The Best Animation of 2014: Animation Mentor Staff Picks

Another stellar year of animation has gone and the animation mentor staff looked long and difficult in animation in the entertainment industry. We considered the story, animation and overall entertainment value, which we thought was the best animation of 2014. See our pics, be inspired, and to make your New Year resolution kick-gourd animator in 2015!

– Animation Mentor Staff

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Best animated feature film

Lego® Movie
Directors and Story: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
studio: Warner Brothers / Animal Logic

It was a difficult race, but finally the animation mentor staff picked up the LEGO movie As the best animated feature film of 2014. A unique twist for the traditional hero of an unexpected hero, Emmet gave voice by Chris Prat, with his mentor, vitruvius, the voice was given by Grevitus King, Morgan Freemain, and his spanki love interest wildstay, by Elizabeth Banks, “Hum. Kudos to Australia-based animal arguments and Australia-based animal arguments by Elizabeth Banks. In the end, “everything is amazing” for this small film.

Runner-up:
Big Hero 6 – Disney
How to train your Dragon 2 – Dreamworks Animation
The Book of Life – Reel FX
The Boxstrol – Laika
Story of Princess Kaguya – Studio Ghibali

Best animation in a live action film

Galaxy
Director: James gun
Author: James Gun, Nicole Parlama
studio: Marvel Studio / Framstore / MPC

CGI is an essential component in all major blockbuster films and animation is necessary to bring demons, Mechs and super-human heroes into life. We were influenced by the digital work from Framestore (Rocket Racoon) and MPC (Groot) in the UK.

Not only the film had dazzling FX, but the story was more reliable to the audience than the specific Marvel fanfare. Along with the hero, Starlord, Chris Pratt and four unexpected heroes were played by their ragtag team, we vested for “underadogs” and became pleasant with the story coming out. The sounded grown by Brout Diesel and Rocket Reques, such as the entire CGI vessel, was voiced by Bradley Cooper, was so well animated that it tangled our suspension of disbelief completely in a roller coaster ride of pure entertainment. Believe us, it will become a classic – inspire us to see in many scenes for generations to come.

PS. The soundtrack of 80 is talented.

Runner-up:

Malifikant – Disney
Don – Warner Brothers of the planet of the apes.
The Hobit: The Battle of Five Army – Veta Digital
Transformer: Age of extinction – Paramount

Best Animated Short Film

Koda
Director: Allen Holi
studio: And maps and plans

Animation short films are rarely seen by the public, but it is a medium where we see animation on its largest scale. Stories depicting life, loss and love in a non-traditional way are some to praise and appreciate independent artists who want to tell their story-their way.

We choose KodaA nine -minute short film about a lost soul that gets drunk on the drunk streets and death found him showing many things. The winner of the best animated short film at SXSW and the most creative short film at Edinburgh Film Festival – Koda The recent Best Animated Short for Oscars was long listed. Nashed by the Irish Film Board, director Alan Holi had a response to Holi’s positive international reception:

“When you work on such a short film for so long, you really just want to see it,” Alan said. “So it is amazing to get such a positive international response, first on festivals and now to make the last ten films for the Academy Awards. In many ways, Koda is quite Irish story, and yet there are many universal elements with the film, which I think international audiences are really related. And then there are definitely parts that are quite personal for me too, so yes, I am really happy to see the film internationally. ,

Source: Irish Times

Runner-up:

Couple – Glenn Kein Productions/ATAP
Test – Walt Disney Animation Studio
Me and Mera Moulton – Microfilm AS/National Film Board of Canada
Silent – Moonboat Studio
Dam Keeper – Tonko House LLC
The Reven – Moonboat Studio

Best Animated Character/ Nayak in feature film

Dental
How to train your dragon 2
Dreamworks animation

We are going to go with toothless How to train your dragon 2 As the best animated hero of 2014. A cat/dog and a cruel dragon mixture, toothless grabbed our hearts and minds. We contained her unconditional loyalty, cried during her collapse, and was happy at her redemption. He does not use words, but the animators cleverly used the pose, grunts, and expressions of animals that we are familiar with so that we were spontaneously “knew” that the toothless thought, felt, and reacted to the world around it. This is an achievement in itself. Read more from the animation mentor alum, Dane Stogner, on his approach how to a toothless animated.

Runner-up:

Grot – Guardian of the Galaxy
Rocket Racon – Guardian of the Galaxy
Emmet – The Lego Movie
Bamax – Big Hero 6
Boxtrolls – Boxtrolls

Best animated character/ villain in feature film

Lord Business
the LEGO movie
Warner Brothers.

A ruthless and satanic villain in the LEGO movieLord Business, voice by Will Fareel, pleased us as a radical villain with his top performance. Their final passion is to use “Cragal” and make the legos permanent that makes us laugh at the satirical nature of a wicked CEO that lusts for control and world domination. Most of the villain we see in modern films is a redemption story and a unique in Lord Business.

Runner-up:

Archball Snatcher – Boxerol
Drago Bludvist – How to train your Dragon 2

Best TV animation series

adventure Time
Cartoon network studio

Animated TV shows are not only for children. More adults are moving towards animation as part of their prime time schedule because more adult themes are being introduced in animated TV shows like cartoon networks. adventure TimeFrom the manufacturer Pendulton Ward, adventure Time One of the rare gems is that can talk to both adults and children. With our comic talent, and philosophical themes that test our moral compass, we cannot help, but roots for our heroes for fin and jake, because they fight evil, play games, save princesses, and discover other worlds and dimensions.

Runner-up:

Korra’s Legend – Nickelodion Animation Studio
Archer – FX Productions
Bob’s burger – Twentyath Century Fox Studio
The Simpsons – Gracie Films in Twentith Century Fox Television with Television

Best TV Commercial

Flight of stories
Customer: Imperial War Museum
studio: Eardman studio

Aardman is famous for Aardman Studio in Britain Wallace and GrometThe commercial/short film was produced for the Imperial War Museum in London, which was to celebrate the First World War Shatabdi. It is a beautiful and poignant animation that honors soldiers who never came home from World War I, but their stories live through letters and magazines. The signs of animated quotes shown in short are lost stories representing lost soldiers as they find their home for London. Using a hybrid of concept Art and Maya, the animators made a unique pastel palette of the long lost era, but did not forget.

Runner-up:

Citizen M: “Swan Song” – PES Film/Stuid Buddy Studios/Reset
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Plastic Wax Studio

Best animated video game

Light baby
Ubisoft Montreal

A beautiful poetic and lyrical 2D RPG, based on the exploits of a young girl named Arora, the young daughter of an Austrian Duke. The game is about her discovery to defeat the queen of the night who stole the Sun, Moon and Stars in Lemuria’s fairy tale land to return to her beloved father. Inspired by the art of 18th century from John Bauur, Edmund Dulac, and Arthur Rackham, people of Ubisoft Montreal made a love song for the artistry of depicting, a fascinated timeless story, and that is an art form to honor the games.

Runner-up:

Forza Horizon 2 – Microsoft Studio/Turn 10/Playground Games
Brave Hearts: The Great War – Ubisoft Montpelier

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