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"Ronnie The War Bot" Screenplay by Austin Jones.
In a shattered, war-torn future, Ronnie—a rusted, obsolete war machine—unexpectedly malfunctions and activates an unusual "pacifism mode." Once designed to destroy, he now yearns to plant flowers and spread hope. As Ronnie navigates a bleak world of d...
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Hey, All!
Below is a list of 45 animated Christmas movies that you can enjoy this next week! Which of these are you personally favorites?
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/christmas-ideas/g23581996/anim......
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Hey, Ashley Renee Smith! My favorites are A Charlie Brown Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and The Grinch. I just finished watching The Grinch. It's fun and f...
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Hi, Ashley Renee Smith! My favourites are "Scrooge" because I´m a Charles Dickens´s fan. All his tales are amazing. They portray realities that are sometimes very difficult to face. Life was very diff...
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Ashley Renee Smith, my personal favs are How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Muppet Christmas Carol.
I've not been quiet or chill about how much I loved the first season of Arcane. The first time I watched it, I was blown away by the art, music, story, and most of all the characters. Over the last few years, it's become a comfort watch for me, something that I can easily put on and watch again and...
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I think you're going to really like Transformers One, Ashley Renee Smith. I'm on episode 7 of Arcane. You're right. It gets better! And you're right about the characters being complex! Glad they're go...
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All of the elements just work so perfectly together, Maurice Vaughan! The story, the characters, the art, and the music are a perfect storm.
That’s good to hear, Ashley Renee Smith
You're right, Ashley Renee Smith. I just finished season one. WOW! It's the best series I've seen lately. I'm taking notes.
100% agree, Maurice Vaughan! There’s a lot of great series currently, but Arcane easily comes out on top.
Hello Everyone Merry Early Christmas I hope you had a good week so far, since I've never been a screenwriter for a television production, i would like to know which show should be on a network similar to cartoon network because i know in the past i had uploaded a few videos on the show Thomas, but n...
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I just heard about this animation convention coming up in Nashville in February 2025. If you’re in the area and want to connect with animators and other aspiring artists, sounds like a fun time.
It’s run by the Bancroft Brothers, and will have Aaron Blaise as a featured guest.
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They probably would have shelved the new Looney Tunes film if it had cost more. It only cost 15 million, so not big enough for a tax write-off like Batgirl.
As it is, they sold the distribution rights instead of doing distro themselves. No long term thinking going on over there.
Anyway, looks awesom...
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I saw the trailer for The Day the Earth Blew Up, Mike Boas. I'm looking forward to the movie! I think Batgirl and Coyote vs. Acme would've been hits because of their fan bases and marketing. I would'v...
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Hey all - just a reminder that I'm moderating an exclusive FREE virtual summit here in Satge 32 in 2 days where top producers, film and television production executives, and film commissioners converge to discuss the state of film & TV production and how you can take advantage of the current landsca...
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Despite the animation branch and “Best animated feature” category, there is no rule that an animated film cannot be nominated for Best Picture. In fact this year’s Latvian made FLOW has been submitted as best International picture. It has also won many notable run ups, such as National Board of Revi...
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Animated movies are some of the best movies, Laurie Ashbourne, and some of them deserve nominations for Best Picture. I just watched Transformers One tonight. Wow! It's phenomenal! It deserves a nomin...
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I enjoy watching the Oscars, although less and less each year. The films nominated are all great, but they’re rarely my favorites of the year. On the other hand, I don’t necessarily want to see them c...
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Flow looks amazing! I need to see this!
I would love to see an animated film nominated for Best Picture this year. It’s been the year of Animation, so it would be well-deserved recognition for the animation industry basically holding it all up through 2024.
This trailer is beautiful, Laurie. Would love to see this in its entirety. The trailer alone was moving. And yes, totally down for animated noms although I may be being biased. Even so, FLOW looks like it should be in contention.
Veteran animator Aaron Blaise discusses his career animating some of Disney's most iconic characters in the below video!
These characters are amazing! I love them, It´s not their mouths that talk to us, It´s their eyes and all their bodies, too. Animators have done a great job. I hope the characters of my scripts can be, some day, so amazing as these ones.
That was fun to watch, Ashley Renee Smith. I like it when a cartoon character freaks out and they have huge eyes and funny facial expressions!
Stage 32 is having an exclusive FREE virtual summit where top producers, film and television production executives, and film commissioners converge to discuss the state of film & TV production and how you can take advantage of the current landscape wherever you are in the world. There will even be a...
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Michel Gondry’s latest is cut-out animation, which you rarely seen done for an entire feature film.
MAYA, GIVE ME A TITLE has a charming concept and looks to be wildly entertaining.
Shooting “top-down” is something I do with my animation students. It still...
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Thanks for sharing the trailer, Mike Boas. I'm looking forward to seeing MAYA, GIVE ME A TITLE! I like cut-out animation.
You're right. It's a kind of stop motion I rarely see. I think the last time I...
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I don't think I've seen this style of animation before or at least it might have been years since seeing something like this. An interesting style, I like it though. Can you explain the top down method a little more? First time hearing this concept.
I love this and now I want a cut-out animation of something I've written XD so underrated!
It’s a pretty simple setup with a copy stand and a camera mounted to shoot down.
Here’s a photo from one of our set ups.
https://gallery.mailchimp.com/93c1c7d2c28b5d2010efd5f3a/images/4b6726f4-8125-46...
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Here’s some cut-out and clay animation acquired top down at our Animation Workshops.
Hello everyone, and happy Monday~
So I'm quite new to the world of screenwriting, and as such I have a bit of a noob question: is there a special way to write a script for an animated feature, particularly one for an eventual anime? I have this story idea that's very heavily influenced by anime (part...
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You're welcome, Banafsheh Esmailzadeh.
It’s difficult to find anime screenplays in English that aren’t fan transcripts.
But take a look at some of these animation scripts here:
Generally,...
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Thank you Mike Boas, I'll definitely check out those scripts and work hard on the comic :) and it makes sense that more visual description is accepted, I'll try not to go overboard with it all the sam...
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Banafsheh Esmailzadeh Hi! Welcome to the world of screenwriting! Writing for animation, especially anime, shares a lot of similarities with live-action scripts but with a few unique considerations.
For...
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Laquan Copeland Thank you so much! That helps a lot, and you're totally right, anime is all about visuals and subtle exchanges. Also helps that I speak some Japanese and can therefore can make the dia...
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Ronnie The War Bot sounds incredible, Austin Oneal Jones! You have an exciting concept, pitch, script, poster, and proof-of-concept video. They'll help you get funding. I think a pitch deck would help...
Expand commentRonnie The War Bot sounds incredible, Austin Oneal Jones! You have an exciting concept, pitch, script, poster, and proof-of-concept video. They'll help you get funding. I think a pitch deck would help too. Stage 32 has Financing blogs you might want to check out (www.stage32.com/blog/tags/financing-85).