Animation Escapes the Pandemic - Article from The Information

By Tom Dotan
April 8, 2020 2:30 PM PDT
The Information

In normal times, when animators at Snowball Studios are figuring out how a scene should look, they’ll gather in a room and look through sketches frame by frame. The director will note the tweaks to make, even acting out how the characters should move. Nowadays, Snowball’s animators—who make cartoons like “Fancy Nancy” for Disney—are still conducting the same production meetings, but over videoconference calls.

It isn’t a perfect solution, according to CEO Eran Barel. But it is workable. And it’s better than the scenario for live action film and TV shows, which the pandemic has forced to shut down production entirely. Unlike live action productions, animated movies and series are mostly made on computers. As a result, animation studios at both big companies like Disney and independents like Snowball are able to continue work on many projects. And that is creating an opportunity for animation... 

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