When you develop an animation project you will be faced with lots of challenges. You might be tempted to quit at various stages. But how do you know when you should quit and dump the project? Seth Godin has written a book called “The Dip” on knowing when to quit. He says that a free [...]
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 [...]
I have just finished work on my first ebook, called “Coproducing with Germany – how to plan a film project with German involvement”. You can download it for free here. It is designed to help filmmakers in their quest to secure film financing for their productions. The ebook is filled with practical advice, expert interviews [...]
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 [...]
Lately I’ve been thinking about Richard Branson’s way of doing business, and how it relates to the world of animation or film producing. In his 44 years as a bootstrapped entrepreneur he has amassed more than 400 companies in his Virgin Group and made a fortune doing business his way. So what are the traits [...]
I often get asked by film makers if I could tell them how to raise money for their shortfilm. In order to save myself from typing the same answers time and again I decided to write down what I know about financing a shortfilm in Finland. This turned out to be quite a long post, [...]
Animation productions are quite different from live-action films in the factors that influence a project’s budget. There are many elements that determine the budget size, and in this short summary I’d like to go through the most important ones. If you think I have left an important one out, please reply in the comments! Script [...]
This week I attended the Cartoon Masters Feature seminar in Munich. A big theme in several presentations was stereoscopic 3D or S3D, with such speakers as veteran director Ben Stassen, who’s made more IMAX films than anyone else. Here are some of my take-aways from the lectures: On storytelling The most important discussions centered on [...]
The headline is borrowed from Petteri Pasanen, producer of the Helsinki-based Anima Vitae studios, who put it forward in his presentation at the Animation Financing Seminar last June. The gist is that compared to live-action films, animation travels between territories much more easily, even naturally. This statement is also supported by statistics: According to an [...]
I state as my opinion, that the different kinds of animation productions coming out of Finland kick lots of butt. Not only do they compete for and win international awards, but they’re also witty, cost effective and have memorable production designs. So the question is, why is it that we Finns make such great animated [...]
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