![]() ![]() That’s so much work and artistry as well. They’re going in there, feeling out the scene and the dialogue, adding facial expressions with micro-muscle movements. In the same sense, the supervising animator should also be co-nominated with the voice actor, because the animator is just as much of an actor as well. ![]() They’re in the studio recording so much, putting their everything into it. It would help legitimize animation as a medium and not a genre. Some viewers have advocated for a “Best Voice Acting” category at the Oscars. Maybe if there’s enough of a ruckus, and enough people want it, they could put a live performance on somewhere at some point. All we have are the music videos to console ourselves with. I really wanted to see them perform on the global stage. I think they’re the greatest animated band of this year. ![]() I’m bummed out! But of course, I’m biased. I was rooting for some nominations for 4*Town at this year’s Oscars. I love talking about other artists and people that I’ve identified, and really boosting them up. Make sure you’re mentoring and reaching out and trying to help the next generation.įor me, I made that my priority-I’m not going to be the only one in this room! Small things like that, when you’re going to a meeting and seeing who’s invited to the meeting, asking, “Can we invite so and so to mix it up a little bit?” That should be a point in your conversations when you’re in the workplace. If you do find success, make sure you’re paying it forward as well. I can only speak for myself and what I’m trying to do to keep myself accountable. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, you mentioned that we have to keep championing diverse stories because we “could so easily go backward.” In what ways can Hollywood and the Academy prevent that regression? Universal stories can look like our movie and can be made by people that look like us. It hopefully shows studios that when you invest in diverse storytellers and take a chance on a crew, that it will be commercially and financially successful. I hoped! But to have the nomination is huge. There’s a lot of firsts in this movie, and when we were making it, we didn’t know if it was going to resonate with people. It’s the first to not shy away from the ugliness and cringiness and embarrassment of female puberty and menstruation. It’s the first to feature an Asian female lead. It’s the first film from Pixar that’s led by a predominantly female leadership team. At least for me, there was more pressure to get this nomination. ![]() It felt crazy when I was nominated for a short, and then it also just feels crazy now. Has anything changed, moving up to a nod for Best Animated Feature? You’ve already won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short. “I love bragging about them.” Widening the pool just a bit, Shi says, can help more underrepresented voices work their way up to Hollywood blockbusters and Oscar nominations.Īhead of the Oscars ceremony, Shi chatted about Turning Red’s nom with The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, teasing what’s next for her at Pixar, pining for a Best Voice Acting category in the awards, and pitching A Goofy Movie 3. “I love talking about and bringing up my awesome female colleagues who are up and coming,” Shi says. Since her promotion, Shi has been attempting to open doors for a more diverse range of storytellers at the company. ![]()
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