DECISION MAKING AND UNANSWERED QUESTIONS (PART 2)

Greetings,

We are still on the part where decisions have to be made to determine the direction we are heading to, previously we answered "what kind of story do I want to tell?". We will continue from the second question.

WHAT KIND OF MOVIE DO I WANT TO PRODUCE, IS IT FEATURE LENGTH OR SERIES?

When coming up with a movie idea, you will be faced with two major options, will it be feature length of between 90 minutes to 150 minutes viewing duration or series with no less than 10 episodes each between 30 minutes to 60 minutes viewing duration. A feature length animated movie is relatively easier to make, if you want to produce for instance a 90 minute movie, it means you have a shorter time to work, the scripts, storyboards and animatics are shorter, the animation process is shorter, the production time is shorter, this is ideal for telling shorter stories or on a lean budget, the income here comes in big and fast, thereafter the rest is passive income from sources like rentals and franchising. With series, everything is longer, this where to look if you want to tell lengthy stories, plus it captures an audience better, with the right application of suspense, viewers will hunger to find out what happens in the next episode, series can have up to 2, 3, 4, 5 to 20 seasons depending on audience response, linking up with a studio with a powerful viewer base could fetch you serious money for a very long period of time. It's much work but worth doing if you have a super story. 

Take a look at this two animated works; Toy story and South park. Both of them made it into the our television screens around the same time, Toy story (1995), South park (1997). Toy story which is feature length was the bread and butter of animation during it's hay days but has gradually faded out of the picture. South park is still trending even as I write this post with very impressive ratings.That's the power of series over feature length. It is where to look for epic storytelling that stays with us for a long time and across generations. Probably my kids will come to meet South park. As for Toy story, that depends on if Pixar will come out with something after part 4.

Next I will decide what kind of animation to work with. Thanks for reading.

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