The year’s Oscar contenders picked up pencils to imagine their characters actually taking home the gold-and the sketches reveal more personality than any acceptance speech could.
Seen in the video are Turning Red director Domee Shi, Puss In Boots: The Last Wish director Joel Crawford, The Sea Beast director Chris Williams, and Ice Merchants director João Gonzalez. Gonzalez is the only nominee in this video from the Best Animated Short category – the other three are all competing with each other for Best Animated Feature Film. (Also in this category but not in the video: Dean Fleischer Camp for Marcel the Shell With Shoes On and Guillermo del Toro for Pinocchio. Which is too bad, given del Toro’s views about his Pinocchio as a monster: That could have been a fun drawing.) All four of them talk a bit about their films and inspirations as they draw.
The drawings themselves are pretty entertaining – Shi has her cast of early-teen characters giggling over the Oscar statue’s butt, while Gonzalez uses his drawing to celebrate the family bond in Ice Merchants. But what’s really sweet about this video is the way the animators all feel mildly sheepish about how much of themselves they put into their work, how much they love their characters, and how much they want to win. It’s a pretty solid selling tactic for the individual movies, as well as the competition between them.
Where can I watch the Drawn To The Moment video
You can watch Drawn To The Moment for free on the official Oscars YouTube channel.
Search YouTube for “Drawn To The Moment Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Robot Dreams Ninety-Five Senses” and it should be the top result, uploaded by the Oscars account.
Who are the animators featured in Drawn To The Moment
The Drawn To The Moment video (the 95th Oscars piece where nominees draw their characters winning) features four main animator-directors:
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Domee Shi – director of Turning Red.
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Joel Crawford – director of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.
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Chris Williams – writer/director of The Sea Beast.
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João Gonzalez – director/animator of the short Ice Merchants.
