Waking Life

Waking Life (2001) is a feature-length film written and directed by Richard Linklater about the link between dreams and reality. It is considered by many to be an animated film because the live-action footage was digitally repainted frame-by-frame. The software used for this image processing, Rotoshop, ran on Macintosh computers. This film is one of very few modern films that uses rotoscoping animation.

Production History
The film was shot on consumer grade cameras in under a month. The majority of the work took place in post-production as sections of the film were all animated by a variety of different renowned animators.

Plot
A nameless protaginist finds himself trapped in a lucid dream. It is possible he died and is adjusting to the afterlife, but this is ambiguous. He meets dozens of strange people who engage him and each other in philisophical discussions.

Awards
Waking Life was nominated for 11 awards and won 5.


 * NSFC award for "Best Experimental Film" (2002)
 * NYFCC award for "Best Animated Film" (2001)
 * OIAF awards for "Best Animated Feature Film" (2002)