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19...

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
2:37 - Snow White/Popularization of Animated Features
4:12 - Lack of Academy Recognition
5:08 - Changing Landscape of Animation
7:50 - Poor Oscars Standards
8:44 - Money and the Academy
11:29 - Downplaying Animation
14:54 - Western Perception of Animation
17:20 - Best Animated Feature Criteria
21:50 - Awful Oscar Voters
25:17 - Disney Dominance, Indie/International Struggles
28:14 - Closing Thoughts/Outro