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Ask fellow students to help out.

Bob Harper is right, the best suggestion would be to ask other students who are willing to assist you with this side project. It's a good way to network and meet people who have the talents your looking for that you didn't know. In time you may find yourself hiring or being hired through those relationships. Either way production is a team sport so I would say go out and politely ask. You'll find someone eventually.

So many iconic cartoons, Daniel Husbands! I'd love to see a new "Flintstones" movie (animated or live-action).

It's really hard to find the boomerang stuff these days. I was and still am a huge fan of HB but I think the only thing that is still regularly in circulation is the Flintstones and Jetsons. It seems funny to refer to Scooby Doo as "relevant", but until recently(not in dog years) you could still watch that. It would be interesting to do a study of why SB suddenly fell out of favor with the networks.

Personally I learn more towards the Looney Tunes. It was a more encapsulated format where the characters could react with verbal as well as well-defined physical humor. Though HB relied upon a slick, hepcat type of humor a lot of times, I tend to agree with Ralph Bakshi who said that HB was too repetitive and formula based. Between the two HB and WB, I think I could complete most of the animation tasks at HB but WB, as I watch looney tunes, I think most of that tech is still a mystery to me. Hats off to both.

I love them. They live in my good and Happy memories in front of the television..

Did anyone else ever watch The Greatest Adventure Stories from the Bible, with Derek, Margo, and Moki?

This sounds fun, Brian Smith! And the main character is voiced by one of my favorite actresses. Lupita Nyong’o.

I saw a trailer for this somewhere, looks very interesting. Great share Brian Smith

Thanks for sharing the new rules, Bob Harper.

Bob, have you ever been involved in a project that was trying to qualify for Oscar? With shorts, I know there’s a list of Oscar qualifying film festivals to apply to. I’ve never been through that process, though.

Mike Boas I have participated in festivals, but not for the Oscar track. I know those who have, and it's only a process if you satisfy the requirements, which are to win one of the festivals on the list or to have your short play theatrically for a week in one of those qualifying markets (it can be in front of a feature)

I'd never considered the rules for qualifying for an Oscar, great share Bob Harper

Bob Harper Yes dear Bob i started that back in 2020 , Wrote Max n Luke , got it vetted by MIKE DISA , he is a celebrity mentor here in Stage32 , sent that deck to lot of networks, during kid screens, Its really hard to raise money through investors , packaging itself is a big task , Then Created Gopalakidz youtube channel , hoping to raise some YT money , i ralised you have to burn money before you see your first dollar , almost burned 200k to push that channel, the channel is live with 50k subscribers and generates $30 per month, Then I thought to hire some on US who represent us and find good projects, SO i hired Zero gravity management, paid 10k upfront, all they did was put repping news on deadline, after that i never heard from them in three years, LOL to get them to face to face i have to spend another 10k to visit their office, So i guess this is the way, you keep trying keep trying . neva give up and your time will come. There are many like me who are looking producers who wants to produce in less , There are many producers who are looking for good teams, This is where this fits. Match maker match maker make me a match .!!! A community to keep you going. I strongly STAGE32 can do it , I mean they have done a lot already, we are talking to each other. this is magic. Now its time for a paradigm shift.

Kumar Sambhav Your journey in trying to do you own IP answers your question on why indie producers aren't jumping at the opportunity to enlist your services. They are going through the same hoops in trying to get a buyer or distributor, and they are learning, as many of us are, that the numbers don't add up, especially when they are padding the budget beyond studio services.

Family and kids' entertainment buying is halting unless you have a great IP and/or serious marketing money. Our rep talked to everyone at MIP and Kidscreen, and international buyers are more focused on their territories to gain the financial breaks they get to keep the production local.

Theatrical is pretty much dead for indies, and DVDs and BluRay, which were cash cows, are no longer a big revenue window, and streamers keep paying less and less.

The paradigm needs to shift from the old ways to new ways, such as focusing on smaller productions, niche audiences, creative financing, alternate platforms, and different types of content.

Bob Harper Great Insights Dear Bob , This is what is happening, and your Last two lines is exactly the solution i m pitching to communities like STAGE32 , With the advancement in technology smaller teams will produce great content, but they will still need money, not in millions but in thousands may be, and once the content is ready, its going to get sold , cuz lotsa ppl are buying completed shows in lesser price. This is it. win-win for every one . one who owns the IP takes the bigger bite.

Hey Kumar, it's nice to hear your enthusiasm, it is needed. I like that your efforts are focused more on the indie side but tell me what you forecast for the major studios right now trying to structure AI into their workflows?

I feel like there has been a great deal of creative gatekeeping going on which has caused us to come to this point as a culture not only in the states but globally. I was in LA(physically) almost 8 years ago pounding pavement and I'd have to say that it was more for sightseeing than opportunity.

Those companies restructuring means even less opportunity and more of those same IPs that are likely to draw less and less audiences. That is happening now in gaming to long standing pillars of the medium b/c investors use the past success of an IP as an excuse not to innovate. Like a slowly boiling cartoon frog...with superpowers!

Terence Daniels Thanks !! Long time ago when George Lucas introduced software-based editing, with the help of some Stanford grads , he hired back then , There was revolt , strike and what not , they thought editors will loose their jobs , after some unrest they adopted new ways and look where is editing now , AI is scary right now , we lost our big client citing AI , they have developed some language models, through which they will now do generative animation and upload in their youtube channels, they are like coco melon of Europe , They told us , it is going to save cost for them , After this major hit, we looked at AI with a positive approach, and adopted few tools, and we created a ANIME teaser in 3 days flat from scratch, which would have taken 4 -8 weeks traditionally after that I sent an email in my network, that 90 min 3D CGI is possiblei in $750k and less than 12 months. One of the major studios replied and had a call with 7 of their professionals in the call, how was this possible, I showed them the demo. They seemed very optimistic,

Major Studios have there challenges , but Industry as a whole is very generous, there is room for everyone, if there is an ecosystem where we can approach just by saying hello and we getting ample of business , we all make money , don't have to chase big giants, when your content is loved by the audience they will pick you, NIMONA , One punch man, stranger things , mighty bheem , These stories are proof that when story telling is incredible , it will go beyond, Recently in India interesting case study happened, There was this GUJRATI MOVIE called VASH , locally produced in local language it hardly earned money max $250k , but the story telling was great , One Bollywood producer acquired the rights for Remake , He spent around $5million , it grossed over $40mn world wide, The movies name is SHAITAAN.

We all have great stories to tell , but there so many moving parts required to make a movie, Hope someone will tie this together soon.

"Mars Express" looks exciting Terence Daniels! I like the animation style.

Unfortunately, we can't force a culture to like something. For instance, outside of Japan, Star Wars isn't that popular in Asia.

Well there will be sex and blasters so I'm in.

You're welcome, Bob Harper. And thanks. I'm gonna share Ramon's video on my social media.

As someone who’s on the spectrum and has a son on the spectrum, thank you for sharing this! I had no idea this existed! I can’t wait to share this with my family!

Brian Gunter I'm glad you found us. I also have a son on the spectrum. It's the main reason I am so passionate about this project.

Bob Harper I feel you. I watched the first episode and I think my kids will love it! Especially who it’s coming from. So good for you and please pass along another “great job” to the team. We’ll stay tuned here!

Brian Gunter Thanks, I will let our team know!

Thanks for posting. I love me some Anime fight scenes. Will check these all out later. Dying to do my own anime fight scene soon.

Fight scenes have their own style and flair, and it's always interesting to see how their going to turn out. Will have to check this out Terence Daniels

This loos pretty cool.

I hope you don't mind the mistakes and repeats in there. I was looking at a lot of footage but mostly the best from other bests. The terminology is one word meant to convey an overarching idea concerned with the ever-present, and I say, highly confusing fight scenes.

To have a frame of reference for where one type of activity begins or blends with the next is good for context if not experimentation. Again a lot of timing with these things is the same but as you said Daniel Husbands these things can take on a unique movement and/or graphical style.

Matthew D Rhodes I remember Final Fantasy The Spirits Within and it does remain a benchmark for me. When I saw it I knew animation would not be the same again. It was amazing to see how real it looked back then.

Matthew D Rhodes Have you generated any visuals yet, I really thrive on such things.

Terence Daniels I've got some concepts art and I've been in contact with a professor that is allowing his students to use a scene from my project as a class project and I'll be given the final to use in Crowdfunding.

Any style can now be marketed to any age group. Blue Eye Samurai is 2D and very R-rated, and Sausage Party, on the surface, looked like a Kids' movie but was also R-rated. As many have pointed out, it comes down to vision, and in the case of independent production, it comes down to practicality - what can you produce with the resources you have.

Bob Harper It's a good thing Unreal Engine doesn't charge to use until you make money off your projects.

Definitely do your due diligence before engaging. Thanks for sharing.

I've seen them around social media. These kinds of courses can often be outdated and not very practical for some, but if they are free, then what would be the harm in exploring?