Some how I started thinking of watching all the animated short films that had been nominated for Academy Awards to date. So looking around I finaly found a list. (See Below) And with a little searching on Youtube you can watch most of these right now. Enjoy!

1930s

As Short Subjects (Cartoons)

* 1931-1932 (5th) Flowers and Trees - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney, producer
o Mickey’s Orphans - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney, producer
o It’s Got Me Again! - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger, producer
* 1932-1933 (6th) Three Little Pigs - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney, producer
o Building a Building - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney, producer
o The Merry Old Soul - Universal - Walter Lantz, producer
* 1934 (7th) - The Tortoise and the Hare - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney, producer
o Holiday Land - Screen Gems, Columbia - Charles Mintz, producer
o Jolly Little Elves - Universal - Walter Lantz, producer
* 1935 (8th) Three Orphan Kittens - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney, producer
o The Calico Dragon - Harman-Ising, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Hugh Harman & Rudolf Ising, producers
o Who Killed Cock Robin? - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney, producer
* 1936 (9th) The Country Cousin - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney, producer
o Old Mill Pond - Harman-Ising, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Hugh Harman & Rudolf Ising, producers
o Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor - Fleischer Studios, Paramount - Max Fleischer, producer
* 1937 (10th) The Old Mill - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney, producer
o Educated Fish - Fleischer Studios, Paramount - Max Fleischer, producer
o The Little Match Girl - Screen Gems, Columbia - Charles Mintz, producer
* 1938 (11th) Ferdinand the Bull - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney, producer
o The Brave Little Tailor - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney, producer
o Mother Goose Goes Hollywood - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney, producer
o Good Scouts - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney, producer
o Hunky and Spunky - Fleischer Studios, Paramount - Max Fleischer, producer
* 1939 (12th) The Ugly Duckling - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney, producer
o Detouring America - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger, producer
o Peace on Earth - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby & Hugh Harman, producers
o The Pointer - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney, producer

[edit] 1940s

* 1940 (13th) The Milky Way - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby & Rudolph Ising, producers
o Puss Gets the Boot - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby & Rudolph Ising, producers
o A Wild Hare - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger, producer
* 1941 (14th) Lend a Paw - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney, producer
o Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - Walter Lantz, producer
o Hiawatha’s Rabbit Hunt - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger, producer
o How War Came - Screen Gems, Columbia - George Winkler, producer
o The Night Before Christmas - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby, producer
o Rhapsody in Rivets - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger, producer
o The Rookie Bear - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby & Rudolph Ising, producers
o Rhythm in the Ranks - Paramount - George Pál
o Superman - Fleischer Studios, Paramount - Max Fleischer, producer
o Truant Officer Donald - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney, producer
* 1942 (15th) Der Fuehrer’s Face - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney, producer
o All Out for ‘V’ - Terrytoons, 20th Century Fox - Paul Terry, producer
o Blitz Wolf - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby, producer
o Juke Box Jamboree - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - Walter Lantz, producer
o Pigs in a Polka - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger, producer
o Tulips Shall Grow - Paramount - George Pál
* 1943 (16th) The Yankee Doodle Mouse - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby, producer
o The Dizzy Acrobat - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - Walter Lantz, producer
o Five Hundred Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins - Paramount - George Pál
o Greetings, Bait - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger, producer
o Imagination - Screen Gems, Columbia - Dave Fleischer, producer
o Reason and Emotion - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney, producer
* 1944 (17th) Mouse Trouble - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby, producer
o And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street - Paramount - George Pál
o Dog, Cat and Canary - Screen Gems, Columbia - Raymond Katz, producer
o Fish Fry - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - Walter Lantz, producer
o How to Play Football - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney, producer
o My Boy, Johnny - Terrytoons, 20th Century Fox - Paul Terry, producer
o Swooner Crooner - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer, producer
* 1945 (18th) Quiet Please! - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Fred Quimby, producer
o Donald’s Crime - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney, producer
o Jasper and the Beanstalk - Paramount - George Pál
o Life with Feathers - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer, producer
o Mighty Mouse in Gypsy Life - Terrytoons, 20th Century Fox - Paul Terry, producer
o The Poet and Peasant - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - Walter Lantz, producer
o Rippling Romance - Screen Gems, Columbia - Raymond Katz, producer
* 1946 (19th) The Cat Concerto - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby, producer
o Musical Moments from Chopin - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - Walter Lantz, producer
o John Henry and the Inky-Poo - Paramount - George Pál
o Squatter’s Rights - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney, producer
o Walky Talky Hawky - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer, producer
o Rhapsody Rabbit - Warner Bros. - Friz Freleng, director
* 1947 (20th) Tweetie Pie - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer, producer
o Chip an’ Dale - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney, producer
o Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Fred Quimby, producer
o Pluto’s Blue Note - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney, producer
o Tubby the Tuba - Paramount - George Pál
* 1948 (21st) The Little Orphan - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby, producer
o Mickey and the Seal - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney, producer
o Mouse Wreckers - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer, producer
o Robin Hoodlum - UPA, Columbia - John Hubley & Raymond Katz, producers
o Tea for Two Hundred- Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney, producer
* 1949 (22nd) For Scent-imental Reasons - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer, producer
o Hatch Up Your Troubles - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby, producer
o Magic Fluke - UPA, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow, producer
o Toy Tinkers - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney, producer

[edit] 1950s

* 1950 (23rd) Gerald McBoing-Boing - United Productions of America, Columbia (Jolly Frolics Series) - Stephen Bosustow
o Jerry’s Cousin - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Tom & Jerry) - Frederic C. Quimby
o Trouble Indemnity - United Productions of America, Columbia (Mr. Magoo Series) - Stephen Bosustow
* 1951 (24th) The Two Mouseketeers - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Tom & Jerry) - Frederic C. Quimby
o Lambert the Sheepish Lion - Walt Disney, RKO Radio (Special) - Walt Disney
o Rooty Toot Toot - United Productions of America, Columbia (Jolly Frolics) - Stephen Bosustow
* 1952 (25th) Johann Mouse - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Tom & Jerry) - Frederic C. Quimby
o Little Johnny Jet - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM Series) - Frederic C. Quimby
o Madeline - United Productions of America, Columbia (Jolly Frolics Series) - Stephen Bosustow
o Pink and Blue Blues - United Productions of America, Columbia (Mr. Magoo Series) - Stephen Bosustow
o Romance of Transportation - National Film Board of Canada (Canadian) - Tom Daly
* 1953 (26th) Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom - Disney, Buena Vista (Special Music Series) - Walt Disney
o Christopher Crumpet - United Productions of America, Columbia (Jolly Frolics Series) - Stephen Bosustow
o From A to Z-z-z-z - Warner Bros. (Looney Tunes) - Edward Selzer
o Rugged Bear - Walt Disney, RKO Radio (Donald Duck) - Walt Disney
o The Tell-Tale Heart - United Productions of America, Columbia (UPA Cartoon Special) - Stephen Bosustow
* 1954 (27th) When Magoo Flew - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow
o Crazy Mixed Up Pup - Lantz, Universal-International - Walter Lantz
o Pigs Is Pigs - Disney, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
o Sandy Claws - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer
o Touché, Pussy Cat! - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Frederic C. Quimby
* 1955 (28th) Speedy Gonzales - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer
o Good Will to Men - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Frederic C. Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
o The Legend of Rock-A-Bye Point - Lantz, Universal-International - Walter Lantz
o No Hunting - Disney, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
* 1956 (29th) Mister Magoo’s Puddle Jumper - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow
o Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow
o The Jaywalker - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow
* 1957 (30th) Birds Anonymous - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer
o One Droopy Knight - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
o Tabasco Road - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer
o Trees and Jamaica Daddy - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow
o The Truth About Mother Goose - Disney, Buena Vista - Walt Disney
* 1958 (31st) Knighty Knight Bugs - Warner Bros. - Friz Freleng
o Paul Bunyan - Walt Disney Prods., Buena Vista Film Distribution - Walt Disney
o Sidney’s Family Tree - Terrytoons, 20th Century Fox - William M. Weiss
* 1959 (32nd) Moonbird - Storyboard-Harrison - John Hubley and Faith Elliott Hubley
o Mexicali Shmoes - Warner Bros. - John W. Burton
o Noah’s Ark - Disney, Buena Vista - Walt Disney
o The Violinist - Pintoff Prods., Kingsley International - Ernest Pintoff

[edit] 1960s

* 1960 (33rd) Munro - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - William L. Snyder
o Goliath II - Disney, Buena Vista - Walt Disney
o High Note - Warner Bros. - Chuck Jones
o Mouse and Garden - Warner Bros.
o A Place in the Sun (short) - George K. Arthur-Go Pictures (Czechoslovakian) - Frantisek Vystrecil
* 1961 (34th) Ersatz (The Substitute) - Zagreb Film, Herts-Lion International Corp.
o Aquamania - Disney, Buena Vista - Walt Disney
o Beep Prepared - Warner Bros. - Chuck Jones
o Nelly’s Folly - Warner Bros. - Chuck Jones
o The Pied Piper of Guadalupe - Warner Bros. - Friz Freleng
* 1962 (35th) The Hole - Storyboard Inc., Brandon Films - John Hubley and Faith Hubley
o Icarus Montgolfier Wright - Format Films, United Artists - Jules Engel
o Now Hear This - Warner Bros.
o Self Defense … for Cowards - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - William L. Snyder
o Symposium on Popular Songs - Disney, Buena Vista - Walt Disney
* 1963 (36th) The Critic - Pintoff-Crossbow Prods., Columbia - Ernest Pintoff
o Automania 2000 - Pathé Contemporary Films - John Halas
o The Game (Igra) - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - Dušan Vukoti?
o My Financial Career - National Film Board of Canada, Walter Reade-Sterling-Continental Distributing - Colin Low and Tom Daly
o Pianissimo - Cinema 16 - Carmen D’Avino
* 1964 (37th) The Pink Phink - Mirisch-Geoffrey, United Artists - David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng
o Christmas Cracker - National Film Board of Canada, Favorite Films of California
o How to Avoid Friendship - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - William L. Snyder
o Nudnik No. 2 - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - William L. Snyder
* 1965 (38th) The Dot and the Line - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Chuck Jones and Les Goldman
o Clay or the Origin of Species - Harvard University, Pathé Contemporary Films - Eliot Noyes, Jr.
o The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) - Allied Artists - Emanuele Luzzati
* 1966 (39th) Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature - Paramount - John Hubley and Faith Hubley
o The Drag - National Film Board of Canada, Favorite Films - Wolf Koenig and Robert Verall
o The Pink Blueprint - Mirisch-Geoffrey-DePatie-Freleng, United Artists - David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng
* 1967 (40th) The Box (short) - Brandon Films - Fred Wolf
o Hypothese Beta - Films Orzeaux, Pathé Contemporary Films - Jean-Charles Meunier
o What on Earth! - National Film Board of Canada, Columbia - Wolf Koenig and Robert Verall
* 1968 (41st) Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day - Disney, Buena Vista - Walt Disney
o The House That Jack Built - National Film Board of Canada, Columbia - Wolf Koenig and Jim Mackay
o The Magic Pear Tree - Bing Crosby Prods. - Jimmy Murakami
o Windy Day - Hubley Studios, Paramount - John Hubley and Faith Hubley
* 1969 (42nd) It’s Tough to Be a Bird - Disney, Buena Vista - Ward Kimball
o Of Men and Demons - Hubley Studios, Paramount - John Hubley and Faith Hubley
o Walking - National Film Board of Canada, Columbia - Ryan Larkin

[edit] 1970s

* 1970 (43rd) Is It Always Right to Be Right? - Stephen Bosustow Prods., Schoenfeld Films - Nick Bosustow
o The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam: Part Two - Haboush Company, Goldstone Films - Robert Mitchell and Dale Case
o The Shepherd - Cameron Guess and Associates, Brandon Films - Cameron Guess

Name of award changed to Short Subjects (Animated Films)

* 1971 (44th) The Crunch Bird - Maxwell-Petok-Petrovich Prods., Regency Films - Ted Petok
o Evolution - National Film Board of Canada, Columbia - Michael Mills
o The Selfish Giant - Potterton Prods., Pyramid Films - Peter Sander and Murray Shostak
* 1972 (45th) A Christmas Carol American Broadcasting Company Film Services - Richard Williams
o Kama Sutra Rides Again - Lion International Films - Bob Godfrey
o Tup Tup - Zagreb Film-Corona Cinematografica, Manson Distributing - Nedeljko Dragic
* 1973 (46th) Frank Film - Frank Mouris Prod. - Frank Mouris
o The Legend of John Henry - Bosustow-Pyramid Films - Nick Bosustow and David Adams
o Pulcinella - Luzzati-Gianini Prod. - Emanuele Luzzati and Guilo Gianini

Name of award changed to Short Films (Animated Films)

* 1974 (47th) Closed Mondays - Lighthouse Productions - Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner
o The Family That Dwelt Apart - National Film Board of Canada - Yvon Mallette and Robert Verrall
o Hunger - National Film Board of Canada - Peter Foldes and Rene Jodoin
o Voyage to Next - Hubley Studio - John Hubley and Faith Hubley
o Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! - Disney, Buena Vista - Wolfgang Reitherman
* 1975 (48th) Great - Grantstern, British Lion Films Ltd. - Bob Godfrey
o Kick Me - Swarthe Productions - Robert Swarthe
o Monsieur Pointu - National Film Board of Canada - Rene Jodoin, Bernard Longpré and André Leduc
o Sisyphus - Hungarofilms - Marcell Jankovics
* 1976 (49th) Leisure - Film Australia - Suzanne Baker
o Dedalo - Cineteam Realizzazioni - Manfredo Manfredi
o The Street - National Film Board of Canada - Caroline Leaf and Guy Glover
* 1977 (50th) Sand Castle - National Film Board of Canada - Co Hoedeman
o The Bead Game - National Film Board of Canada - Ishu Patel
o The Doonesbury Special - Hubley Studio - John Hubley, Faith Hubley and Garry Trudeau
o Jimmy the C - Motionpicker Production - James Picker, Robert Grossman and Craig Whitaker
* 1978 (51st) Special Delivery - National Film Board of Canada - Eunice Macauley and John Weldon
o Oh My Darling - Nico Crama Productions - Nico Crama
o Rip Van Winkle - Will Vinton/Billy Budd - Will Vinton
* 1979 (52nd) Every Child - National Film Board of Canada - Derek Lamb
o Dream Doll - Godfrey Films/Zagreb Films/Halas and Batchelor, Film Wright - Bob Godfrey and Zlatko Grgic
o It’s so Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House - AR&T Productions for Learning Corporation of America - Paul Fierlinger

[edit] 1980s

* 1980 (53rd) The Fly - PannóniaFilm, Budapest - Ferenc Rófusz
o All Nothing - Radio Canada - Frédéric Back
o History of the World in Three Minutes Flat - Michael Mills Productions Ltd. - Michael Mills
* 1981 (54th) Crac - Société Radio Canada - Frédéric Back
o The Creation - Will Vinton Productions - Will Vinton
o The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin - National Film Board of Canada - Janet Perlman
* 1982 (55th) Tango - Film Polski - Zbigniew Rybczynski
o The Great Cognito - Will Vinton Productions - Will Vinton
o The Snowman - Snowman Enterprises Ltd. - Dianne Jackson
* 1983 (56th) Sundae in New York - Motionpicker Production - Jimmy Picker
o Mickey’s Christmas Carol - Walt Disney - Burny Mattinson
o Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain - Hallinan Plus - Eda Hallinan
* 1984 (57th) Charade - Sheridan College - Jon Minnis
o Doctor Desoto - Sporn Animation - Morton Schindel and Michael Sporn
o Paradise - National Film Board of Canada - Ishu Patel
* 1985 (58th) Anna & Bella - The Netherlands - Børge Ring
o The Big Snit - National Film Board of Canada - Richard Condie and Michael Scott
o Second Class Mail - National Film & Television School - Alison Snowden
* 1986 (59th) A Greek Tragedy - CineTe pvba - Linda Van Tulden and Willem Thijsen
o The Frog, The Dog and The Devil - New Zealand National Film Unit - Hugh MacDonald and Martin Townsend
o Luxo Jr. - Pixar Productions - John Lasseter and William Reeves
* 1987 (60th) The Man Who Planted Trees - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Frédéric Back
o George and Rosemary - National Film Board of Canada - Eunice Macauley
o Your Face - Bill Plympton
* 1988 (61st) Tin Toy
o The Cat Came Back - National Film Board of Canada - Cordell Barker
o Technological Threat - Bill Kroyer
* 1989 (62nd) Balance - producers: Wolfgang and Christoph Lauenstein
o The Hill Farm - Mark Baker
o The Cow - Aleksandr Petrov

[edit] 1990s

* 1990 (63th) Creature Comforts - Nick Park
o A Grand Day Out - Nick Park
o Grasshoppers - Bruno Bozzetto
* 1991 (64th) Manipulation - Daniel Greaves
o Blackfly - National Film Board of Canada - Christopher Hinton
o Strings - National Film Board of Canada - Wendy Tilby
* 1992 (65th) Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase - Joan C. Gratz
o Adam - Peter Lord
o Reci, Reci, Reci… - Michaela Pavlátová
o The Sandman - Paul Berry
o Screen Play - Barry Purves
* 1993 (66th) The Wrong Trousers - Nick Park
o Blindscape - Stephen Palmer
o The Mighty River - Frédéric Back and Hubert Tison
o Small Talk - Bob Godfrey and Kevin Baldwin
o The Village - Mark Baker
* 1994 (67th) Bob’s Birthday - National Film Board of Canada co-production - Alison Snowden and David Fine
o The Big Story - Tim Watts and David Stoten
o The Janitor - Vanessa Schwartz
o The Monk and the Fish - Michael Dudok de Wit
o Triangle - Erica Russell
* 1995 (68th) A Close Shave - Nick Park
o The Chicken From Outer Space - John Dilworth
o The End - Chris Landreth and Robin Barger
o Gagarin - Alexiy Kharitidi
o Runaway Brain - Chris Bailey
* 1996 (69th) Quest - Tyron Montgomery and Thomas Stellmach
o Canhead - Timothy Hittle
o La Salla - National Film Board of Canada - Richard Condie
o Wat’s Pig - Peter Lord
* 1997 (70th) Geri’s Game - Jan Pinkava
o Famous Fred - Joanna Quinn
o Mermaid - Aleksandr Petrov
o Redux Riding Hood - Steve Moore
o La Vieille dame et les pigeons - Sylvain Chomet
* 1998 (71st) Bunny - Chris Wedge
o The Canterbury Tales - Christopher Grace and Jonathan Myerson
o Jolly Roger - Mark Baker
o More - Mark Osborne and Steven B. Kalafer
o When Life Departs - Karsten Kiilerich and Stefan Fjeldmark
* 1999 (72nd) The Old Man and the Sea - Aleksandr Petrov
o 3 Misses - Paul Driessen
o Humdrum - Peter Peake
o My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts - National Film Board of Canada co-production - Torill Kove
o When the Day Breaks - National Film Board of Canada - Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis

[edit] 2000s

* 2000 (73rd) Father and Daughter - Michaël Dudok De Wit
o The Periwig-Maker - Steffen Schäffler and Annette Schäffler
o Rejected - Don Hertzfeldt

* 2001 (74th) For the Birds - Ralph Eggleston
o Fifty Percent Grey - Ruairi Robinson and Seamus Byrne
o Give Up Yer Aul Sins - Cathal Gaffney and Darragh O’Connell
o Strange Invaders - Cordell Barker - National Film Board of Canada
o Stubble Trouble - Joseph E. Merideth

* 2002 (75th) The ChubbChubbs! - Jacquie Barnbrook, Eric Armstrong and Jeff Wolverton
o Katedra - Tomek Baginski
o Mike’s New Car - Gale Gortney
o Mt. Head - Koji Yamamura
o Das Rad - Georg Gruber

* 2003 (76th) Harvie Krumpet - Adam Elliot
o Boundin’ - Bud Luckey
o Gone Nutty - Carlos Saldanha and John C. Donkin
o Nibbles - Chris Hinton
o Destino - Dominique Monfery and Roy Edward Disney

* 2004 (77th) Ryan - Chris Landreth - National Film Board of Canada co-production
o Birthday Boy - Sejong Park and Andrew Gregory
o Gopher Broke - Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller
o Guard Dog - Bill Plympton
o Lorenzo - Mike Gabriel and Baker Bloodworth

* 2005 (78th) The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation - John Canemaker
o Badgered - Sharon Colman
o The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello - Anthony Lucas
o 9 - Shane Acker
o One Man Band - Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews

* 2006 (79th) The Danish Poet - Torill Kove
o Lifted - Gary Rydstrom
o The Little Matchgirl - Roger Allers and Don Hahn
o Maestro - Géza M. Tóth
o No Time for Nuts - Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier

This is a nice little short thats the back story to a game I believe. It was done by CHASE animation studio in London.

Well since I am doing so much research and reading on this project I thought I would try and help out other people working on short animated films by reviewing book on the subject. So to start off with the first book is one I just picked up called Inspired 3D Short Film Production by by Jeremy Cantor and Pepe Valencia. Now to the review:

I like many other people wanting to make a short animated film had a LOT of questions about where to start. I ended up finding most of the answers online and by reading general books about film production etc. But I wish I would have found Inspired 3D Short Film Production at the start. It really does answer most of the basic questions you will have. It also answers some questions you probably did not think to ask. But also you have to remember what the books is not. Its not a software specific book. It will not show you how to make a movie in say Maya or 3DS Max. But in summary I do recommend this book to any one interested in making a short animated film. (Below is the Amazon Editorial review and a link to Amazon. If you happen to buy it using the link part of the money will go to helping produce this project.)

Amazon Editorial Reviews
Book Description
Covering every aspect of the short-film production pipeline, this book demonstrates each concept and technique through a combination of general theories, examples, exercises, case studies, and interviews with short-film directors and industry specialists. Full of amazing imagery and one-of-a-kind content (including a robust DVD filled with dozens of award-winning short films) it is a must-read book for current and future animated filmmakers.

About the Author
Jeremy Cantor dropped out of his Computer Science/ Math/ Pre-Med studies in the mid 1980s and ran away to art school, hoping to never touch a computer again. Jeremy “made the jump to light speed” when he landed a job as a lead creature animator on Starship Troopers (Academy Award Nominee for Visual Effects) at Tippett Studios in Berkeley. He stayed at Tippett for a few years, helping with the animation supervision on Disney’s My Favorite Martian and several other film demos and pre-production sequences. In the fall of 1998, Jeremy returned to Los Angeles as Sony Imageworks’ Animation & Character Setup Supervisor on the Academy Award nominated “Hollow Man” (Best Visual Effects). Recently he has worked as a lead animator on “Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone” and “Evolution”. Currently, Jeremy is the Art & Animation director on “Full Spectrum Warrior”, a console based training simulation project for the U.S. Army, on which he is responsible for all visual assets and animation-related tools programming. He also teaches CG Character Animation at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, and his latest CG short film, “Squaring Off” will be featured in ¿North America¿s Best Animated Shorts¿ (DVD collection) scheduled for release this Spring. Pepe Valencia has been at Sony Pictures Imageworks since 1996 where he was recently supervising the animation on “Charlie¿s Angels 2″. Previous projects at Sony include: “Stuart Little”, “Stuart Little 2″, “Charlie¿s Angels”, “Harry Potter & the Sorcerer¿s Stone”, “Hollowman”, “Godzilla”, “Starship Troopers”, & “Snow Falling on Cedars”. Before joining Sony, he worked at Cinesite as a Technical Director on Space Jam and at a number of smaller production houses. Previous to that, he spent five years animating and lighting TV Commercials. His independent work has been shown at SIGGRAPH ¿90, Imagina 92, Art Futura 92, and Cannes ¿94. He served as a member of the Short Animated Films jury for the 2001 ASIFA Annie Awards and has written articles for “Cinevideo 20″ and “Campana”. He has lectured at the Reina Sofia Art Center, the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and taught courses at the Centro Monserrat and the Gnomon School of Visual Effects. In addition to a strong background in both the visual arts and computer technology, he brings to animation a breadth of experience in theater including four years with TEC in Madrid. Pepe teaches the Digital Shorts Workshop at the California Institute of the Arts and is currently lending his character animation skills to Tadpole, Sony Imageworks¿ second animated CG short film.

As I am doing lots of research I am finding lots of interesting animated shorts etc so I thought I would start posting them. This one is a very clever United Airlines - Commercial. You can watch it below and you can find a higher res version and a making of featuret HERE

I thought I would post some information about Digital Matte Painting and Camera Mapping for those that did now know anything about it. Basicly what happens is that a camera in the 3D program projects the background matte painting onto 3D shapes that are made to match the basic shape of the background. Then this allows you to move the camera some and get a little sense of depth. That way it does not look like you are just shooting a flat image. If you want to get a better idea of how this works watch Dylan Cole’s demo real . Dylan Cole is one of the more well known matte painters and you have probobly seen his work if you have seen any big buget movies lately. Dylan’s Site/Demo Reel

Also here is a very easy and simple video to show how it works but not as impressive as Dylans work of course.

Well after much research and testing I think I have finaly decided on the animation technics to use.  And since I like lists let me list what was needed and what will be used.

 Needed:

1. Not so labor intensive that 1 person or a small group could not get it done in 1-2 years.

2. Not so costly that it cant be done on my micro budget.

 3. A style that is aesthetically pleasing to me.

 4. If done with computers rendering times that were fast enough to be able to get done in a reasonable time. Also rendering times fast enough to be able to make test shots etc.

 5. A style that would be aesthetically pleasing to the audience.

6. A style that would tell the story well.

After figuring out what was needing and looking at every style/technic I could find I have finaly decided on how it will be done. First all animation will be done digitaly. Mostly in 3ds Max. Backgrounds will be mostly 2.5D camera mapped matte paintings to save on render times. Middle and forground enviroment will be a combination of true 3D , 2.5D and 2D objects.  Characters will be  true 3D , 2.5D and 2D. 

With using this aproach instead of doing full 3D on everything it will cut render times by a HUGE amount. Using this combination aproach it should allow for a very rich and full visual experience for the audience but still come in on our limited budget.

While doing research on animation I found a documentary on the Russian animator Yuri Norstein. Its well worth watcthing if you are interested in animation at all.

Well now that we have the new script up for keeping track of the production log lets start with getting every one up to date. 

Things are finaly starting to come together now. Here is a list (I like lists) of some things that come to mind….

1. We have the script done and the narration all recorded.

2. I have had some experts look at the high definition work flow and said it would work fine.

3. The storyboards and visuals are being worked out to get the final shot list.

4. I am doing lots of tests to come up with the final animation technics to be used and this should be finalized this week. Then this will be used as a standard to setup each shot with.

 5. Basic music choices have selected and priced.  The good news is since we are using mainly the great classical music done by large orchestras and choirs it solves two problems. We get both great world class music and its cheap to license it.

 So whats lacking?  Well since this is a micro budget project money is always a problem. At the moment I am working on making some extra money to be able to buy Cineform’s Aspect HD. With a discount I found its $399 and we have to have it to do the HD video editing.  We will also be needing Premiere cs3 and its running about $399 on ebay.  These are my to most immediate needs.

I will also be needing more computer power for faster rending times etc.  And I have already started working on this buying a Lian Li PC-V2000B case. This case is great for over clocking and has a huge amount of room for hard drives. I have also done the research and put together a top of the line cooling system. The next step is to buy the fastest Quad core system I can afford and to over clock. This will give me a huge improvement in render times without the added complication of a small render farm.

Hi and welcome to our new production log / blog. Now that things are starting to ramp up I figured it was time to get a proper production log.  Now that the blog is up and going the plan is to be much more active in updating the site so please check back.

 Thanks and God Bless.
Patrick Lawrence