Hey Jai, thanks for connecting. The new "passion project" sounds great. Well done mate!
Hi Jai, Nice to connect with you. I want to invite you to enter our Animation Contest on Film Skillet www.filmskillet.com/contests We're giving away cash prizes and the Entry is Free. Would love to have you participate. Best Regards, Kandie...
Expand postHi Jai, Nice to connect with you. I want to invite you to enter our Animation Contest on Film Skillet www.filmskillet.com/contests We're giving away cash prizes and the Entry is Free. Would love to have you participate. Best Regards, Kandie
Hi Jai Thanks for the connection. Wishing you all the best with all your projects. Here's a few links links if you'd like to join me on twitter, listen to my music or visit my site: http://www.twitter.com/maxmusiccouk http://www.reverbnation.com/maxmusic http://www.max-music.co.uk Cheers MAX...
Expand postHi Jai Thanks for the connection. Wishing you all the best with all your projects. Here's a few links links if you'd like to join me on twitter, listen to my music or visit my site: http://www.twitter.com/maxmusiccouk http://www.reverbnation.com/maxmusic http://www.max-music.co.uk Cheers MAX
Hey Max. I was checking out your music and I'm an instant fan. Believe it or not, I may have some opportunity coming up on my current project. It's an episodic project that is still in the negotiation...
Expand commentHey Max. I was checking out your music and I'm an instant fan. Believe it or not, I may have some opportunity coming up on my current project. It's an episodic project that is still in the negotiation phase of acquisition, but once all of that is through, we are going to have ongoing composition and performance needs and I think your sound really "fits." I will connect with you via twitter and definitely follow up with you once everything is in place within the next month or so. Best,
I jump at the chance for some cyber socializing considering I'm an animator, and animation is an extremely isolating job...even when you're in a room with a team of other animators. You mostly stay isolated in your own little world with earphones on pumping dialogue into your ears as you lip sync, k...
Expand postI jump at the chance for some cyber socializing considering I'm an animator, and animation is an extremely isolating job...even when you're in a room with a team of other animators. You mostly stay isolated in your own little world with earphones on pumping dialogue into your ears as you lip sync, key frame and work your way through a tediously painstaking scene at 30 frames per second. As many of you on here, I'm a multi-discipline entertainment professional: I'm a Director, writer, actor, producer animator. I'm a recent recipent of the 2013 NAACP Image Award for a feature animated film I wrote/directed/produced on BET Network last year. Before launching out on my own to start my own creative development/animation company, I served as Senior Animation Director for TBS for 10 years. I directed commercials and on-air content for Cartoon Network and Adult Swim mostly. After leaving Turner Broadcasting to start my own gig, after I completed my flagship feature for BET, I got the opportunity to start writing/producing and directing an animated Webseries for the National Institute of Health. It was great to do something episodic after so much time doing shorter form commericial projects, but it was also a great deal of work. In addition to the demands of the NIH webseries, I began writing and pitching more original stuff of my own to other networks, and working on an original pilot an animated project I had rolling around my head for a while. It meant burning the candles at both ends...working like crazy on the out-of-house projects and then clocking out and clocking back in on my own projects into the wee hours of the night. Over the past four years on my own my social life has been literally non-existant, but it seems like the sacrifice and hard work has paid off. I just got my original pilot greenlighted for a major Network. I'll share more about it later after the deal firms up and goes through (nothing is official until the ink dries, right?), but I'm really excited about the opportunity I'm being given to do a passion project. I write all of this to say, this industry is hard and difficult, unfair and sometimes it seems that commercial success is damn near unobtainable...but keep digging. Keep dreaming. Keep making art and pursuing your goals and ultimately fairytales do come true. Here's to pixie dust!
There, I think that link will work as well. Thanks again!
Thanks Stephanie. I will give it a listen and inbox you my feedback. Best!
Alle, I'm sure there are animation studios with diverse cultures...I remember working at Disney Feature Animation was extremely social, but it was also a huge "machine" of a company with mass compartm...
Expand commentAlle, I'm sure there are animation studios with diverse cultures...I remember working at Disney Feature Animation was extremely social, but it was also a huge "machine" of a company with mass compartmentalization. At smaller studios (like my former employer, Turner Studios/Cartoon Network in Atlanta, we were not so compartmentalized. Fewer animators had to "do it all" as opposed to "just inbetween" or "just clean-up" or "just keys." ...that's not to say that larger studios didn't have their "crunch" times when one much hunker down and close off to get the footage quotas, but with fewer crew and smaller budgets, we were cranking out projects to capacity and there just wasn't much time for socialization. Even if you worked right next to someone as opposed to being isolated in an office alone, you were typically "lip syncing" your own scene and thusly fitted with earphones to scrub through your dialogue...earphones that made you seem a million miles from even a person sitting next to you...and all this 10 to 12 hours a day under constant deadlines...so...to answer your "not quite sure it's a question as opposed to comparing your experience to mine," that's why I feel isolated when I'm animating. I'm actually in an office suite right now with four animators: all of us are wearing earphones engrossed in our scenes and it's been dead-quite all day...I'm a very glad to know your experience has been different...but clearly we aren't all so lucky.
My film is up for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children's Program...the award ceremony is in less than four weeks and I still feel like I'll jinks myself if I start writing an "acceptance" speech too early...There's no way I could go on live television without a written speech if I I win, bu...
Expand postMy film is up for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children's Program...the award ceremony is in less than four weeks and I still feel like I'll jinks myself if I start writing an "acceptance" speech too early...There's no way I could go on live television without a written speech if I I win, but dealing with the "assumptive guilt" of writing an acceptance speech pre-emptively is overwhelming...this is all very new to me. Am I just being anxious and sub-conciously superstitous, or is what I'm feeling genuine humility. I've honestly never been in this position...Can someone who's been down this road offer some wisdom and words of comfort, please.
Jai, I have no words of wisdom to offer, only congratulations for your accomplishment.
Hi Jai! I would love to do Transportation for your project. Let me know if you need my services. Maybe we can do some networking.
Hey Gale...we will be filming a live-action/animated feature on location next year...I would definitely like tho speak with you about your transportation services.
Thanks for accepting the network request! Looking forward to networking with you!
Hi I need advice regarding the corret use of mutiple languages in dialogue when writing the dialogue in the screenplay. If a character speaks 2 different languages in his dialogue (sentence contains both languages) is the dialogue as written in the screenplay, written in both languages as it would b...
Expand postHi I need advice regarding the corret use of mutiple languages in dialogue when writing the dialogue in the screenplay. If a character speaks 2 different languages in his dialogue (sentence contains both languages) is the dialogue as written in the screenplay, written in both languages as it would be spoken or is the dialogue written in English (for example) and then above the dialoge in parenthasis that the dialogue is spoken in a different language. If this is the case, how does one indicate which portion of the dialogue is spoken in the other language. If the dialogue is written in the languages as they are spoken, does one include the English mean? If so, where/how?
I read somewhere that when you are writing a different languages, underneath the person speaking you put what language they are saying in parenthesis. Ex: Tom (Speaking in Russian) "Im not... Hope that helps.
Tks for the advice.
I am currently editing a screenplay adaptation of a novel where characters are going back and forth between two languages, that's how I'm doing it as well: CHARACTER (spoken in french) Dialgue...
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Hi Jai. I'm RB, co-founder and CEO of Stage 32. I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work and attracting attention to their projects. That's why we created Stage 32. Our members run the gamut from film students to award winners. The community is now 70,000+ members strong spanning 175+ countries. This is a network for you, built by you. Like most things in life, the more you participate, the greater the rewards. We ask all new members to help us spread the word through other social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. We also ask that you help strengthen the co...
Expand postHi Jai. I'm RB, co-founder and CEO of Stage 32. I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work and attracting attention to their projects. That's why we created Stage 32. Our members run the gamut from film students to award winners. The community is now 70,000+ members strong spanning 175+ countries. This is a network for you, built by you. Like most things in life, the more you participate, the greater the rewards. We ask all new members to help us spread the word through other social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. We also ask that you help strengthen the community by inviting at least 5 fellow creatives. Check out Invite friends to Stage 32 on the upper right side of your profile. Thanks for being a part of this most talented and inspiring community. PS - Be sure to check us out on Facebook and follow us on Twitter at @Stage32online.