tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post1646986492951920231..comments2023-09-11T01:08:04.956-07:00Comments on The Blackwing Diaries: The Artisanal ApproachJenny Lerewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06668171465801333811noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post-30692642667123773382007-01-25T10:29:00.000-08:002007-01-25T10:29:00.000-08:00I was at BiboFilms Paris back in October & they we...I was at BiboFilms Paris back in October & they were deep in production on PERSEPOLIS. The author is directing so it should be a faithful adaptation, at least the 'look' of the movie has been retained.<br /><br />The state of the industry in France in France is looking healthy. Luc Besson's ARTHUR 1 THE MINIMOYS has become the 5th biggest film in box office history-a trilogy is planned. ASTERIX movie are still being made, LUCKY LUKE too.<br /><br />I'm in Nice storyboarding on Bibo's MONSTER IN PARIS due 2009.<br />More films are planned for the future.<br /><br />It's an exciting industry here. The budgets & pay don't come close to US films but the stories & subject matter are more interesting.Matt Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06691360081537045523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post-11982481367211714202007-01-22T12:14:00.000-08:002007-01-22T12:14:00.000-08:00I'm not real sure that the public has any more sav...I'm not real sure that the public has any more savvy regarding animation than it did twenty or thirty years. To a certain degree it might even be less because of the ambiguity over what is digital and what is not. I've been around the business my whole life having grown up in a family run studio and I have noticed very little difference in the way people react. <br /><br />In general the average person seems to think that animation is all done by computers. Sad as it may be, most people get the glossy version of the industry seen on the DVD extras (some of which are good and not so good).<br /><br />I know all of us want to be correctly acknowledged in the public eye but this is nothing new. Reporters glean the largest most obvious chunks of info they need to complete "human interest" stories. Articles on film-making and animation are generally geared towards being "soft news" so they don't require the scrutiny of a bigger story.TShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11005243985222801761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post-52278760660341501712007-01-22T07:49:00.000-08:002007-01-22T07:49:00.000-08:00While I'm not a 'first hand' expert I am under the...While I'm not a 'first hand' expert I am under the impression (from some friends of mine who are familiar with that market) that a large portion of European animated films are international co-productions. Meaning a portion of the work is done in the native country and the rest is farmed out to various other countries. The typical Euro budget for a film is very small by US standards (usually well less than $20mil per film). Canada and Vietnam often do a lot of work for French studios with Montreal doing a fair amount of feature level work in the past. The author of the article might be making a point about 100% of the film being done in France as opposed to only a part of it being done there. <br /><br />It's clear somebody at NYT is interested in animation. Maybe an editor? But it seems increasingly clear that the individual writers assigned to the stories aren't necessarily the interested ones. It seems like a lot of what's being written about animation is being treated by the writers as mere shoe leather stuff until something meatier comes along that they can really sink their teeth into.<br /><br />Great blog, BTW. Keep it up!Keith Langohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12496328772372705317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post-34968643436151298072007-01-22T05:51:00.000-08:002007-01-22T05:51:00.000-08:00Michel Ocelot's French features, all beautiful and...Michel Ocelot's French features, all beautiful and successful in France, were animated in Viet Nam. The Triplettes of Belleville was animated, for the most part in Canada not France. Runaway production in France is a problem. They're all too busy doing our films.Michael Spornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02018522723674960270noreply@blogger.com