Okay, lemme ask - what would it take for a Kickstarter for a 100% wholly original animated story by you & a team of your choosing? Something you would have 100% control over & would let us experience more of your work, free from studio interference? I sincerely have no idea what this would cost. - ThreadSky

theunclebob.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Okay, lemme ask - what would it take for a Kickstarter for a 100% wholly original animated story by you & a team of your choosing? Something you would have 100% control over & would let us experience more of your work, free from studio interference? I sincerely have no idea what this would cost.

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thegamingbadger.bsky.social•2 days ago

The vast majority of animation costs millions upon millions of dollars a season. Often $2+ million an episode for 22-minute episodes.

Indie animation gets by on far, FAR lower budgets because of the efforts of a lot of volunteer work, and the fact they can spend months upon months on one episode.

theunclebob.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm thinking something like an 80ish minute movie. I've supported Kickstarters that have taken a year+ to fulfill - I'm sure, if there was enough creator interest, there'd be enough fan interest.

thegamingbadger.bsky.social•2 days ago

But even those are often in excess of $250k per episode. That's assuming everything goes perfectly to plan and no issues arise. Which is unlikely, and would still rely on volunteers, or people getting paid below minimum wage just out of sheer passion.

theunclebob.bsky.social•2 days ago

I guess what we'd need is to make this work as a proof of concept - be the first to do it and show it can be done.

thegamingbadger.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sadly that's often not enough. Olan Rodgers, creator of Final Space, created a new indie pilot called Godspeed. With a Kickstarter to fund the rest of a first season.

They needed $600k to make one (1) more episode.

1.9 million views on YouTube.

Kickstarter made just over $300k.

thegamingbadger.bsky.social•2 days ago

Proof of concept only gets you so far. Indie animation relies on people actually putting their money where their mouth is, which they rarely ever do. Unless you're doing Hazbin or Digital Circus numbers, very very few other indie animations ever get over the starting line.

theunclebob.bsky.social•1 day ago

You know, I've been thinking about this all day and finally realized why it wasn't sitting right with me. SamBakZa. 25 years ago, a team of three Korean animators managed to make their first major animation using the primitive tools of the time and that animation is one of my all-time favorites...

thegamingbadger.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://youtu.be/Fdbd2kRSzG8?si=tNXUL57CinbsSSnX

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