Pure ink and paint perhaps. But there is all kind of hybrid work going on with many artists still in America. Just got done with one project using a watercolorist in Seattle via analog/scanned acquisition but finishing in After Effects here on Vashon Island. And lots of analog 2D and 3D character animation shot greenscreen one frame at a time. I'm working on another piece right now that was acquired this way (another traditional animator based on Vashon Island that I know). Funny thing is they thought that shooting minimal frames created in analog space then animating/finishing in AE/FCP would be more efficient, but not so it turns out in this case and we will be switching back to shooting all the frames with a 5DmkII connected to iStopMotion and then AE/FCP just to add VFX and audio.
James
On May 30, 2012, at 3:08 PM, Terence Curren wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> With digital animation, the work is being outsourced to the computer. ;-)
>
> With traditional animation, exactly how many ink and paint people are there in the US? My guess would be zero.
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Greg Staten <gregstaten@...> wrote:
> >
> > Steve,
> > While that may well be true for made-for-television animation, that isn't
> > the case for feature animation. Disney Animation Studio, Pixar Animation
> > Studios, DreamWorks, and BlueSky - just to name the "big four" - all do the
> > vast majority of their animation work with North America-based animators.
> > It is true that DreamWorks in particular has an animation studio in
> > Bangalore and is opening one in China and that the Bangalore studio has
> > done scenes for recent films, DreamWorks' stated goal is to have these
> > sites eventually produce their own films for the international market, not
> > to replace animators in the US.
> >
> > -greg
> > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Steve Hullfish <steve4lists@...>wrote:
> >
> > > **
> > > ...
> > >
> > > This seems quite valuable - although it does open US post production up to
> > > "outsourcing." Hire a bunch of inexpensive editors from somewhere else and
> > > let them tap into the footage in LA or NY or Chicago. This has already
> > > happened with US animation which is largely done overseas in India or China.
> > >
> > > Steve Hullfish
> > > contributor: www.provideocoalition.com
> > > author: "The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction"
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
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