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> > > In article
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> > > Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > In article <250920070942558886%invid@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > Invid Fan <invid@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > > In article <6Z0Ki.28757$eY.25897@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > > Eternal Lost Lurker <kuraebakayarou.lurkerdrome@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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-b
> > > > > > > > ac
> > > > > > > > k-
> > > > > > > > ...
> > > > > > > > .
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > What took so long?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 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.
In other words, business as usual. :)
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