my indie animation opinion is that we don’t need 12 million pilots it’s ok to make a standalone short and honestly better because you open and close your story in one chapter-I think the ability to do that in a succinct way says a lot about your capabilities as a writer and artist - ThreadSky

emilyzulllo.bsky.social • 6 days ago

my indie animation opinion is that we don’t need 12 million pilots it’s ok to make a standalone short and honestly better because you open and close your story in one chapter-I think the ability to do that in a succinct way says a lot about your capabilities as a writer and artist

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normes.bsky.social•6 days ago

Starting shorts is probably better anyway bc u don't have to do anything crazy or complex, especially if ur just getting into animating

emilyzulllo.bsky.social•6 days ago

not to say it’s bad to have an over arching narrative or story, it’s just starting to feel like “mystery box” type films lol

emilyzulllo.bsky.social•6 days ago

charadeex.bsky.social•6 days ago

I FEEEEEEEEL this take so hard. I just wanna make something thats like, disconnected little short gags featuring a recurring cast. Gassy's Gas n Stuff was one of my favorite recent things for that very reason, its soooo exactly what I want to see more of rn.

jenlegirl.bsky.social•6 days ago

FINALLY SOMEONE WHO SAID IT

fraidicat2.bsky.social•6 days ago

Word

marktaudevin.bsky.social•6 days ago

agree - in production on my own atm and I come back to this thought. There’s beauty in opening, experiencing, and closing the brief glimpse into your characters’ lives

emilyzulllo.bsky.social•6 days ago

absolutely this!!!

lukecoalman.bsky.social•6 days ago

totally agree, I’m always worried that indie animation is caught in a tv model. When what’s most exciting is that there’s the freedom to do things that would never be on TV.

bwoodward49.bsky.social•6 days ago

I remember those. They were called cartoons.

awesomepantsfilms.bsky.social•6 days ago

I’ve been working on a 5 minute animated short for the past 6 months and absolutely zero plans for any kind of follow-up to it, I absolutely agree.

highlandkall.bsky.social•6 days ago

honestly I feel the same way with comics. I'm working on I guess a zine(?) and I wanna make sure people understand the story isn't going to go on forever.

emilyzulllo.bsky.social•6 days ago

i have found with physical comics and zines its been more successful to create bite sized narratives! especially for tabling in person.

yoitscro.bsky.social•6 days ago

A lot of indie animation conversation revolves around pilots specifically, I’ve noted. Not anthology series, or student films, music videos, etc.

emilyzulllo.bsky.social•6 days ago

i think we should share and talk about more shorts and music videos! I also think a lot of shorts are actually student films and people don't always realize that's the case. it would be amazing to see some curated anthology series-that's why i love hellavision television a lot.

yoitscro.bsky.social•6 days ago

Oh, I've never heard of that one before! I'll have to check it out. I know "Capsules" exists and has for a hot minute, regarding anthology indie.

unchained-hound.bsky.social•6 days ago

Some of my favorite artpieces on Youtube have been stuff like standalone shorts, some of them are animatics too.
Dumpster Fire by Jazlyte, POWER RECORDS by Emily Zullo, Horny by Zhangir, Guard Duty Doggy by Lotusbandicoot, Bodies of Water by Sournoodl, all great stand alone shorts!

unchained-hound.bsky.social•6 days ago

I also believe its more... realistic? To set the expectations as one standalone story, and then see if it can be expanded.
Gooseworx's GHOST of the YEAR was amazing, but it didn't seem to resonate with people as much as her other works, if it would've been setup for a pilot, it may had flopped...

unchained-hound.bsky.social•6 days ago

I think we've lost the art of the webcomic too.
A lot of creatives nowadays wanna create their own stories and aim for a new Digital Circus or Helluva, but I think is worth seeing successes of the past that didn't require to create an entire studio, stuff like Homestuck or Lackadaisy

jametc.bsky.social•6 days ago

THANK you

shimabot.blueskaia.net•6 days ago

this is a really odd statement to make . not all stories can be properly developed within a single episode . people make these pilots specifically because they want to gauge interest and make more of said story . animated shorts are great, but they fill a completely different role for artists .

shimabot.blueskaia.net•6 days ago

no hate btw, just wanted to share my thoughts on this

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