Animation

I recently watched a video about the staff that did the visual effects to Life of Pi. Which was an awesome movie.
But the story of what happened to the animation staff was not awesome. And unfortunately, it is not an uncommon story for animators.



Animation can really bring movies to life. And because of special effects, it's used now more than ever. It's not only limited to cartoons.
Cartoons, on the other hand, don't seem to be doing too hot...
I heard that Disney actually demolished their cartoon staff, in favor of digital animation. Which sounds awful. All those talented artists, kicked out. I don't know anything about digital animation, but it must be completely different from drawing cartoons.
And animation can be a really hard field for new students coming in.

Cartoonists seem to have a really tough time of it. When I read Starting Point, by Miyazaki, it talked a lot about how the artists who worked in the studios were intensely overworked. Some of the staff have to stay after hours all the time, and sometimes work into the night. And then when the season is finally done, it's time to start a new one.

And animation just doesn't seem to get noticed by a lot of people.
I mentioned in a previous post about how the people who judged the Oscars didn't seem to care about the category of best animated picture.

The Wind Rises went mostly unnoticed, even though it was so beautiful and inspiring.

And then I found this~