Animation : From Script to Screen: Tools To Get Your Animation Project Made! by Sydney Summers

Sydney Summers

From Script to Screen: Tools To Get Your Animation Project Made!

Stage 32 is very excited to welcome Kimson Albert, a 3x Emmy Nominated Director and Producer at Disney TV for this webinar! You will learn how to take your animation film, TV show or short film concept and actually get it made. Don't miss this chance to learn about animation creation and production from one of the very best in the business :)

https://www.stage32.com/webinars/From-Script-to-Screen-Tools-To-Get-Your...

Jack Binder

Fantastic!!

Kimson Albert

Hello folks! I'm excited and looking forward to meet all of you!

Mariannjely Marval

What a great topic! Excited to moderate :)

Andrew Hennessey

Questions based on the presentation:

How would you handle a planned multilingual release? Simply animate based or primary language or are there strategies to adjust the text to better fit a multilingual approach from the start?

Where does music fit into your process – better to have prior to animation for timing and set animation to the music?

Andrew Hennessey

Can you post a link to to the Youtube short for Fulton St? I am not able to quickly pull it up.

Andrew Bourne

Hi! Thanks so much for this class. I am a recent graduate in NYC.

Question:

What are some good potential avenues/resources for people starting out in adult animation, (i.e. making shorts, mentorship, platforms, etc) such as "Adult Swim Smalls"

Paulo Ruvalcaba

QUESTIONS:

How do you approach a network when soliciting a pitch?

How do you negotiate the sale?

Kelly Ann Guglietti

Thank you, Kimson! I have written a few animated family screenplays and had no clue what happens and how with regard to producing. This information will give me the patience needed once optioned (with luck).

Charlie Gill

As writers, we're wondering the best way to attract a production company. Besides a strong script and solid concept, what else can we do to stand out and get a production company on board with our project?

Anna Kaz Chmielewski

what's the relationship between panel and scene ? -is panel kinds like a frame by frame layout of scene?

Andrew Hennessey

If starting off with short projects to get your project out there is there an ideal duration.

Andrew Hennessey

Do you have preferred sites to find freelancers (Behance, Artstation, etc)?

If you were choosing to do a small project, do you have favoured locations (to maximize tax credits, grants and the like)? Many smaller studios (Titmouse, etc) often still use a lot of international freelancers. South Carolina? Vancouver/Montreal?

Yorick Cao

Question: For animated TV series, how long does it usually take for creators to polish the idea of ​​pilot for pitch in the initial planning stage? To what extent do you generally need to make sure your story is mature enough to start formal development?

Anna Kaz Chmielewski

Interesting point: is it better to publish your story first and then animate ? or makes no difference?

Yorick Cao

Question 2: For the animated series adapted from comic or manga, what the most critical works should director or the creative team do in screenwriting and storyboard aspect to fit the format and feature of the show.

Andrew Bourne

Question: What are best practices for soliciting notes/feedback from fellow animators and filmmakers in the animatic stage?

Andrew Bourne

Any tips for animating comedy?

Anna Kaz Chmielewski

Thank you!

Andrew Hennessey

Thanks for the great talk. If ever repeated in the future would really like to see a bit more time spent on the "actually get it made" portion of the talk. Tips on seeking out and screening freelancers, small studios, choosing the country for the work, and the like. I was hoping for details beyond "Look on Google, Twitter, Linkedin" and more like a list of some studios or countries to narrow the focus to assist in building a team for developing a project at various budget levels. Thanks again.

Andrew Hennessey

Thanks again for the presentation. I guess my final comments would be to express my hope that Mr. Albert will take a bit of time to respond to some of the questions here that he did not have time to address during the presentation. Again I am personally interested on the aspects of screening and building your team/studio for bringing your vision to life.

For other participants, 2 other excellent videos from YouTube on this subject (among MANY others) are the following.

For a broad overview of the process and managing a project:

How We Make 2D Cartoons | Animation 101

Nickelodeon Cartoon Universe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFZAFvGrqqY

For a detailed breakdown on a small team doing a 60 second short which is ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC:

HOW to Animate a SHORT FILM // Filmmaking With Friends

Meppity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNSjx10dUio

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