AWN Oscar® Tour Travelogue: La Luna

Oscar Tour 2012 LA Day 4: DreamWorks Animation

OscarTourEditor — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 07:55:37 -0800

Each year on the Oscar Showcase Tour, our day at DreamWorks is always great. The studio goes out of its way to provide a full day of demonstrations, a great lunch with executives and a packed screening of the nominated shorts. Of all the stops on the tour, DreamWorks always shares the most detailed and intimate look at films in progress, which for an assembly of animation directors and producers, is always a welcome treat. This year was no different.

Oscar Tour 2012 LA Day 3: Disney Feature Animation

OscarTourEditor — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:03:27 -0800

Fresh from our morning at the ARL, we were greeted in the lobby of Disney’s whimsical animation building by Stephanie Morse, Talent Development Coordinator. She ushered the nominees into the screening theater for a quick introduction. Then, leaving the lunchtime crowd to watch the nominated shorts, our band set out on a fast-paced tour of the neighboring Disney lot.

Oscar Tour 2012 LA Day 3: Disney's ARL - Animation Research Library

OscarTourEditor — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:07:24 -0800

Thursday morning found our traveling band of Oscar short animation nominees and AWN staff trekking eastward for a morning at the Animation Resource Library (ARL). The definitive, company-owned archive for all Disney production materials, ARL is something of an in-house secret, playing host to over 60 million pieces of original production artwork.

Oscar Tour 2012 LA Day 1: Paramount Studios

OscarTourEditor — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:29:29 -0800

Paramount Studios is one of the oldest and most venerable of the big Hollywood studios. While the studio has been distributing animated films for some time through its relationship with DreamWorks, only announced last July it announced it was getting back into the animation production business. Our group spent the entire day on the lot and were not disappointed.

Oscar Tour 2012 LA Day 2: 20th Century Fox

OscarTourEditor — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:09:57 -0800

Wednesday afternoon found the Oscar shorts nominees at 20th Century Fox's sprawling backlot, located in the heart of Century City. After checking in at the Little Theater, used by the studio for on-site screenings, it was off for some behind-the-scenes looks at one of television's biggest studios.

Oscar Tour 2012 LA Day 2: Sony Pictures Animation and Imageworks

OscarTourEditor — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:14:05 -0800

Next stop on our whirlwind Oscar-nominee tour was Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Imageworks, which share a campus not five minutes from the main Sony lot.

Oscar Tour 2012 LA Day 2: Sony Pictures

OscarTourEditor — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:50:40 -0800

Bright and early on Wednesday morning, the directors and producers from three of this year's Oscar-nominated animated shorts joined AWN and tour organizer Ron Diamond on the Sony Pictures studio lot.

Oscar Tour NoCal: Final Night with ASIFA San Francisco

OscarTourEditor — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:42:49 -0800

Dolby Digital in San Francisco and Karl Cohen hosted the last Bay Area Oscar Tour screening for ASIFA San Francisco members. The filmmakers greeted ASIFA members in the lobby and talk about their films before the screening began. Marcy Page, producer of Wild Life, joined us for the evening.

On to Pixar!

OscarTourEditor — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:50:26 -0800

Friday is here and we continue at Pixar with the third and last day of our Bay Area tour. It is another gorgeous day as we drive onto the Emeryville campus.

Oscar Tour 2012 Kicks Off In San Francisco

OscarTourEditor — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:40:41 -0800

This year's Northern California tour includes Pixar, PDI/Dreamworks, Lucas Animation, The Walt Disney Family Museum and an evening with ASIFA San Francisco. Nominees on hand are Patrick Doyon and Marc Bertrand, the director and producer of Sunday/Dimanche; directors William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg and producer Lampton Enochs of The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore; and Bonnie Thompson, the producer of Wild Life, a film by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis. They have traveled from Shreveport, Louisiana, Montreal and Ontario Canada.