A space fantasy about an explorer who pays a visit to an unusual cathedral built with organic materials.A space fantasy about an explorer who pays a visit to an unusual cathedral built with organic materials.A space fantasy about an explorer who pays a visit to an unusual cathedral built with organic materials.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
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- TriviaThe film was animated and rendered in 3ds Max, painted in Photoshop, composited with After Effects, and edited with Softimage DS. It was rendered and composited in 1.5K resolution for further transfer to 35mm film or HDTV. The work was done over 14 months between October 1999 and March 2002. [Production details presented at the 2002 SIGGRAPH conference]
- GoofsMost takes show the system to consist of three bodies: the planet with the cathedral, the white sun, and the big object that eclipses the sun. The reappearance of light in the cathedral comes from the movement of the big object, and the sun remains stationary relative to the cathedral throughout the movie. Still, in two takes shadows of the cathedral columns/and or rays of lights appear to move relative to the cathedral, as if the sun moved very quickly relative to the cathedral.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Animation Show (2003)
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An excellent film....but NOT robbed at the Oscars
After seeing THE CATHEDRAL (KATEDRA), I looked on IMDb for reviews of this Oscar-nominated short and the first one dramatically proclaimed it was "robbed at the Oscars"--implying the winner should not have won. So, that encouraged me to see out the winner (with the bizarre and less than exciting title "THE CHUBBCHUBBS") and I'm convinced that the AMPAS people (the organization giving out the Oscars) did NOT screw up by not giving the award to THE CATHEDRAL. While THE CATHEDRAL was amazing to watch from a visual perspective, it really looked much more like a cut scene from a video game than an actual short film. Whereas the CHUBBCHUBBS was very funny and a complete narrative--with excellent animation, writing, voice acting, etc. Plus, when I dug further, I watched ALL the nominees and found that DAS RAD (another nominee that failed to win) was also much better than THE CATHEDRAL. In fact, for originality, DAS RAD definitely was supreme in this category.
Still, my advice is see them all--and perhaps the other Oscar nominees from the 2003 Oscars. They're lovely little short films--though ATAMA-YAMA might make your brain hurt since it's so very weird.
Still, my advice is see them all--and perhaps the other Oscar nominees from the 2003 Oscars. They're lovely little short films--though ATAMA-YAMA might make your brain hurt since it's so very weird.
- planktonrules
- Feb 7, 2008
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