Animation

Hi, Kiara P Oxley. Have you thought about using a different app for "Thomas"?

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 off much like THE LION KING, a mess of turnover to say the least, and was for a very long time called KINGDOM OF THE SUN (as focused on in the doc). All of which to say is, none of these movies started with a good script. They were hashed out in the storyboard process.

I'd never heard of this , sounds like a worthwhile documentary to have on my radar thanks Laurie Ashbourne

if you’re looking for people to interview, be sure to reach out to Aaron Blaise and the Bancroft Brothers.

Mike Boas Aaron is one of my very good friends. Tom and Tony are certainly a part of that story.

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.

I haven't considered it (telling my stories in an interactive format), but I will now, Daniel Husbands. Thanks for the idea!

That looks pretty good. I think there are still some weight issues that need to be worked out. There were a couple of shots in there when the physics still didn't look quite right.

I like character driven games, such as Mass Effect and some of the Tomb Raider games, where cinematics and gameplay mesh together in a interactive movie kinda way. Ashley Renee Smith your absolutely right that they both have to be top notch to be successful. With the volume of games being created these days they at least have to be good at both.

Same! I love the Tomb Raider and Uncharted games! My favorite franchise is actually the God of War games. I don't even know how many times I've played GOW 3.

Uncharted did a really good job of bringing that film feel to games. Netflix is experimenting with storytelling in the other direction, interactive films. Anyone try it?

Ashley Renee Smith hi! love this share so much! thrilling project all around. i love the use of animation for difficult topics. have you seen If anything happens, I love you?

That's going to be awesome!

This sounds like an amazing project. I hope they can get good distribution for it or it finds a home on a streaming service so people actually have the opportunity to see it.

Brian Smith, I hope that with the caliber of people involved, it will have an easy pathway to a streamer. Fingers crossed!

Marsy Robinson, yes, it's beautiful! I love the shadowy animation style. It made me cry.

Happy for the team at Rooster Teeth. They've been making really cool stuff for a long time.

It's definitely an exciting project, but I'm sure it's bittersweet for the Rooster Teeth team since it's happening at the same time that the company is coming to an end. But what a way to go out!

Exactly - a big grand finale. I know some of the folks who have worked there and they are really good people.

Shows the power of IPs in the entertainment landscape.

True, Bob Harper!

Hi! I'm local (Gaithersburg) and have done some voice over work. I'm available to help you.

Maurice is absolutely right, Kiara P Oxley! You should be open to connecting with voice actors all over the world. The great thing about voiceover is that you don't have to be in the same space. They can record their sections and then send them to you from wherever they are. As Amanda mentioned, we have a Jobs page where you can post a listing. Here is a link that you can use to go to our job board directly: https://www.stage32.com/find-jobs

With the power of the internet you're not limited in who you can reach with your show and who you can work with for these voices. You can always direct your voice actors live while doing readings online if you like to be more hands on. Don't give up on your project Kiara P Oxley those voices are out there.

Hi Kiara, I have been voicing my spy novel audiobook using PlayHT and its 100+ ai voices. You can listen to a rough cut of Chapter Two on my website www.mildmanneredmen.com

How many voice actors do you need? Are you able to pay? Do you want to record remotely or do you have a facility where you will have the actors come to record? Thanks!

That was extremely cool. Found myself meditating for a bit watching it unfold. What programs do you work with to create videos like this?

That is some very interesting visuals, kind of a dream like state. I could see this applicable to someone dreaming or hallucinating. Very cool!

Sam Sokolow This was all done on the website PixVerse with video prompts. I also use Davinci Resolve. This one takes me back to the old techno art film days. Sometimes the music is more in the foreground. It's just a basic exercise in balancing film forces, attention retention. I still think this track works better with a cyber theme but all electronica is like that.

This would be a great idea. I think the Muppets Mayhem Series on Disney+, not living up to the ratings they wanted, has shied Disney away from getting too experimental with The Muppets. They dropped the ball after the reboot Movies when they were riding high again.

This idea could be huge if Disney can learn to focus on the kids and not try to cater to other audiences at the same time. I think that parents are also weary of what shows might be teaching their kids, but done right still a lot of potential there.

The world needs more Kermit, Fozzie and Miss Piggy any way we can get them.

100%, Sam Sokolow!

With so many characters Disney could throw a rock in any direction and hit a new spin off. So much potential just sitting there.

Sign me up!

Brian Cox is insanely talented.

Brian Cox can do anything well. He was the first actor to portray Hannibal Lector in Michael Mann's MANHUNTER, had played so many amazing roles, and now comes in with the voice of Santa? Amazing! Can't wait.

WOW! What a cast! This looks great!

I'm not big on christmas movies, but this is a talent lineup. I like Simon Otto's work.

Looks like an incredible contract, Bob Harper! Thanks for sharing.

These are important changes that need to be address across the board. Great article Bob Harper!

Daniel Husbands I agree, AI will not destroy creators. CG didn't destroy stop motion, although it crippled traditional animation on the feature level. There will still be creatives who will do things their own way. But as far as studios are concerned, they will go with the faster and cheaper approach anytime they can.

Let's hope the work by true creatives rises above the noise, Bob Harper. I love seeing work that's created by people, and AI looks so weird to me.

With all of the experimenting I've been doing I predict this will be just one tool in the production process of animation as we now know it.

Terence Daniels Unfortunately this tool will replace many artists currently working at studios in a variety of departments from, concept art, storyboarding, character design, animation, modeling, rigging etc., etc., etc.

It's really an opportunity for indie artists to get together and tell the stories they've always wanted to.

Completely agree, Bob Harper!

Was Talespin even original to begin with? I mean, when you think about it, Talespin was rebooting characters from the Jungle Book.

There is so much churn of "legacy" projects that it can be hard to miss the amazing original work being done. I agree with Maurice Vaughan - there needs to be a balance. Go ahead and try rebooting "Underdog" but please make sure I still get "Past Lives".

In a way, it was an early transmedia property, Mike Boas. It took well-known characters like Baloo and continued their story in an original way that existed within the established universe. I would still count that as an original property since Talespin was its own unique story.

That's a good point, taking characters and expanding their stories is another way to create new and interesting properties. Kind of an in-between, not new characters but new story/situation.