Animation

Jason McArdle Please please please turn this into a game. This is a childhood core memory for me. Also, I can see your progress, keep going!

Cyrus Sales haha id love to one day. I don't have the skills right now :/ maybe one day :) And thank you, glad you like it :)

Kevin Jackson You weren't kidding. The song is definitely going to be one of my new vocal stems. Glad to hear the client was pleasant to work with and you didn't get stuck in the revision cycle of doom. If you don't mind me asking, where did the client approach you? Did they see previous work? Congrats again!

Thanks Cyrus Sales They were referred to me by a previous client. I showed them previous work after we engaged in discussions.

Looks great! Is it a series or a feature?

I am intrigued.

Luke Collings Welcome to Stage 32! It’s great to see you hitting the ground running and actively networking.

I highly recommend reaching out to the Success Team, they’ll be able to support you throughout your journey. I’ve also included a link to help you get familiar with navigating the platform and making the most of everything it has to offer.

https://www.stage32.com/blog/how-to-successfully-navigate-the-stage-32-p...

I’d love to learn more about your project so I can assist you in the best way possible. Could you please share a few details about what you’re working on? For example, the type of project, the length, and what kind of help you need.

Once I understand your goals, I’ll be happy to suggest the best way we can move forward together

James Lagrimas Thanks for sharing!

I’d love to learn more about your project so I can assist you in the best way possible. Could you please share a few details about what you’re working on? For example, the type of project, the length, and what kind of help you need.

Once I understand your goals, I’ll be happy to suggest the best way we can move forward together

I’ve noticed, it’s quite sad. I do wonder why we’re losing so many of them :/

You're right, it's heartbreaking to see so many Japanese animation veterans passing, especially the recent losses of Kōzō Shioya (Majin Buu) and Masako Ikeda (Galaxy Express 999) within just a couple of months but as we mourn these legends, let's also celebrate them!

Sam Rivera I agree. I definitely plan to study their work and understand their contribution better.

Kevin Jackson I noticed it however I don't think I was aware of it until now. I took a quick glance, some of them are older in age however I remember seeing some younger ones pass away as well. Unfortunately, that's the part of life that can't be avoid. Just a reminder to continue to follow your passion and always put your best foot forward. Time here is limited and it goes fast.

Has anyone been to this market event before?

Kevin Jackson this is my first time hearing about it. Sounds like it was making a big impact, sad to hear it's coming to an end.

Very true. In some ways the animation of that era out does what exists today.

It really does Kevin Jackson, it’s rather unfair to compare current animation to it. Hopefully there will be a kind of animation renaissance one day, when today’s highly talented animators get even more powerful and keep the wave going.

Banafsheh Esmailzadeh I always enjoy seeing your post here in the lounge. My original thought before watching the vide was "maybe we are simply experiencing nostalgia and reminiscing of the old days and how things you to be," but after watching the video... I do think there was something special about this time period and I'd say passion and care. I feel like we moved away from caring about the craft and story and we're focused on hitting metrics and numbers. Sure Disney has big goals and dreams BUT I think the passion came before the metrics. His passion started as a child, nowadays it feels like we are doing our best to hit numbers.

On that note, I do think there will be a renaissance however it won't be how it was back in the day. I think it will be more indie creators building their own communities or at least one can hope.

Leonard Wolf thanks for sharing your music video. The song is catchy, I'm sure I'll catch myself humming it later today. As for the series potential, what kind of series are you looking to develop?

Some animated movies people might enjoy: 1) Your Name 2) Belle by Studio Chizu 3) The Boy and the Beast, 4)Nimona 5) Over the Moon 6) Kubo and The Two Strings 7) Cosmic Princess Kaguya (music and folklore inspired) 8) A Whisker Away. Most of these are on Netflix.

Have these notes from a prior course - may be helpful as you’re writing:

FEATURE FILM (90–120 pages)

General rule: 1 page ≈ 1 minute

Page Count Goals:

• Act 1 (Setup): 25–30 pages

• Act 2A (Rising Action): 25–30 pages

• Act 2B (Escalation): 25–30 pages

• Act 3 (Climax/Resolution): 20–25 pages

Total: 90–120 pages

Beat Placement (approximate):

• Inciting Incident: page 10–15

• Plot Point 1: page 25–30

• Midpoint: page 50–60

• Plot Point 2: page 75–90

• Climax: page 90–110

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ONE HOUR DRAMA (45–60 pages)

Page Count Goals:

• Cold Open + Act 1: ~20 pages

• Act 2: 13–15 pages

• Act 3: 10–12 pages

• Act 4: 10–12 pages

Total: 53–60 pages

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HALF-HOUR COMEDY / DRAMEDY (Single Camera)

Page Count Goals:

• Cold Open + Act 1: ~13 pages

• Act 2: 13–15 pages

• Act 3 + Tag: 8–10 pages

Total: 34–37 pages

Shows with interesting "portal" to another world mechanisms: Inuyasha (The Bone Eater's well, connects modern Japan to a version of the Feudal era of Japan where demons roam and spiritual powers and curses are real). Bleach - Portals to Spirit World and to Huecho Mundo a dark version of Spirit World. The portal to Spirit World can be particularly dangerous if you happen to encounter "The Cleaner" during your journey. Yu Yu Hakusho, final season -Portal to Demon World/ The demon Plane. Heaven blocked the access between the mortal world and the demon world to the point only smaller/ lesser demons can pass through. Demons and humans with evil intentions are working to open a large portal with no safeguards between the realms. Devil May Cry (remake) Human World and Demon World, blocked off centuries ago by the Demon Sparda who fought on the side of humans but small rifts between the two still occur. A human child ends up living on the demon side and builds a device that can open these small stable rifts, lesser demons use them to flee the demon world as refugees into the human world, eventually with tragic consequences, creating a very memorable and well written antagonist. Avatar the Last Airbender, The Avatar is "the bridge between worlds, and the bridge between the spirit world and the human world. He can enter the Spirit world through astral projection of his spirit while in a meditative state but while there he can't use his elemental bending powers. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: the Wardrobe allows the four children passage back and forth from Narnia. Coraline: passage to the Otherworld is a small door in the pink palace apartments. Disney's Gargoyles Season 2 A magical boat of Avalon that doesn't take people where they want to go but where they need to be and magically travel's from any body of water to any body of water, across time and and space. Dr. Who, The Tardis time traveling police box.

In anime a common genre is Isekai - "travel to another World", typically a one way journey or a journey with extreme difficulty in returning to one's original world. 3 main versions: 1) A spell summons people between worlds, and they arrive in their original bodies with original memories. 2) Rebirth after death, with original memories intact, often due to the actions of gods 3) Spirit summoned to another world after death, and the spirit possesses an existing person in the new world. Sometimes due to the actions of gods. These range in tone and genre. .

I came across this Imdb list of hip hop films: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls063099039/

Okay thanks again Sarah, I saw the video of the class I missed. Was so frustrating not to be able to interact at times.

There is a novel by Paul Gallico called "Jennie". It's a cat story and by the way, somebody should make an animated feature of it. But in that book, if I recall correctly, there is an entire chapter called "If in doubt - WASH".

I thought of that when Sarah used the intriguing term "composure grooming" when speaking of her cat-dragon character..

As for the next assignment, I think I gathered that the feature film writers among us are expected to come up with the whole first act or a maximum of 110 pages of our script. Is that correct?

Primal by Genndy Tartakovski. Telling an entire season without any dialogue.

Seeing folks mention the opening of UP makes me want to go rewatch it tonight. But, I haven't seen enough love for the Spider-Verse movies and how they've pushed the artform forward both visually and story-wise.

Wes Ambrecht Spiderverse definitely deserves high praise. Between that and Mitchells and the Machines, Sony finally broke the Playdough mold that sunk the animation art form.

Wes Ambrecht, I'm SO glad you said Spider-verse, because the first one is my favorite movie. I watched it 6 times while it was in theaters, and I don't go more than a few months without putting it on.

I'm gonna go with the impact that the cloak-ops scene in "Ghost in the Machine" had on me. It was a truly profound sequence, watching the footsteps in the water made by an invisible opponent.