The state and future of animation
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Re: The state and future of animation
It’s just easy for them to do. The actors get a nice pay packet for a few hours work, and the film get a marquee name to put on their poster.
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But doesn't voice acting pay less than live-action acting, even for celebrities?
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Sure, but it's easy money for a few hours' work, minimal travel, and no time in a makeup chair. And if the celeb has some free time, then why not?
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If voice acting is easier for celebrities, then why do so few of them make careers out of it, like Mark Hamill or Tim Curry?
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Well, er, they do… Hamill and Curry for starters…
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Some like it, and some aren't interested. Personal preference.
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If video games are an animation product, then why are they so popular with people of all ages when animated films and television shows get viewed as something specifically for children?
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How interesting would an Overwatch cartoon show be?
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I don't know.
What I am saying is that people tend to think that animation is "for children", yet many of them like video games, which technically count as animation.
What I am saying is that people tend to think that animation is "for children", yet many of them like video games, which technically count as animation.
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Re: The state and future of animation
After Amblimation shut down in 1997, why did so many of its animators move to DreamWorks Animation? Did Spielberg have something to do with it?
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Uh, let's see, Spielberg co-founding live-action and animation company DreamWorks SKG with Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen?...Mm, tad. 

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Amblimation shuts down 1997. DreamWorks Animation ramps up 1997.
Coinkidink?
(No, it was essentially a name and location change.)
Coinkidink?

(No, it was essentially a name and location change.)
