2015 Oscar Winners: the animation categories

Last Sunday, the 22nd of February, Hollywood hosted the 87th Academy Awards. While we enjoyed the show, speeches and performances, our main focus was on the animation section. In a previous post, we mentioned the nominees for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Animated Short Film. Now it’s time to announce the big 2015 Oscar winners in the animation categories.

 

Neil Patrick Harris was named host for the big event. Although his performance wasn’t all Legen.. wait for it..dary, he had his fun and, might we add, daring moments.

 

The Lego Movie‘s “Everything is Awesome” performance killed it. From The Lonely Island singers, to Oprah dancing, Questlove drumming, Tegan and Sara singing, the act had everything. You can watch it in the video below:

 

After winning the Golden Globes, “How to Train Your Dragon 2” became a favorite to pick up the big trophy for Best Animated Feature Film. The Oscars, however, had a different opinion.

The 2015 Oscar Winners

Best Animated Feature Film

The futuristic story of Hiro, his friends and robot Baymax won “Big Hero 6” the number 1 spot. The movie stared Ryan Potter as Hiro, Scott Adsit as Baymax, and the rest of their friends played by T.J. Miller, Jamie Chung, Damon Wayans Jr. and Genesis Rodriguez.

Don Hall’s acceptance speech along side co-director Chris Williams and Roy Conli was emotional and straight from the heart: “Once upon a time there was a freckle-faced little boy who told his mom and his dad that one day he was going to work at Walt Disney Animation, and they did something amazing — they supported him, and they believed in him”.

You can watch it right here:

Best Animated Short Film

Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed were all smiles as Disney’s Feast won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. The fun, touching and well executed short movie was more than deserving of an Oscar.

Here’s the making of:

 

In other related news, Interstellar won the Best Achievement in Visual Effects award.

 

Congratulations to the 2015 Oscar winners for animation categories and Visual effects work. How about we create an explainer video for your business that might not win an Oscar, but will definitely win people’s hearts? Contact us today for free consultation.

 

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