tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post115095568010209832..comments2024-03-26T22:42:06.412-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: "There's Never Been A Successful Animated Prime Time Show Created By a Writer..."Steve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-1151087484536262272006-06-23T11:31:00.000-07:002006-06-23T11:31:00.000-07:00On the othter hand, in much of feature animation t...On the othter hand, in much of feature animation the story artists ARE the writers as well as the artists who draw the action. Fact. There are many features with screenwriters---highly-paid WGA members--on the credits, but the truth is that the majority of the dialogue and business in the film was invented entirely by the story crew.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-1151082776785328742006-06-23T10:12:00.000-07:002006-06-23T10:12:00.000-07:00The prime time animated sitcoms are especially sub...The prime time animated sitcoms are especially subject to petty turf battles. Writers are king on prime time and they don't like artists interpreting their scripts. They demand 100% adherence to what's written on the page--no matter how impractical and/or prohibitive for animation. These writers, who are usually live-action turks, are quite insensitive to the animation process and see artists as trying to edge in on their considerable power base.<BR/><BR/>While it's true that sometimes artists are as ego-driven and power hungry, the equation is so tilted toward writers in prime time that if they could replace all artists with machines or trained monkeys, they would.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-1150992611697818272006-06-22T09:10:00.000-07:002006-06-22T09:10:00.000-07:00There's an animosity that percolates between board...There's an animosity that percolates between board artists and writers which I've observed for years. (It came to a head in the 2000 contract negotiations, which, come to think of it, is a good subject for a future post. But I've seen it at other times in other places.)<BR/><BR/>I'm somewhat of an agnostic on the subject. I can't draw a lick -- much to my artist father's sorrow -- but I made my living in animation as a writer from the middle of the seventies to the end of the eighties. I got along fine with board artists at Disney, also at Filmation, but the dynamics were different then.Steve Huletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-1150988223248576642006-06-22T07:57:00.000-07:002006-06-22T07:57:00.000-07:00Those "Artist" creators that were mentioned... Don...Those "Artist" creators that were mentioned... Don't they write? Are they cartoonists that write, or writers that draw? Why is it necessary to create artificial boundaries? Isn't it all about expressing ideas? Can't we all just get along?<BR/><BR/>So many questions, so little time...Roccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06112066005366809913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-1150959831341739872006-06-22T00:03:00.000-07:002006-06-22T00:03:00.000-07:00It's a question that's been eating at me for a whi...It's a question that's been eating at me for a while as well. I can't really give out a good answer, but I hardly watch much TV anymore. :-)Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.com