063 - Dear Academy, Here’s How to Vote… Again: Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts

Roll out the Writers Get Animated red carpet, Chris and Mackenzie are heading to the Oscars! In their minds! Join them as they give in-depth coverage about this year’s Oscar-nominated animated shorts: Piper, Pear Cider and Cigarettes, Borrowed Time, Blind Vaysha, and Pearl! Listen as Chris goes VR in a cardboard box LIVE! How do styles affect storytelling? Is Piper a female? Did the sheriff actually intend to jump? What does linocut animation have to do with Bertolt Brecht? Links Watch VR’s first Oscar-nominated short film (Pearl) http://bit.ly/2lQfwSf Director Theodore Ushev on Bringing 'Blind Vaysha' to Life in Four Dimensions http://bit.ly/2lQl2US ‘Blind Vaysha’: How Theodore Ushev’s Zeitgeist-Grabbing Short Taps Political Anxiety http://bit.ly/2lBngVF About Pear Cider and Cigarettes http://bit.ly/2lQeOV4 ‘Pear Cider and Cigarettes’: How an Imperfect Life Became an Oscar Contender http://bit.ly/2lBnfRk Oscar-nominated ‘Borrowed Time’ directors Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj dish animated short film contender http://bit.ly/2lQ9voE Oscars 2017 Animated Shorts: Will ‘Piper’ End Pixar’s 15-Year Drought? http://bit.ly/2lBl00q Facebook Live conversation with the directors of Piper http://bit.ly/2lBAWzX Last year’s episode about Oscar-nominated animated shorts! http://apple.co/2lBw65E

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