200+ industry professionals will gather for the co-production and business forum in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, running May 9 to 11; online talks on YouTube will feature short film and school short film finalists.
Producer joins the studio’s original content team, bolstering their plans for continued growth while helping find new talent in support of projects currently in development.
Studio also announces they’re in production on ‘The House,’ Netflix’s first stop-motion commission out of the UK.
Winning contests are fantastic for getting publicity.
Handling broken deals is never easy…and involves lots of crying.
Landing a production deal is heaven…and losing it is hell.
Landing a deal after years of hard work is quite SWEET!
At this point in the project, I really hoped I would be further along.
My art is on his butt!
I have pitched as many as 35 studios in one day.
My pitch at Disney led to a meeting at Comic-Con…
Why in the hell did I pitch the same exec over and over?
Or did they??? What happened after that first pitch?
Do you ever get sidetracked from what you need to do?
Producing a high-end animation short takes a lot of time. So what do I plan to do with my ‘Dream Factory’ short when we’re done?
Does pitching or sharing your idea make it easier to steal? The answer may surprise you.
‘Dream Factory’ includes various styles of animation. Is that good? It depends on the idea.
How do I pitch various versions of the same show or movie?
Meet the creative team behind the development of ‘The Dream Factory’ animated concept.
Ed Kang visits Mark Simon’s studio for the first development session on 'The Dream Factory' animated series.
