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> > > > > "Zombie Brain" <zombiebrain@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > > > On Sep 24, 1:52 pm, "Mojo" <mojois...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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http://blogs.courant.com/roger_catlin_tv_eye/2007/09/boondocks-bac
> > > > > > > k-
> > > > > > > ...
> > > > > > > .
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> > > > > > What took so long?
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> > > > > A little thing called "production time". You DO realise how long
it
> > > > > takes
> > > > > to
> > > > > make one episode of an animated series, right...?
> > > >
> > > > But the trick is you work on more then one at a time. Only if you
have
> > > > a small crew should 6 episodes or whatever take a year.
> > >
> > > Nah. Your lead time start to finish is like 9 months.*
> > >
> > Per episode. It's similar to baking, which I do: it takes maybe 15
> > minutes for a bagel to bake, but I'm putting new ones in the oven
every
> > 5 minutes and taking new ones out at the same rate once I get going.
> > Thus the time it takes to bake a bagel has little to do with how often
> > a new one will come out, but instead the limiting factor is how fast I
> > can put things in :)
> >
> > > The big crew doesn't help with a single episode; it just lets you do
> > > multiple episodes along the way while waiting. If you've got a big
> > > enough crew to overlap and start a new show every week, you'll in
theory
> > > get a show back every week. But the start to finish on any one show
> > > will still be many many many moons.
> > >
> > Well, that's the point: other shows can do 20-40 episodes in a year,
so
> > thus it can be done. You have multiple directors, writers, and story
> > board people all putting shows into production at the same time. Only
> > on a small staff where this isn't possible is that the main
bottleneck.
>
> But your MINIMUM to get that first episode is still several months. The
> big crew isn't going to get you your first ep 3 weeks after you start.
> If one man can dig one post hole in 60 seconds, it doesn't necessarily
> follow that 60 men can dig one post hole in one second. :)
Yes, but if you stay in production you're starting that first episode
while the just completed season is still airing (one reason The
Simpsons is a year or two ahead production wise). Any long gap between
seasons is the result of bad planing, small budget, or the network not
giving them any funding until after the season is over.
--
Chris Mack "Refugee, total ****. That's how I've always seen us.
'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between us."
-'Deal/No Deal', CHESS
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