50th Anniversary Contest winner of Pink Floyd's Animation Video Competition used a AI-generated video to snag the top spot and £10,000 prize money.
https://80.lv/articles/pink-floyd-enrages-fans-by-picking-an-ai-generate......
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Phoenix, AZ local animators!
Come to the S32 in person Meetup this Thursday!
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How The Hero's Journey Became The Guiding Force In Disney Animation
In today's blog, longtime animation production professional, screenwriter, and Stage 32 Thought Leader, Brian Smith, is sharing "How The Hero's Journey Became The Guiding Force In Disney Animation"!
https://www.stage32.com/blog/how-the-heros-journey-became-the-guiding-fo......
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Thanks for sharing. Robert McKee's STORY was Pixar's bible at their beginning.
Law Jackson
- 4 weeks ago
Bob Harper what about recently?
Bob Harper
- 4 weeks ago
Law Jackson I think Save The Cat has infiltrated all of the studios. But it still boils down to a similar structure and some sort of retelling of the Hero's Journey.
Laurie Ashbourne
- 4 weeks ago
Disney sent a bunch of us to McKee's seminar right as his book STORY was publishing. They used to really care about the story department.
I Believe Animation Has the Power to Heal
If stories are medicine, then Animation is the ideal delivery method.
My name is Law Jackson and I'm a Multimedia Producer for my freelance business Kinetic Text.
As an 80's kid it was my dream to be an animator. I was pretty serious about it so I dropped out of college to chase my dream and got my f...
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Leonardo Ramirez
- 4 weeks ago
Love the video Law Jackson and I wholeheartedly agree. Stories do have the ability to heal and I love the idea of story and yes, animation being a conduit for that healing.
Daniel Husbands
- 4 weeks ago
Some great examples of fantastic animations Law Jackson , I agree that animation is a unique and powerful tool for teaching and storytelling is how knowledge has been past from generation to generatio...
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Bob Harper
- 4 weeks ago
Thanks for sharing, Law Jackson . Not only does animation have the power to heal, but it also has the power to connect. As a father with a son on the Autism Spectrum and working with a studio of neuro...
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Law Jackson
- 4 weeks ago
Bob Harper I really appreciate that. You know, we've been running in the same circles for a couple of decades now. I'd love to connect and catch up!
Bob Harper
- 4 weeks ago
Law Jackson Sure thing!
Webinar soon! Animation Today: Navigating Today’s Film & TV Animation Business
Hosted by Mike Disa ia well-known animation television and film director, writer, and showrunner. He made more than a dozen films for Disney Feature, Warner Brothers, TWC, Paramount, Amblin, and Dreamworks and has written nearly a hundred produced television scripts and both in animation and live ac...
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Sam Sokolow
- 2 months ago
I've learned so much from Mike Disa's webinars in the past - this is gonna be great!
Kimbria Louis
- 4 weeks ago
My question is in the animation space is it better to seek literary representation or lead with the visuals for example your pitch deck or characters?
Animation Today: Navigating Today’s Film & TV Animation Business
Webinar soon!
Hosted by Mike Disa ia well-known animation television and film director, writer, and showrunner. He made more than a dozen films for Disney Feature, Warner Brothers, TWC, Paramount, Amblin, and Dreamworks and has written nearly a hundred produced television scripts and both in animatio...
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Daniel Husbands
- 1 month ago
It will be interesting to discuss the state of animation and the business side of it, with all the technological changes that are converging all at once.
Sari Eliza
- 1 month ago
Thank you for the post, Summers! I really need this webinar, though I may not make it to the appointed live date. Is there a way I send my question ahead of time??
Sydney Summers
- 1 month ago
Hey, Sari! Nice to e-meet you! No worries if you were unable to attend live. You can put your question below for our moderator :)
Sari Eliza
- 4 weeks ago
Ok, my question is this: is there no longer a certain primary point of how marketing makes the audience first hear about new films or TV series? Or: how has the changes in media industry affect market...
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Sydney Summers
- 4 weeks ago
Thanks Sari!
I created an animation and voice over studio in the back of my campervan (pic included)
I put an animation and voice-over studio in the back of my van, so now I have a mobile animation and podcast studio!
Bob Harper
- 1 month ago
Really neat! You can do driveby voiceovers!
Marsy Robinson
- 1 month ago
jealous! love an office that can be anywhere!
Brian Smith
- 1 month ago
That's the nicest recording studio I've ever seen!
Thanks, everyone! I appreciate the kind and supportive words. I will definitely let you know how things progress!
If anyone in the Phoenix, AZ metro area is looking for a van for they own mobile studio, my neighbor, Steve, just told me today that he's selling his conversion van. It's pretty nice inside...carpeted...
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Development funding for holiday anime
Hey Aspiring Animators, Cee here. As you already know, I've been working on my first animated feature, "Ryder & The Deer Guardians", which I'm now in talks with someone who works at a major production company that I sadly cannot confirm at this moment. However, I still need development funding to ac...
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Daniel Husbands
- 1 month ago
You might find this webinar helpful with raising funds for your feature, I wish you all the best with your project. Please update us so we can follow has things turn out.
https://www.stage32.com/educat...
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Is There a Market for "Not In This Life"?
I've written an animated feature romance, geared to teens, young adults, and romance fans. Entitled "Not In This Life," here's the logline: A uniquely animated young adult feature film, tracking two souls, unable to wed as Russian Jews in 1840, failing again when reincarnated as Chinese immigrants i...
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Bob Harper
- 1 month ago
I would suggest making it a graphic novel to display the styles you are referencing and see if that either lands you a publisher or an audience if you self-publish.
Daniel Broderick
- 1 month ago
Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm afraid illustration is not something I do, nor is self-publishing. I did a look book to display my vision of the film (including all three styles), but it pretty much languishes on my computer.
Daniel Husbands
- 1 month ago
I think that there is a market for everything, just depends on where and how big. With the widely varying characters, times, and locations it may appeal to all three demographics, or be viewed as not having a specific enough target audience.
Animation for a cause (Alzheimer’s)
I thought this was a really cool initiative announced on Deadline. Animation for a cause: https://deadline.com/2024/04/julia-louis-dreyfus-point-grey-pictures-tangles-1235874108/amp/
Bob Harper
- 1 month ago
I hope this gets a wide release and promotion.
Cancelling my tv show
Hello everybody and maurice, unfortunately i am cancelling the show thomas because the app vyond studio had to go under maintenance recently and i decided i should switch back to music when i first started in 2012, i produce techno music any genre but i will make more episodes of the comedy thomas i...
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Hi, Kiara P Oxley. Have you thought about using a different app for "Thomas"?
Waking sleeping beauty
I am prepping to produce and direct a documentary on the Disney Animation Studio that was in Florida and thought I'd revisit a doc that was done about the California Studio. I haven't seen it since it's first release in 2009. WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY is produced by prolific producer Don Hahn (BEAUTY A...
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Laurie Ashbourne
- 1 month ago
Yes! The Sweatbox is a true behind the scenes -- but you won't find it online, except in bootleg sliced up portions on youtube. Disney takes it down every time there is full version. EMPEROR'S started...
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Daniel Husbands
- 1 month ago
I'd never heard of this , sounds like a worthwhile documentary to have on my radar thanks Laurie Ashbourne
Laurie Ashbourne
- 1 month ago
Mike Boas Aaron is one of my very good friends. Tom and Tony are certainly a part of that story.
Brian Smith
- 1 month ago
I was working in the Burbank studio on Atlantis when word came down that the new title of Kingdom of the Sun was now The Emperor’s New Groove. We all thought it was a joke until some very angry New Groove folks confirmed it to be true.
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Right now, every contest and exhibition needs to detail the acceptable or non-acceptable use of AI. Once it is not stated participants will do anything.
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With all of the buzz about AI everywhere, it would be really hard to see a competition of this size never consider AI being used. While I can't say they knew for sure, just seems unlikely no one who organized this is connected to the issue. AI is everywhere right now.
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I worked in the music industry for a number of years, Daniel Husbands. There are some aspects of it that exist in a bubble. Some of that is due to the busy nature of the industry....
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Perhaps its worth having AI specific competitions.
AI video is filled with mistakes but you have to exploit that somehow if you use it. Nothing is ever perfect or finished as you know. The video simply does not go with the music. This is more about Pink Floyd that any love for AI.