The state and future of animation

[droosan]

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[Dacey]

I’m not sure if we’re talking about the “state and future” of animation so much as some very random topics at this point.

[Daniel]

Well, the staff kept merging Geffrey's post in here and told him to quit making new threads... doesn't give the guy much of a choice!

[Ben]

I think we have covered and moved on from Happy Tree Friends after Geffrey's previous comments…

[GeffreyDrogon]

If hand-drawn animation is expensive, then why are the most expensive animated films CGI?

[Ben]

Because it costs a lot more to render digital pencils.

[GeffreyDrogon]

Though animated films made with CGI require massive forests of computers called "render farms" to render a film to a nice quality fit for whatever platform it will be released in.

[Farerb]

Computers don't get salary. An army of in-betweeners does.

As far as I know every big Hi-Tech company has huge "forests of computers". There's no reason that big animation studios wouldn't be able to afford that as well.

[GeffreyDrogon]

I always wonder why My Little Pony: The Movie didn't do better than it did because of Friendship is Magic's massive following. Even if the marketing was lackluster, it could've easily out-grossed Alpha and Omega domestically and made close to $100 million, maybe even more than that. But I don't know if that would've made Lionsgate take animation more seriously.

[GeffreyDrogon]

Was another reason for the decline of hand-drawn animation due to only accepting people who could draw?

[Ben]

Accepting the who that could what now…!!?!!???

[GeffreyDrogon]

If Simon Wells is a descendant of the great English author H.G. Wells, then why didn't his work on making films give him little recognition?

[GeffreyDrogon]

How much does an animated film need to make in order to have a theatrical sequel? Is that somehow related to budget?

[EricJ]

If Simon Wells is a descendant of the great English author H.G. Wells, then why didn't his work on making films give him little recognition?

Once they found out about his great-uncle, DreamWorks created the 2002 live-action "Time Machine" remake just for him...OHHH, lordy.
If that doesn't answer your question about whether talent can be inherited, in pretty quick order, nothing will.

(And I have a sneaking fear that I mean that. )

How much does an animated film need to make in order to have a theatrical sequel? Is that somehow related to budget?

(pfft!)...You think independent studios make sequels because of MONEY??
How many times are we going to go back to the beginning of this thread?

[Ben]

Thanks for playing, Eric.