Academy Awards
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Producer Bonnie Arnold Talks About The Sequel At The 83rd Academy Awards Animated Feature Symposium
On Thursday evening, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences held the Oscar-nominated Animated Feature Symposium. Beforehand, directors Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois of HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON and director Lee Unkrich of TOY STORY 3 were on hand for q & a from the press. We also noticed that Bonnie Arnold, the producer of DRAGON, was in attendance as well and she was gracious enough to answer a few of our questions.
It would be so much fun to see their underdog of a movie win on Sunday.
Animated filmmakers Dean DeBlois (left), Producer Bonnie Arnold (center) and Chris Sanders (right), “How to Train Your Dragon”, prior to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Oscar nominated Animated Feature event.
The evening was moderated by animator and animation historian Tom Sito. The Animated Feature Symposium celebrates the work of the 2010 Oscar nominees in the Animated Feature Film category. With the exception of Sylvain Chomet who couldn’t be at the event due to commitments in France for the César Awards, the nominees discussed their films’ development and their creative processes as well as present clips illustrating their techniques.
During the actual symposium, the filmmakers of HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON spoke on how their film had the type of ending with real stakes in play and not made for the Disney audience. Sanders and DeBlois went with a young protagonist with traits that are familiar to all. Great care was taken when creating the “Black Stallion” moment. They used pantomime for the scene where Hiccup and Toothless weren’t speaking and filled it with the cinematography (with Roger Deakins serving as consultant) and a powerful John Powell score.
THE 2010 NOMINEES ARE:
- “How to Train Your Dragon” – Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
- “The Illusionist” – Sylvain Chomet
- “Toy Story 3” – Lee Unkrich
Director Lee Unkrich said the ultimate goal of TOY STORY 3 was to make it feel like a fluid piece of the three films. Even though it was hard to say goodbye to all the well-known characters, the final film is truly the end to the series.
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