tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post2664672521320576088..comments2024-03-29T05:13:13.015-04:00Comments on Mayerson on Animation: Can This Problem Be Solved?Mark Mayersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065971589878678848noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-15866933593212636972008-01-21T20:47:00.000-05:002008-01-21T20:47:00.000-05:00that Kriegstein piece is really salient. Every sin...that Kriegstein piece is really salient. Every single word applies today, as much as ever.<BR/><BR/>"the industry execs seemed to recognize the problem they had in the late 1980s, "<BR/><BR/>Well, yes and no. IMO what brought about a brief revival in the late 80's is that Bakshi and John K muscled through a real celebration of actual cartoon animation on TV (MIGHTY MOUSE) right around the same time when Spielberg and Dick Williams muscled ROGER RABBIT into theaters. Quality-starved audiences recognized the difference and demanded higher standards again. The schlockmeisters like Filmation couldn't compete and went immediately out of business. But it was the audience that made the difference clear to the executives; if those projects had not made lots of money and won critical acclaim, the execs would have ignored them.<BR/><BR/>That was twenty years ago though. Now there is such diffusion of the audience that it seems unlikely that anyone can draw the attention that MIGHTY MOUSE and ROGER RABBIT did again. In the meantime dull TV shows and bland movies succeed randomly enough (though not spectacularly so), so the execs are not likely to do much about it.Will Finnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01297122976077620877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-55847692414262044022008-01-21T20:33:00.000-05:002008-01-21T20:33:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Will Finnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01297122976077620877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-18249652328377676222008-01-20T12:38:00.000-05:002008-01-20T12:38:00.000-05:00The sad part is the industry execs seemed to recog...The sad part is the industry execs seemed to recognize the problem they had in the late 1980s, when there was a revolt against the type of TV animation that Hanna-Barbera/Fimlation/Ruby-Spears had churned out for the previous quarter century. The work turned out in the early 90s may not have been in the same league as what came in the 30s, 40s and 50s, but at least they were trying to address the issue in some way.<BR/><BR/>Today's execs seem to think the solution is simply to throw a bit of attitude together with some sort of combination of anime, flash or CGI animation design, and that's enough to satisfy the target audience. They don't care if the personalities are interchangeable and therefore completely unmemorable, as long as it fills up 22 minutes of airtime, they're happy.J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-30192249150317159662008-01-19T00:21:00.000-05:002008-01-19T00:21:00.000-05:00we need a paradigm shift. the industry has ossifie...we need a paradigm shift. the industry has ossified with bureaucracy. it costs to much money to take risks, meaning too many cooks get into the kitchen to try and ensure the soup will be okay, making it bland and bad. we're a creative bunch, we should be able to come up with a new way to do things. find a way around the gatekeeper's to the audience. forget the blockbuster. find a way to do it cheaper so it can be a unique truth, and doesn't have to appeal to everyone to be profitable. the system's broken, find a new way to do things not based on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-74525054230271561922008-01-18T21:23:00.000-05:002008-01-18T21:23:00.000-05:00I think the problem lies solely in the business en...I think the problem lies solely in the business end, not the artists' end. What we need are more producers and entrepreneurs with an idea of how to use the art form to its full potential.Thadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443425643665474645noreply@blogger.com