Sunday, January 30, 2011

And Then ... Pakistani Animation

Cartoons are not the first thing you conjure up when thinking of Pakistan. So here is a quick overview of what's happening down there.

Filmmakers often complain that they have to travel abroad for post production work due to the lack of animation and post production facilities available in Pakistan. However, production houses and individuals in Pakistan claim they are adding special effects and creating animation work on various national and international projects. ...

While animated music videos are produced in Pakistan, no animated feature films or tele-films are produced and even for minimal animation, Pakistanis are dependent on other countries. ... Majid Khan, an animator who is working on iPhone applications in Pakistan said, “We have a number of Pakistani animators but they are working in the UK, Hollywood and Walt Disney. ...

There's a theme here. Animators in emerging markets who want to create cartoons and are ambitious about it, find their way to places where more cartoons are being done.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Isn't Pakistan where Daniel Pearl got his head cut off? The same place where Bin Laden is supposedly hiding?

Anonymous said...

I'm sure the Animation they produce there is magical.

Mr. Gibson said...

Pakistanimation

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