The Morning Watch: ‘Star Wars’ The Animated Movie, ‘Coco’ Script To Screen & More
The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.
In this edition, watch a hand drawn, animated, abridged version ofStar Warsas remembered by the artist. Plus, see how the script for Pixar’s Oscar-nominatedCococompares to what we saw on the screen, and watch the Director’s Guild of America panel discussion featuring the nominees for documentary filmmaking.
ArtistJeronimus Dekkercreated this animated version ofStar Wars. As he writers on the video’s page, “When I started my YouTube channel, I didn’t want to do just silly shorts—I wanted to create something crazy and ambitious, something nobody else in his right mind would think of doing. So I did just that.” It’s pretty impressive, but also adorably silly as well. Just check it out.
Cocois the frontrunner to win Best Animated Film at the Academy Awards this weekend. But it was a long road to finish the film, and as with any movie, it all started with a script. So take the time to see how the script forCococompares to the final cut of the movie with the sequence where Miguel enters the Land of the Dead.
Finally, for all you film nerds out there, watch this Director’s Guild of America discussion panel with their 2018 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Award nominees. Panelists includeBryan Fogel(Icarus),Matthew Heineman(City of Ghosts),Steve James(Abacus: Small Enough to Jail), andLynn Novick(The Vietnam War).
