Exercises
- Take the idea that you’ve been developing for television and develop it instead for a
feature film. Remember to add a subplot. Write a treatment. - Do you think your feature project would make money? Why?
- Discuss how you might make your feature project better known before you try to get
financing. - Make a list of animated features that have been released lately. Do research on box office
figures for each. Which ones were successful? Why? - What do you personally like to see in an animated feature? Talk to several kids. What
did they like about the most recent animated films? - Who buys the tickets for animated films in your neighborhood? Take an informal survey.
- How would you develop your short into a feature?
- Make a list of animation festivals around the world that might accept the entry of an
independent animated feature or an animated short. Designate which festivals will accept
which (or both).
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