This week’s scriptnotes podcast is an interview with Linda Wolverton (Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King).
Scriptnotes Podcast (356 - Writing Animated Movies
https://scriptnotes.libsyn.com/356-writing-animated-movies-encoreThis is a great show for those wondering how animated features are written and produced. You don’t just walk in the front door at Disney and sell a spec! :)
Insightful episode, Mike Boas! I learned a lot about Animation, like how projects can get thrown out and restarted after a lot of work has been done. This episode is a must-listen! Thanks for sharing it, and Happy New Year!
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Mike Boas thanks for sharing. There's a lot that I'm still learning about Animation. It was mind blowing to hear Linda talk about her initial earnings with Beauty in the Beast, the idea that you can write something and it never be used (and the writer not getting paid), a lot of information in this interview.
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I listened to this finally. Some of what she said I knew already from listening to Mike Disa webinars. Of what I didn't know, wow. Very insightful. After this I am second guessing being an animation writer.
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They talk a lot about how animation writers are not part of the WGA. Good to know if you want to be a working writer with benefits and residuals.