2-D or not 2-D, that is the question: Despite the film industry's steady move toward computer animation, the L.A. Daily News reports that many art schools are making sure their students are as handy with a pencil as they are with a mouse:

"One of the fundamentals of good animation is drawing and story. If you understand how to structure that, handle your character, no matter what the technology, the film will have appeal to audiences and we've done our job."