ASIFA-Hollywood :: ASIFA-Hollywood :: ASIFA-Hollywood Events :: Animation Salon - 3-21-09 Author Topic: Animation Salon - 3-21-09 (Read 182 times) paulabramson New Member member is offline Joined: Feb 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 1 Animation Salon - 3-21-09 « Thread Started on Mar 22, 2009, 2:31pm » Greetings Steve: Very well done salon last Saturday night. It was quite an interesting and well conducted topic. Keep up the good work. I, however, am still of the opinion that show business is just that - a business. Animation is a part of show business. Business first, art second. Who is paying the bills? It is the people who are buying the product. Sure, I have the equipment to make cartoons on my home computers. I do just that. I would prefer to make a living doing it. Hollywood needs to make what the ticket-and-merchandise-buying public wants to buy. That's how it works. I've worked in the business end of the business for many years. What they don't teach you in film/animation school is what to do with the movie once it is made. What good is it if nobody sees it? You don't create a product before finding a market. There is a huge market for childrens' animation. That is why it has come to be known as children's entertainment. Paul T. Abramson Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Stephen Worth Administrator ASIFA-Hollywood Board Member member is offline Joined: Feb 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 55 Re: Animation Salon - 3-21-09 « Reply #1 on Apr 1, 2009, 11:57am » The first thing anyone in business needs to attend to is to create a product. In the case of animation, the product is artistic expression. If you can't draw... If you have nothing meaningful to say... If you don't exploit the artistic advantages of your medium... It doesn't matter how good a businessman you are. You won't have anything worth selling. Business is easy. Being an artist isn't. There are plenty of businessmen in this world. We need more artists in animation. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Forum Jump--------------------» Home--------------------» ASIFA-Hollywood--------------------- ASIFA-Hollywood General- Questions And Suggestions- ASIFA-Hollywood Events- ASIFA-Hollywood's Annie Awards- ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive--------------------» Animation General--------------------- Los Angeles Animation Scene

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