Friday, February 27, 2009

Shorts Program Goals Headings

TALENT
To Discover Talent

To Find A Director with Experience as Well as Raw Talent

To Surround the Director with like minded supporting talent

TO DEVELOP AN EFFICIENT PRODUCTION SYSTEM that allows the talent to flourish

TO LEARN FROM MISTAKES AND SUCCESSES

To Give Cartoonists Real Experience

To Bring Back Apprentice System and develop the talent

CHARACTERS
TO DISCOVER AND DEVELOP STAR CHARACTERS - ICONS that last and make money in other media


PROGRESS
To Build a Studio Personality or Style (“branding”)

TO DEVELOP NEW TECHNIQUES - TO PROGRESS and compete with slower more backwards studios


WHAT SHORTS PROGRAMS SHOULD NOT DO

Make The Same Old Corporate Hippie Mistakes

NOT TO FIND A NEW "STYLE" EVERY TIME

Destroy the incentive to work your way up the chain

Expect a Revolution Every Week

These are just some of the topics I'll cover a bit at a time...