First off, apologies about the long hiatus of this blog. Some of you might have heard that I started as animation producer at Rovio Entertainment Ltd. (aka ‘the Angry Birds guys’) in the beginning of July. I’ve been swamped with my old consulting gigs and new assignments, so the blog had to take a back [...]
1.) The world wide animation business was estimated to be worth 158 billion USD in 2008 and is expected to reach 249 billion USD in 2012. This figure includes industrial simulations and b-2-b applications of animation (ca. 20% of the total), as well as gaming, video, television and film. 2.) The animation business is a quite [...]
Here’s a good article on Variety about how marketing concerns have started to play a bigger role in European productions. The attitudes are changing, even though European film remains a more ‘artistic’ affair than Hollywood or Bollywood productions. The idea to use test screenings for animated projects is interesting, but tricky. With European budgets, there [...]
Leading up to the release of my ebook on coproducing with German companies, I wanted to share this look into the German animation distribution market with you. This information was gathered from a presentation by Benjamina Mirnik, Head of Acquisitions and Coproductions at Universum Film, given at the Cartoon Masters Feature event in Munich last [...]
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