Achieving the Look of Fantastic Mr. Fox

Even among animated films, Fantastic Mr. Fox looks unique. In a field dominated by computer generated animation, Wes Anderson's new film stands apart even from other stop-motion movies.

Anderson began creating this unique look long before a single set was built, or an anthropomorphic fox was posed in front of a camera. 

"We started by developing a color theory for the film," explains Nelson Lowery, the film's production designer, "It was a limited color palate, quite unusual for an animated film. There was no blue or green. [It was mostly] autumnal colors." 

This posed a slight difficulty for the team. "When you make a palate like that, when you interject grey it would become a new color. While grey would just be grey in any normal movie, once it's against those warm colors it becomes sort of purple, or slightly blue, or cold feeling." Despite this, Lowery is positive about the effect it created: "It was set up at the beginning, and it was very restrictive, so it was quite a challenge at first, but I think it paid off".Read more Here

Animated films may push Oscar category to 5 nominees for second time ever

It's been a highly animated year in the movie world.

So much so the Oscars ceremony in March could be expanding to accommodate more than the usual number of cartoony big-screen vehicles.

The animated feature race may have five contenders vying for the prize for the first time since 2002, according to Variety.

Under the Academy of Motion Arts & Sciences rules, there must be at least 16 eligible films in a year for there to be five nominees.

Twenty films have been submitted for consideration – including "Up," the high-flying balloon adventure, and "The Princess and the Frog," Disney's amphibian-themed musical.Read more:Here