I want this idea to work out. I really do.

>>15945
So do I..

So how are we going to make these cartoons? are we going to use flash or try to use older methods (although the older methods take FOREVER)

also how are we going to organize this? we should probably make our own forum because an imageboard would only work for so long.

Voice actors/actresses on standby.

>>15947
We should follow the Cartoonstitute's idea. We take some people who are used to writing and some who are used to flash or whatever medium they are better at and have them get together and make something awesome. There are plenty of examples of great flash mini-series people made on the cheap and are still extremely popular

hey are you guys keeping up with the original thread on /co/? if not someone made a tumblr

drawfag here, i could do some concept art. it's really hard to organize this though when everyone is anonymous.

>>15947
i'm thinking for now, we need some people to come to the table with cartoon ideas and then we flesh them out from there. then develop designs, over arching plot, etc

>>15949
I think we should try some new animators though.. like we can host script ideas on the site, then we can have the artists of the site try and make mock ups, then from that have people do some voice samples, if we like them we use them, and then have people animate it from that, whoever's we like best, gets it..

I don't know, that may be too community oriented for some.. and i don't know if anything i just typed makes any since..

Here's the tumblr just for when the thread dies
http://coproductions.tumblr.com/

>>15951 Here, I can make a forum real quick..

PHPbb2 or PHPbb3?

>>15953
What I meant was community oriented, I was just giving examples of good solid working ideas. Our /co/mmunity has tons of artists and doodlers to use as animators, and your idea is actually pretty good

I'd love to write something for someone who can draw something.

>>15952

I've always had this idea for a short animation/comic about a young man and a bipedal walrus who are stranded on a floating island with a lighthouse and trying to rebuild a bi-plane to escape. I always sort of pictured it with a Victorian aesthetic.

It's something, right? Someone will come up with something eventually. Here's your first shit idea.

>>15958
good, we are getting this ball rolling

I could voice act or write.

Traditional animation would take a really long time, and since we probably won't have too much funding, it isn't realistic. Computer programs and stuff for now.

>>15958
no i like that, though it would need to be fine tuned.

I always wanted to see something like the Little Nemo comic strip done right in animation (not that the movie wasn't great it was just too short)

>>15961

Okay, admission time then. I've got 12 page script I wrote a few years ago on my old computer.

Someone needs to make up a realistic list of jobs that will need to be filled, while compiling a list of software/hardware needed for it. The software is easy, we'll just pirate whatever programs we need.

ITT: irl blue and green lanterns

>>15964
the most basic off the top of my head

editors
writers
artists
tech people
people who can photoshop
story boarders

Should we promote this on other websites?

Also, the idea that was posted sounds good. And we already have a script, so even better!

>>15964
yeah for sure, also we need to keep track of ideas pitched and have some kind of a user name for the people submitting them. Also if i where to go to sleep now would this thread 404 or is plus4chan different than 4chan?

>>15968
All threads automatically archive after they die here, so no worries.

>>15967

It's going to have to be fine-tuned, like Anon said.

It's old, I wouldn't really feel comfortable posting it right now. I'd probably just do a total re-write before hand.

Having worked in the ad industry I shall do what I can to help.

>>15968
plus4hcan is way different than 4chan, this topic could stay up for months

>>15969
so if i wanted to find this thread 2mrw how would i go about that? Also sorry for straying from the dream...but its 4 in the morning where i am and i need to go to sleep lol

>>15967
Im working on a website right now actually, I could probably be the tech-person too.
although im poor so we are going to have to use a ".hostoi.com" domain for now.. I hope people are OK with this, and if needed I could use a .tk

>>15967
maybe let's get it off the ground a little before we go there

>>15973
Just come back to this web address or come to
https://plus4chan.org/boards/coc/
and it'll probably on the first page

>>15973
It'll still be here. Maybe not on the first page, depending on how fast threads go here (I almost never come here) but trust me, it'll still be on /coc/.

drawfag reporting in, also I can do some photoshop

If people are going to start submitting their own artwork and ideas, and seeing as how this is 4chan and a common issue around the board, I'd like to address this now.

Please, PLEASE no "furfaggotry biased" garbage. Anthropomorphic animals are a classic storytelling element and really help personify the characters sometimes, especially in fun friendlier stories. I would despise seeing someone with an idea for a cartoon but as soon as he says something like "so it would be these little bipedal mice that wear clothing who live in this lady's basement" he gets flooded with "LOL FURRY YIFF IN HELL".

Respectively, I would also hate seeing anthropomorphic animals that add nothing to the plot other than the fact that they're animal people. Their animal features should be respective of their personalities a la Robin Hood or should just be animals humanized to identify with them a la Secret of NIMH. There should be a REASON for the anthros, not just for the sake of cosmetics.

ok cool, until 2mrw

>>15973
Just bookmark it

I'm good with stop motion (my hobby has been claymation since I was in middle school) so maybe I could whip up some shorts for bumps or something

so what should the domain be?

coproductions
co-productions or
co.productions

>>15979
Agreed. There she is! is a perfect example of how an animator today can use animal characters without it being "furfaggotry"

>>15983

Claymation would be AWESOME

we need more of that..

>>15985
Brilliant, because the cat and rabbit species were a much more personified racist issue.

>Let’s show the world that we still have some creativity left, that there is still enthusiasm in our generation, not just for the past but for the future.

>Let’s restore childhoods to the way they were meant to be.

>This is a place we can share our creativity and begin projects that have the potential to mean something.

>Let’s try to show the rest of the world that cartoons can matter.

>>15988
We'll fix that up later. It's late everywhere that has 4chan.

>>15989 It's only 1am PST, I'm down to be up for a few more hours..

anyway here is the stats to the site I'm working on, I think this will hold up, what about you guys?

i can help out with concept art/drawfag

>>15990
I don't know anything about computers but it looks fine to me.

...Did everybody go to sleep?

>>15992
I headed to Slumberland right now actually

>>15992
im not, if you want to talk i can set up an IRC

set up an IRC for anyone who looks at this

server : irc.rizon.net
Channel: #Co-Productions

>>15995
Nice!
I'm probably going to sleep now, though.

This is why I haven't left /co/. You guys are amazing. Anyways, until next time, everyone.

Also, restrict the length of the first animation. I would say that 30 seconds should be the maximum for the first animation. When more experience is gained, longer animation should be better doable.

It's ugly but done:
http://co-productions.hostzi.com/phpBB2/index.php

needs a better template but the one i made isn't working :/

>>15995
I strongly suggest not posting this IRC in any thread in /co/, and especially no where else in 4chan. We don't want to encourage a raid.

I think the tumblr site is gone

It's 8:05 EST. Isn't everyone supposed to be meeting up for discussion around now?

>>16023
That's what I thought.. maybe we should post a reminder in /co/?

>>16023
They should. Some anon said they'd inform 4chan's /co/ during the day to see if anyone else was interested but I'm not sure they did

well i'm here and it seems like nothing has really changed since last night

Okay, I have to eat right now. But as soon as I get back I' gonna link the (hopefully) archived thread to 4chan and see how many I can get over here or the forum for some discussion

Uh, hello?
I have some ideas for a few series and I would love to share them with you all.
Is this the right thread for it?

Yes it is.

Writer and storyboard concept artist here.
You know you want me... to help with this.

I've always wanted to see a superhero type series with the plot set to music of some sort. So that the punches, gunshots, etc. are in time with the bats and chords and whatnot.

>>16029
Well, alright then.

One is a series about aliens who team up to defeat an evil force in the galaxy. It begins with one alien, who loses his job and runs away from the plan his parents have for him. After running into some space pirates, he crash lands on a small, abandoned planet. There, he discovers an ex-henchman of the space pirates, jettisoned after rebelling against his superiors. Realizing they have a common enemy, they decide to team up and try to defeat the space pirate menace.

If anyone is interested, I can go a bit further in what I have planned for the plot.

What I have been wanting to do forever? STEAMPUNK WORLD WAR TWO

>>16033
Seconded. I want Hitler to have a steam-powered mobile fortress.

>>16035
Fuck yeah.
You are now second in command on writing it for that idea.
We need some TOTES AWESOME drawings for concept art. Especially for tanks.

>>16032
There's also my idea where a musician moves into an apartment and discovers it is inhabited by the ghost of a pianist; Turns out that his whole building used to be a recording studio, and that it's packed full of other lost souls who couldn't let their dreams of stardom fade away with their death.

Oi, I can write. I mean, I'm good at scripts.

Hell, give me a few minutes on Gears of War and I can make a whole story out of a sentence.

This is what the Nazis will where on their face.
It also needs some sort of pipe on the back connecting to a pack they where that has a pipe that comes out of it.
Awesome.

Good ideas so far.
I got an idea for a 12 year old kid who lives in a mental institution because he says he's the grim reaper (which he is). But he's a different kind of reaper, he goes out at night and hunts the murderers of innocents and reaps them

>>16040
Instead of rape, how about intense psychological damage that leaves them in the same crazy-house that he is in. So he can always see and watch over who he has hunted.

>>16037
I still need to come up with character designs for the first few main characters.
I know the following for sure:
The first main character is much shorter than the second one. The second one is tall and muscular, like a thug, but he's good-natured.
>>16032
This would work really well as a musical, in my opinion.

>>16042
rape?

>>16044
I meant reap. Typo'd.

Musicfag here. I could help write some original music for this project.

>>16045
that sounds good too

The two stories I want to be a part of here. In order.
Steampunk WW2
Insane reaper guy

>>15943
Haha, I made that /co/-productions logo. That's pretty awesome that it's still being passed around.

I made a short intro animation as well using that logo. I'll upload it once my laptop comes in from the repair shop, which will hopefully be by Tuesday. If people do actually make some sort of animation, it could be used as a header. Eventually, I want to make a 3D animation of the logo.

I would love to make an animation with you guys. I'm making something over 20(24?) weeks, starting after labor day. It will be a 3D animation. What it will be about, I'm not sure. I'm still trying to come up with an idea. But I'll be happy to provide updates on my work as it goes along, since feedback is always great to have.

But yeah, if you guys want to truly make some cartoons, whatever you do, don't go overboard. Make shorts, don't plan for series. Make them no more than 7 minutes. Actually, they shouldn't even be longer than 3 minutes. And even that's pushing it. 1 minute and 30 seconds might be the best amount of time. As a rule, if you're making a script for your short, each page you write equals one minute of screentime, take or give some (if you're using the right format anyway). Be sure to go through the entire process; do some sketches, draw storyboards: pre-production is integral to whatever you are going to do.

I'm sure there are other animators in this thread, so I may be giving useless advice, but if you want to make something and aren't going to school for it, or doing animation professionally, you may want to get some additional resources.

For some great examples of characters animation, go to http://www.11secondclub.com
You can browse the entries, or even enter the monthly contests.
I would also suggest getting "The Animator's Survival Kit" by Richard Williams, which you can get for about $20 from Amazon.

Somebody made a forum, and that's great. Remember, feedback, is the best thing you can get. I don't know how effective it is to have members of an animation team being so far apart, and relying on the internet for communication. If a bunch of you guys are getting together to make something, someone will have to be in charge and enforce deadlines. Deadlines will be integral if anything is going to get done.

And there is a good chance that like many /co/ projects, this will fall apart after a couple of days. It is hard to devote time to something like this when you're not getting paid for it, you aren't going to school for it, and especially when it might take weeks or months to get something done.

I'm looking forward to it though. I'll definitely be happy to update on my progress at least.

>>16043
Let's just call my first idea "Project Space".
One of the major aspects of PS is the interaction of the aliens with humans. In this series, aliens are already on Earth, but in disguise. The coalition of all the planets have no idea how to reach out to us, as we are relatively isolated in the universe. So, things are in limbo. However, with the technology aliens have, they are able to disguise themselves as humans, and businesses exist to transport aliens to Earth for vacations and other activities.

With all of this secrecy, not one alien has been known to have interacted with humans in any significant manner.
This brings me to the one human main character in the entire cast. He is warped onto an alien planet and held captive by a wealthy creature until the two main characters rescue him. After they acquire a translator, which all sentient aliens wear, he joins the crew. He has to be disguised among strangers, though.

>>16049
I am going to college soon for animation and such... That will be a big help.

God, now I'm vaguely excited about this. Plenty of rad ideas being passed around here, especially that steampunk WWII one.

>>16049
Thanks for all the input, and especially for making the logo, I even remember the thread when it first got posted

From the writethread on /co/.

"America and the re-instated USSR have practically destroyed the entire world for the remaining resources on Earth. The US founded a large city in Africa once it was completely devoid of sentient life as to try to have the remaining civilians stay alive.

Since they have anyone with any combat experience on the front lines fighting for fresh water, oil and other resources, they pretty much have the cities watch themselves. With commercialized weapons, armours and pretty much anything to fight a war with, the city has been over run by drug dealers, high crime rates, and increasing UFO paranoia.

A college graduate, who happens to be the one of the few survivors of his generation after a dealer raid on the entire, last college of mankind, sets off with his friend, major in Computer Science and Programming to design his own wares as to fight off part of crime off the city streets.
Not as vengeance, but because that day he survived through was a revelation that if the war doesn't kill humanity, they kill themselves from the inside.

He sets off as a vigilante, and goes through numerous things such as:
-Corrupt dealer running for public leader.
-Both said dealer and his actions placing him as Public Enemy #1
-Fighting off his henchmen.
-A blast from the past that pretty much doomed the survival of mankind, which could be his fault.

I've been putting a shiteload of heat into this, and I'm putting this out there.
You people are lucky I trust you.

Any suggestions, any problems with it, any questions, just say so."

>>16052
You wont have to worry. I will at least get the scripts done. The rest is up to what help I get.

Any comments on the stuff I posted?

Anyone interested in helping me with the Steampunk WWII project? I want some art or examples before I start writing.

>>16057
I'm interested in helping, but can only give ideas and story advice. Sorry if this isn't any help.

>>16058
Any help is good help when it comes to this.

This thread will be here awhile so this isn't all going to line up tonight. I'll keep getting people to come here whenever I can so these ideas can get off the ground

So, my idea goes like this.
The show or whatever starts with usually a nameless group of soldiers and one hero that later on becomes noticeable. But at first, he is just another nameless soldier. His group later on gets captured, which really pisses him off, especially after he is left dead by a nazi, that just tells him to run away.
The story can be easily continued form there. But this is just off the top of my head to start out the story in a different manner from just showing his background. I want him to be nameless until you can truly gain some sort of bond with him. Like, he tells someone his name when you think he is about to die.
Either that, or just some super epic war going on with the main hero already known, but not by the army. You see him rise in the show.

Here's an idea:
Take a famous radio show from the 20's and 30's...

...And animate it.

>>16061

I like where this is going. How about we move it over to the forum link given HERE

>>15999

And I'll start a thread in the relevant board, and try to get some more interest going here.

So. Any feedback on my story?

>>16070
I think it's a good idea

Guys, what kind of cartoons do you think we'll be doing? Like, I don't think we could do a superhero cartoon unless we really had a great animator.

Guys, I heard Craig was kicked the shit out of CN
Does that mean no more "Sym-bionic Tytan"?

I always had this idea for a tv show that would be based on how a failed Nazi experiment for making an atomic bomb caused a huge battlefield of soldiers to become mutated and gain super powers. The twist is that its 60 years afterwords and now most of them are senile and crazy. Also it involved a plot about how rather than making bombs they instead mutate humans as new superweapons and the children of the initial batch.

watcha think?

>>16072
...You know, I usually like to hear a tad more.

>>16073
BTAS had mediocre animation in some episodes. It's not required to have a God-tier animator on.

>>16074
That was Grenndy, the clone wars and dex lab (good seasons) guy.

>>16073
Anyone ask Zone yet? He's damn good.

>>16074
Guys, fuck all your ideas.
Let's have zone make a cartoon about an angsty teen comic book fan but he isn't into the whole "Wah wha I'm a teens, I go to dances and shit!" because he is the embodyment of /co/ always criticizing everone around him, befriending teachers who he discovers are even bigger geeks than him, trying to get a job with a publicist for his superhero comic and those thing /co/ could relate to.

Why don't you guys make a simple little animation before you tackle something big in which you may lose interest in and have nothing accomplished nothing.

Writefag here. I'm willing to help out for a project like this. I don't have any original ideas at the moment, but if someone needs help scripting or bouncing ideas, I'm your man.

So anyone have any idea how many people we have for everything? Like how many writers, artists, animators ect.?

>>16037
i love this, i can draw for it

>>16080

GeneralIvan's right. We gotta start small. Besides, if we make a small little thing first, we can get our project out to other people faster. Kind of like how Gainax started with Daicon openings and Tokusatsu movies before moving on to Nadia and Gurren Lagaan.

>>16083
starting some sketches right now

>>16085
We could always try doing radio or comics and move up

>>16087

A webcomic with a rota of different artists?

>>16088
That would be to messy, best we try and pair up artist and writers.

I've seen some great ideas come out of /co/, and I'd love to see some follow-through for a change. My honest suggestion is that y'all start small, do a series of comics.

>>16087
Some writefags can do radio serials or something

Best to introduce myself. I go by hpkomic. I've written some Spongebob Squarepants comics for Nickelodeon magazine, and I've been doing a webcomic. I have a lot of neat ideas and I would love to lend a hand.

Pic related, the latest page of my webcomic. If you guys want some pitches, I'd be glad to offer some, and I'm totally willing to provide feedback and assistance with anything else.

C'mon guys, make it happen.

Also, totally willing to do some concept sketches for you guys, I definitely want to see this go somewhere.

>>16093
Well, why dont we try and do my (hopefully not bad) idea of having artist and writers pairing up. So why not pick an idea and try and make something happen?

>>16093
Could you do some concept art for my WW2 Steampunk?

>>16094

Just point me at something. Willing to write or draw, color, whatever.

>>16094

I like the idea. The question is, though, how do we pair them up?

>>16096
Well clearly my idea with Nazi human super weapons and senile superheros is clearly the greatest idea ever made >:3

>>16092
>>16093

That is so awesome! It's so great that you're interested.

I'm just sort of cruising through this thread right now, trying to give some advice.

First of all, if we're doing cartoons, I think we should keep our ideas short and succinct. It's so easy to to overreach when doing animation. If we're doing a few webcomics and such, we can branch out a bit more. There's a lot of great ideas here. And we have talent. We just need to concentrate and focus.

>>16096
>>16037
the main character, a loose concept?

sorry this was really quick

>>16094
(this was me) >>16097
Well we could just have it where say an artist or writer gives examples of ideas or art samples and then there inverse (an a writer or artist) says hey thats pretty awesome let me draw / write for that.

>>16100
Looks like David Tennant, also any idea what country / culture it would be based on?

Someone should tell me if they are interested in helping me with the Steampunk WW2, It will be based on the German part of the war.

http://coproductions.tumblr.com/

sorry guys, the tumblr is back

>>16102

i was thinking old fashioned americana, does that make any sense? since it takes place in an old building, it should feel like it has some character.

i was thinking a lot of dark colors, with certain things brightly colored for contrast.

>>16103
i just wouldn't want to draw the main characters if they're nazis, sorry, i'd be more interested if it were about american soldiers.

The name/tripfags are right, we should start small. Whoever came up with the music animation idea is on the right track. Start off with /co/ shorties, build into awesome.

>>16106
It is about the American team.

Just a quick Nazi. I'll pitch some of my own ideas just as soon as I can find some images for them.

>>16109
this is awesome
i'd watch the shit out of this

>>16107
Shit we should make it like what would have been the cartooninstitute and just have small 3-5 minute flash videos and we focus on the most popular ones.

>>16109
I put this up on the tumblr

Guys as awesome as some of these ideas are we need to actually aim some of our projects at kids. If we don't we're no better then Network.

Pitch 1: Squire!

Squire is about a capable, but ego-centric paladin named Aluia, and her younger brother Tucker, who acts as her Squire. She's prone to telling exaggerated tales of her accomplishments, and unfortunately her brother believes every word, often getting the pair into trouble.

The attached image was for a Nickelodeon Magazine pitch.

>>16109
THis is amazing!

Pitch 2: Battleboy

10 year old Lawrence Lee stumbles on a dying bug-like alien. The alien has no choice but to bond to the boy to survive, unfortunately,the kid is in control. Now the super-violent alien warrior is at the whims of a 10 year old who wishes to be a superhero. The alien takes the form of super-powered armor over the kid.

Never quite finished the design, but I was getting close with this one.

>>16111
Wow I fucked up my tripcode, i feel stupid as fuck.

I suggest that most of the discussion on any idea should be carried to the forum (that's to say; mention your idea here, and then post it on the forum). This way it'll easier to sort through ideas and not have to go through dozens of posts here to find them

The focus on this thread should be just to bring people aboard and point them to the right places.

Also, I agree with the consensus that things need to start small and work their way up. A few shorts and some scripts maybe

>>16114
I love it. I really do. The character designs are very charming. And the idea is really cute.

Also, it would be very easy to create a 1 and half minute animation, or a short webcomic.

>>16105
I was thinking more of a modern day thing, but it could be set in an earlier decade like the 80's if necessary.
>>16100
That's a good start. He's fresh out of college, a burgeoning musician, just starting to learn the piano. He got into the apartment complex via a reference from his friend, who also lives there (he doesn't play an instrument, but his room is inhabited by the ghost of a singer)
>>16102
It's set in America, and the musicians all had something to do with the studio. The studio had to expand as time went on, and then it just collapsed. It started out with jazz, and then it went to rock and roll, and so on.

>>16113
Perhaps we could have music-driven no-speaking slapstick Mr. Bean kinda deals?

Pitch 3: Ben's Book of Banned Beasts!

Benjamin Roland Vasquez is playing with his best friend Erin when a magic book falls from the sky. Ben keeps it, but doesn't realize the book is a historical log of all imaginary and mythological creatures in human history, and it has a tendency to leak it's contents. Ben is forced to protect the book and return the creatures to it when they escape. Fortunately, his firend Erin is the toughest little girl in the world, and a 2000 year old ancient lizard god from the book, named Karma, cuts a deal to help them out. Now the three of them have to keep the book secret from the town, including Ben's cryptid obsessed grandmother and Erin's bumbling MiB style father.

Also of note, Karma is bound to the children, and their behaviour adjusts his form and shape. (Ben over-eating makes Karma get fatter, for example). Ben is a coward, and Erin is hugely into Death Metal.

This project was in the top ten of the platinum studios comic book challenge, I would have won if I'd of had as much publicity as the others did. :(

Do we have a forum yet? If not, I'd be willing to install one on my server.

>>16113

I agree and I disagree. Kids, yes, but more than that. One of the reasons kids turn to Japanese media is because there aren't enough varied cartoons and comics for teenagers. Not little kids, or manchildren - teenagers.

Surely there's a niche there just itching to be catered to? Look at the shit that /co/ jerks off to that isn't anime - the majority of it is superhero comics and cartoons, with the odd JohnK ripoff or Canadian Flash cartoon. Why can't we do cartoons and comics about all kinds of things like hospital drama, or sports action, or comedy whereever you can place it? You can pick any number of histories or interests and get a good story out of them, even putting totally unrelated sources together if you can. Hell, you could do comics about completely obscure but legit shit - Carl Barks and Don Rosa did that all the time with their Scrooge/Donald comics.

I dunno, I'm rambling at this point. The point is, this is a potentially huge opportunity to inject some life into the webcomic/animation market. Maybe that's aiming too high? Should we really let that stop us? Should we just say 'fuck that shit' and just have FUN with our ideas?

>>16120
i was thinking modern day too, but the art direction (while inside the house) would be retro

I know I probably am being far to talkative, but another Idea I had that would probably fit better with the theme we are going for would be about a group of teenage super heros (around 14-17) who's parents are evil world conquering villains, the twist however is that besides the fact they are locked in eternal conflict they have a normal family life, eating dinner together, going to see movies ya know normal parent child stuff.

>>16123

We have one.

http://co-productions.hostzi.com/phpBB2/index.php

Check it out.

And come to think of it, I do have an idea for a show. I guess I'll post the idea for it in the forum sometime.

Oh fuck! Professional people out of nowhere.

I like where this is going!

>>16126
Sounds like KND done in a non-irritating fashion.
>>16125
That could work.
>>16127
I have lots of ideas; should I post them all in one thread on the forum?

>>16123
The forum is in this post.>>15999

>>16114
>>16116
>>16122

These ideas are fantastic! All of them, would make both great animations or webcomics.

I personally like the squire idea the best. I think it lends itself to a fantastic setting.

The trick here is to pick an idea that we can make a very short story about. We really, really don't want to overextend ourselves right out of the gate. It will kill us. And I don't know if collaboration is going to be practical at this point. We have people interested, for sure, but it might be hard to keep that interest.

Regardless, I think a really great, short animation can be made out of that squire idea. That's just what I think.

Now this thread is picking up steam

(Naoki Maeda here, changing my UN)

All of my ideas so far have been for long-form series but I think I am capable of ideas for short-form stuff.
Once/If we get going, we can go for more ambitious stuff.

>>16126
thats the runaways

Pitch 4: Cosmic Dash

My webcomic, while progress is slow, I think it has some great potential. It's a space opera the features exotic locals, shifting allegiances, a galaxy still being explored, and some inherent action comedy. From my synopsis:

"Cosmic Dash concerns the adventures of the various individuals associated with the primary protagonist, Dash Kameku. While this usually concerns adventures and events he is involved in, it is not exclusively devoted to him, and other points of focus are prevalent. The mood of the series is one of anticipation, looming tensions following a war, and extragalactic approaching force, and general uncertainties about what else lies beyond the Silver-Spiral Galaxy.

The series is heavily action-focused with a comedic edge to it. The majority of the episodes are stand-alone, but often feed into a further theme set for each season. There are more extended episodes as well, but these are certainly more complex in their goals than the typical stand-alone episodes, and generally cover big events in continuity."

Another idea I had is a miniseries called "Puppets".
It's about the story of a mob boss heir and his puppet, which contains the soul of an assassin.

The story goes as follows; the son of a mob boss becomes a puppeteer, to the chagrin of the "family". On the day of his first big show, he learns that his father is going to be attending. However, he doesn't know that an assassin will be there, too. The mob boss is almost successfully killed by him until another assassin kills the first assassin, and then kills the mob boss. The soul of the first assassin, in confusion, ends up possessing the puppet.

The miniseries would detail the puppeteer and his puppet doing his gigs whilst trying to solve the mystery of his father's assassination.

>>16135
Well its much more campier, and the idea is that everyone is a bunch clock hero / villain and lives a normal life outside of fighting / creating crime.

Signing on board as writefag, as I can't draw for shit. Feel free to email me.

>>16137

I like that quite a bit.

I am trying to get as many artist renditions to the steampunk setting as I can. Feel free to do so if you are reading this.
Remember, all Nazis wear Gasmasks.

>>16142
Just putting it out there, ever think of naming the show gasmask?

>>16143
That is actually awesome. Or Gaspunk.
No. Gasmask is awesome.

One more idea for the night.
It's called "Gunsmith".
An army reject decides to open up a business offering custom firearms using unconventional construction and design, and is shocked to see the clientele he has attracted and the world he has stumbled into.

>>16137
Oh yeah, I'm good with puppets too!

The tumblr is down again

>>16146
This series would be animated, although the motif of puppets is important.

>>16148
I know I just wanted to throw it out there

Skimming the thread. Lots of great ideas--we're looking pretty good.

>>16116
I like this, but I immediately thought Blue Beetle.

>>16154
I agree.

>>16154

is it a design thing? Here is a colored one.

>>16158
It's the back story and the idea of an alien suit of armor.

>>16159

Not read much of Blue Beetle. That sucks. :(

>>16158
Aw man, look at the little guy. He's adorable :)

>>16160
Well if you are every curious just ask /co/ they love BB like a motherfucker.

alright, last idea of mine for the night, I would call it Ghost Detective, its about a private investigator who has decided to set up shop in purgatory which has grown to become a large metropolis and has to try and solve the problems of its citizens.

my g-d i totally missed the awesomeness of this thread...i couldn't get on my computer till now really however i am super pleased that there was allot of progress made!!!

Fuck yea this is awesome

Is the form down or just me?

>>16248
not for me

We need to establish which of the pitches on the forum we really want to pursue, and assign people to do such things as art, writing, voice acting, editing (text/sound/video) and more.

Now, I know I'm being egocentric here and all that,
BUT WHAT DID ANYONE THINK OF >>16054

Okay, I made a post on the forum titled "Tips and Advice for the /co/llective Benefit" in the Discussion section, and I thought it wouldn't hurt to repost it here.

Consider this boot camp.

[Where do we stand at the moment]
As far as I can tell, as we stand right now, we are simply a loose collective of individuals, under no real leadership, with a single shared goal. A goal that is certainly attainable, but one that does require a fair amount of time and effort. Just the right amount of time and effort to get people riled up in excitement, with cheers of "We can do this! We can do this!"...until the real work begins, and everything falls apart.

Let me make this clear.

This could take take a lot work. Work that, unless you are doing this professionally or for school, could be hard to follow through with. Amateur animation takes lots of personal motivation. It can be hard to fit in time to animate with a paying job, school, and/or friends and family to deal with. It can be easy to loose focus and ultimately forget about the project altogether. We are certainly not unfamiliar with this chain of events. Nearly all of the grandiose projects the /co/llective likes to attach themselves to have failed, either because of lack of focus, or the willpower to keep working.

Those are the obstacles to our success. I will touch upon them again, in the future.

[Our Power Structure and How to Work Within In It]
As far as I can tell, we are in a blessed state of anarchy. This can be terrible for productivity. But at the moment, I think it's the best we can hope for.

Here's what I propose...Or really, here's what I think we can do under the circumstancez.

We can't work on a single idea. It will be almost impossible to rally behind one single idea unless we have a director that we can all agree to work under. And even then, there might be people who want to do something else. So it will be best if we kept multiple independent productions going.

Writers and animators can pair up with each other if they so choose. I like that idea. A team of three, involving a writer, an animator, and a concept/background artist might be even better. But the brunt of the work in these animations will have to depend on the animators. Animators, it will truly be up to you. If you think you can work with another animator and you feel you can trust him or her to do their share of the work, feel free to do so. But otherwise, keep your productions independent from another. Take an idea under your wing and run with it.

The one thing that we CAN all collaborate on is critiques.

Here's my proposal: Animators, once you have decided on your idea (and if you decide on pairing up with someone) your writing partner(s) and/or your artist(s), make a thread in Discussion (because there really is no board set up for critiques and general project updating at the moment). In the subject line of your first post, your first word should be "Project:" so we can identify the type of thread that it is. The rest of the subject line should involve the title of your animation, your name, and the names of the people you are working with. Finally, the last part of the subject line should involve the date of your last update.

So for example, if I had finally decided on an idea to animate and wanted to work with a writer named Admiral and an artist named Private, I would make the following post:


"Project: FunkyCoolAnimationTitle by Commander, Admiral and Private, updated 9/4"


This should be the thread that you centralize all the information in for your project, all of which should be added only to the first post. Tell us what week you are in, the date, and any progress you wish to share.

So for example, in the body of your first post, you might have...


"This is the official post for FunkyCoolAnimation. Animated by Commander, Written by Admiral, with artwork by Private. It is a story involving the man called Funky going on a personal journey to start being cool. He of course, fails horribly.

8/12 Week 1
OH GOD WHAT ARE WE DOING?! WHAT IS THIS?! I DON'T EVEN--

8/19 Week 2
Okay, we have our script. Here it is! (link) Tell us what you think please.

8/28 Week 3
We really didn't do much this week! Aaah, we suck so much balls.

9/4 Week 4
We got some character sheets done! And we started to do storyboards. Here's some of our work!"


Replies to your thread should be critiques from the entire community; artists, animators, writers, voice actors...EVERYONE. Honest, constructive critiques are not only helpful, but they also give a taste to what the professional field of animation is like. Be brutally honest if you have to. No one will improve with sissy remarks.

I said I would get back to those two biggest obstacles of ours, so listen to what I'm saying. To those making the posts, the best thing you can do for yourself is update your thread every week. Even if you haven't done anything. It is so easy to decide to put off something for one week and then forget about it entirely. If you keep updating your thread, not only will we know where you stand on your project, but we can also provide that all important encouragement for you to keep at it.


[Tips for Making A Successful Animation]

I think I will make a more extensive tip guide in the animation section, but here are some basic guidelines for everybody to consider

DON'T OVERDO IT!

I've looked over some of the ideas. And they are really great. Some of them are really extensive however. And that's a big problem.

The worst thing you can do for yourself is to overreach with your idea. Keep it small. Keep it simple. The average time for an animation has historically been 7 minutes. Don't go over this time limit. Really, you should be doing only 3 minutes, and even that's pushing it. For anyone who has never done an extended production like this before, I would stick to to a time limit of 1-1/2 to 2 minutes.

Think about it. If you're using a traditional animation style, you will be drawing at least 12 frames every second. 12 x 120 seconds? That will be 1,440 individual frames for a two minute cartoon. And you will (I hope) be also coloring all those frames as well. Of course, there are ways to cheat, but still, it's a lot of work.

For our writers? Remember, as a general rule, one page in a script equals about one minute of screentime. If you are using the proper format. So keep the scripts short, and succinct.

If you really want to extend yourself and push everything to the limit, that's fine by me. We're not working with deadlines here. Just remember, usually the longer something takes, the more difficult it is the keep up the motivation.

DO PRE-PRODUCTION

I will touch upon this more extensively in a future post in the animation section. But basically make sure you don't waste any time and effort. Do sketches, thumbnails, and layouts. Write your script and get your voice actors to record for you. Before you start animating, you should have everything planned out and ready to go. There is a proper way to do these things, that have been developed over years of animation history in order to make things easier for you.

What you will ultimately want to do is make storyboards. You will then turn those storyboards into an animatic. You will use this animatic as the starting point for the real animation. Each section of animation you get done with will be inserted in the animatic. And then, you can post the updated animatic for us to critique and comment on.

REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE DOING ANIMATION

You know CAD threads? You know how we constantly make fun of Buckley's love affair with words? I'm so glad that we do that.

There is nothing wrong with dialogue heavy pieces, no. However, remember that you are doing animation. Remember what makes animation unique. Dialogue heavy scenes are more apt for live action productions (Think Pulp Fiction). What animation is more suitable for is action. Why have a character speak his feelings when he can act them out? Why have long sections of dialogue when you can describe actions that define character relationships just as well. A teacher of mine used to caution us against the talking head syndrome (basically Pulp Fiction). Make your characters move while talking. Use creative camera angles. Do everything to keep your cartoon visually stimulating. (Think Samurai Jack, although, you don't have to go to that extreme).

To our writers, I'm not trying to stifle you. Just remember what medium we are in. A paragraph of action can serve very well for us.

I will try to list more tips, as well as a rundown for the production of a cartoon in the animation section. Give me some time on that one.

[Closing]

Here's the end of Boot Camp. I hope everyone gets to read this. If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to reply. I'm sure I only touched upon a dozen of everyone's concerns.

I want this project to succeed. I hope it really does.

I think that we should of better instituted our own comic book publishing house, but what the hell, you have my sword, /co/. And my pencil. You can also have my hat with cat ears, but you'll have to give it back to me later.

I think that writer+artist/animator concept can actually work, sooo, if anyone have something that looks like a script: i'm bored, arrogant, have an e-mail and more then willing to participate.

There are a lot of great ideas in here. I like the Steampunk WWII, but I think some short animations should be made first. Stretch those muscles, gain some organisation and such.

There are some neat ideas for simple and funny short animations in this thread:
http://co-productions.hostzi.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2

Although the above "boot camp" states that efforts ought to be divided, I honestly think a unified front would work best at first.

Let's consider "Kid Stubblebrush" from the thread I mentioned above. If we could get various folk to submit scripts for it and have hpkomic do character design and have GeneralIvan do the voices, I think we could come up with a neat first animation. If we leave our efforts divided, though, we could have a lot of elements made without a completed production.

You need to join hands on this. The difficulty is that, in unifying something, we have to have some level of direction.
But there's nobody here whose innate skills raise them to the bar of leadership, so I say we be democratic about it.

I think everybody can agree that something small has to be done at first. So, find a story you'd like to do, vote on a script, vote on a team to produce the cartoon, create the cartoon and then stream it for all to enjoy under the title of first CO Productions cartoon.

My vote:
-Kid Stubblebrush.
-hpkomic for character design.
-GeneralVan for voices.

On another topic, I like this idea for a cartoon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwhVQc8HkN0

>>16412
"It's my dick in a box."

>>16434
Way to spoil all the surprise, silly anon.

And, with this next idea, I'm aware I'm going otherworldly. And maybe even a tad similar to my other idea.

A hit fantasy novelist talks to music. He's like 70. Yeah, strange.
But it's sort of revealed in flashback. How suddenly music started to speak to him around the age of thirteen. How rock and pop tracks spoke to him as you'd try to have an intellectual conversation with a Lady Gaga fan.

He writes stories by the million, filling his room with pages of stories. All while listening to a fuckload of songs. Like, the kind of song which uniqueness would astound you.
His stories all depended on the kind of music he heard. The more fantastical and magical it was, the more his stories were. As slow, grim but magestic the songs were, the more he was like that.

...But early into this, he's treated by his parents as an insane child. They tried medicating him, which I'd also like to introduce a small message about how american drug companies have their children drugged. And how it's killing every strand of creativity the world has.

The music was telling him stories. It wanted him to tell those stories to the world. And he did so for them. They had this bizarre bond.

Suddenly, music starts to detiriorate. The creativity in the world IS ending there no longer are as many artists that make music that inspire him. That tell him stories. That he knows anymore as if they were people.
Once old, the man has a mansion. He lives alone, he is lonely. But he keeps every room full of records. CDs, tapes, vinyls... He names each one. He gives them a name and a story title based on the conversation he's had with each one.

But as I was saying. As the music deteriorates in quality. He hears the last song to have come out to have ever talked to him. He can no longer hear music. Only pop. Only what everyone else hears. He is saddened because of what has happened with the love for the art the world had.
He decides to make his final opus his "first." He writes for himself, a recollection of all that has happened throughout his life. Everything. How he felt about music, how he felt about the world.

He dies while he's on the phone with his publisher confirming it was going to be the biggest book release literature has seen.
His work was done. That last book inspires everyone to follow art. To forget the system that for so long decided to keep their artistic side at bay. Musicians' minds were reborn. Writers flew among the clouds. Painters rode within their creations.
Eyes were graced, hearts were touched, minds were ignited again.

Suddenly, everything his house had, every bit of music, began to speak again. Everyone heard his music as he had heard it speak. The man had transcended and was going to be remembered as the writer than changed the world. The writer than told the tales that music sung into his ears and heart.

...
...I've really been wanting to put my heart into this.
Sad part is? I think I'm suffering the same effects as my writer. A song told me this story.

Saddest part, I think I'm going insane. I cried imagining all this. As I said, I'm going insane. I don't know why the hell I started shedding tears.

>>16474
Wow. I actually really like this idea. As I read, I imagined the ending to have just lots of shots of people reading or listening to music in different places with voices speaking in the background, telling the stories. I think this would work well with the main character narrating the whole way through, but that's just me.

Five days without a post? So we've all given up on this then?

>>16771
Welcome to /coc/~

>>16771
Whoa, five days?
...My first experience with pot was five days ago?!

>>16808
Whoa! Man you were so high.

Would this channel have Toonami and Adult Swimesque blocks?

>>16872
It isn't really a channel, more of a venue.
If anything, it would be web-based.

I posted a few ideas on the board, and I really hope something gets off the ground.

We can make it work and save animation to boot.

Created sticky thread in Pitch forum. If you have any queries, PM me.

>>16398
Good stuff.

So, is this thing still on?

>>18642
Nope, it died sometime ago. Shame really, but not entirely surprising given how unorganized the whole thing seemed and how few people actually seemed to use the forum set up for it

Damnit, I was supposed to pitch and finish a comic for this site, and I totally forgot! Hopefully it's not TOO late to actually finish it...

Well if this thing is ever revived again i am incredibly versatile, writing, editing and especially drawing. Good at flash too!

Bump this. Don't let it die.

Bumpan

Hmm.. this looks like it was such a cool idea. I wish I had seen it before now, but I don't come to plus4chan on a frequent basis. I wish I had something useful to contribute, but I don't know that anything I can do would be useful. I'm a mediocre drawfag but I've never done animation. I'm a mediocre writer but I've only ever done prose--nothing in script format. I'm a mediocre actor but I've only done stage--never voice acting. I'm a musician, too, but that's neither here nor there.

Anyway, someone with more to offer this idea should work to revive it.

BUMPAN

Awful shame about this project. I'd have loved to have taken part, being a fantastic writefag, a competent voice actor, and having some shooping skills to boot.

I looked at the forum and saw activity, but then I realized it was just spambots posting Viagra ads. :(

Anyone still interested in this?

>>23904
always

Well, there just so happens to be an animation production studio up for auction:

http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=2187

>>23990
My God, can you imagine what we could do with that? How awesome it would be for a private consortium of citizens to own an animation studio?

(Is "consortium" the word I want to use here? "conglomerate"? "non-traded company"? I don't really know. Still, picture it.)

>>23509
Thisfag here. I'm still interested. Would be happy to whip up a few concepts or scripts should we require them. Anything you guys like. Wakfu-esque fantasy, surreal stuff in the vein of Rocko's Modern Life, something with a more noir bent to it (I've actually got this one neat little project about a private detective that is also a luchador). Heck, I can go up to Pixar and Ghibli-level stuff if need be.

newfag here (to /co/ at least). Would definitely be interested in this, can do voice acting and script editing (I'm not so confident a writer myself, I'm definitely a lot better at cleaning up other people's stuff). Maybe writing in the future, or premise/story concept work (again though, not confident in from-scratch writing or reliable drawing abilities).

Animator here,too bad this thread seem to be dead
I liked the concept,but needed a bit more organization.A director,a script and a decent designer to get the ball rolling and a clear decision on which medium to use.

Hope it can be revived ...

>>28813
I'd like there to be more organization and living projects,... but it's not like we're actually WORKING towards a specific goal. Like we should.
It's just way too open.

Alright then, I'll be designer and script writer, and we'll do... >>16145 this one.

Ah see, that wasn't so hard was it? Now who wants to do art, directing and animation? You know, all the most labour-intensive stuff that'll actually sell this stuff to budding TV channels and the public at large?

>>28828
I'm gonna go with
>Implying that's all there is to the process of animation, writing and production.
In case that works for you.

Wow, why didn't I discover this thread earlier. I would love to participate. Voice acting, maybe... provide webspace... hmm...

>>28828
Considering how much time and work is needed,(not even getting into voice work and music/sound effects), this whole thing was arguably dead before it began. Something on a lesser scale like a comic would've been possible, and I think a lot of people realized that before just forgetting the whole thing

>>28845
In which case, why is no-one doing that instead? Making a comic or three?

According to this thread, we have access to a plethora of scriptwriters and voice actors.

Why not make a short radio play to start with?

>>28847

But that'd take effort, surely.

>>28847
I'm up for that. You need any brit voices?

I'm really good at making up original plots, anyone need that?

>>28855

It seems we've got a lot of writers and idea men.

If that's the case, a radio play would be smashing.

As for me, I used to be on the forum, and I'd love to see something like this pop back up again.

If you guys need an editor, I'd be happy to help.

Ignoring voices for the moment; what kind of radio play? I think I might have an idea regarding that.

INcluding the voices for a moment...why not just...use an already existing radio play?

>>28862
Sure. A small plot. One-shot thing.
We can take, I dunno.. a scene from the Scott Pilgrim comic? Since it's the most naturalistic thing that also goes into "extreme" territory, I think it'd fit fine.

>>28863

Now it's posts like this that make me question how this board's members can even dress themselves.

Please read back what you just wrote. You are suggesting that we, for a radio play, take a scene out of a comic. A radio play, which works on sound with no visuals, being made out of something from a comic, a silent medium that relies on visuals.

Do you see the problem now? I can see you're trying to be wonderfully /co/ relavent here and are probably thinking 'we can adapt it', but...really? And I'm being kind, as I'm not even going to go into about how Scott Pilgrim is hot-topic at the moment.

I am asking; why don't we just take a radio play SCRIPTand do a radio PLAY in the short-term while we work on something original, and if we can't even do that, then I think that's all that needs to be said regarding any creative endeavours. If we can't even do something already 70% done for us, then we haven't a hope in hell of actually doing ANYTHING from scratch, radiowise, comicwise...anywise.

>>28864

War of the Worlds?

>>28864
Not original poster, but you're talking about a verydialogue-oriented comic. Just as visual-oriented, but the dialogue is the star in many, many scenes.

>>28866

The thing that matters: Do you think it's a better idea than mine?

Otherwise, don't bother pointing it out. We're here to make something, not discuss how to split hairs.

>>28865

Is this a legitimate suggestion, or are you just suggesting it because it's the only radio play you know?

>>28867
Not a better idea necessarily. But certainly as legitimate and valid as yours, in my opinion.

Every few scenes are entirely dialogue driven. There are visual moments, as the medium suggests, but it's still doable for a radio play.

>>28868

Then I hope you're looking forward to never getting to voice act, because I can't see anyone stepping up to adapt it. I can't see anyone stepping up to do anything. Ideas, ideas...where do ideas get you? Nowhere. You can't focus on ideas.

And WHILE I'm lambasting everything; Voice-acting? Can anyone give me some examples of their talent? Can anyone just RECORD something that doesn't reek of cheap-ass microphone static? Can the shout without it being distorted? Because if they can't then there's going to be some serious problems come radio-play time.

>>28869
Direct. Honest...
...You'll go far, mate.

>I hope you're looking forward to never getting to voice act
Too late to say "never." Done that.
Professionally, too. Nothing notable, but I blame that on my lack of ambition in the field.
Unless you meant in this project specifically.

>>28870

The project in-specific, though I'm glad to hear that at least someone here who wants to do voice-acting actually has some experience in the area. It just strikes me that most people who say it just offer their services because they have nothing else to do and think it'd be easy enough.

As for my experience with radio plays, I have at least some scarce. My teacher in university had written a number, and gave us a fair amount of advice and examples concerning them. On top of my other writing, I think it's enough to give me a solid grasp of the medium...and if not, he's only an e-mail away. Mayhaps I should ask him if he knows a good place to get scripts from, but I'm at least going to try and look for some myself, first. The library, perhaps.

As for recording, my best friend is on a media studies course at Lancashire University (yeah I know) and has access to their recording studio, so there isn't a problem for decent recordings on my end so long as we book our time in. Hell, I might even ask to go in for a spell just to record some monologues or audition pieces so y'all can hear me.

And while I'm doing all of that, I'd like to see more interested parties here in this thread, waving their banners and making me groan with their 'can do' attitude and their 'can't be bothered' bodies.

Hooray, this thread's back again!

I'll do writing and possibly voice acting, though I have little experience with the latter. A radio play sounds good to me for a start, since, like it's been said already, we are in surplus of writers and VAs.

I'm up for helping as well. I don't know with what, but I support this idea.

I think it might be a good idea to decide which medium to use before going any farther.It`s a decision that affects both the script writing and designs ,which will be the begining steps of this production.

Now,not everything is available to us...someone earlier in the thread for example suggested claymation.Fine and nice,I like claymation but how would the animation work load be shared over the internet?Most likely one person would be tasked with building sets,modeling the characters and props,animate and film everything by him or herself.That's a lot work,time and money for one person.If there are solutions,I'm all ears(or all eyes here).

Flash,on the other hand,is cheaper,easier,more accessible to people of differing skill(people who can draw and people who can't),and the files can easily be shared over the internet.

I'm usually not a big fan of flash animation,the end result is normally stiff and lifeless.But a show called Wakfu made see the potential is flash.The studio that produced the show may have done evrything in-house but their production model can be applied on-line.

Traditionnal(such as myself) can do the key animation (usually for the more complex animation),scan it and have a file ready for the next department,those who can draw and have flash can then take those files,trace the line work on flash and use flash to do the inbetweens(there might be a few times when the inbetweens don't look too good,[hands tend to be a problem there]they might need to be drawn.For those who can't draw but have a knack for animation can use flash cut-out animation for simpler sequences(dialogue,walk cycles,etc...).

I did not even touch on layouts & backgrounds yet(whether we use flash' flat colors for the background or photoshop a more textured look[and if we use photoshop,we might need a compositing program like After Effect to bring the flash and photoshop elements together]).

Knowing what the story is and what we want to realized visually might help determine which medium to chose.Knowing the medium will help script writers about what can and cannot be done,help designers figure out what designs might work best and help figure out how to organize the rest of the production.

Another suggestion might also be to aim for a pilot-like episode first to put the production team to the test(that doesn't mean,we skimp on quality).
The pilot would require a smaller team and could then be used to recrut a larger one if we see that this idea is doable.

>>28904

We're doing a pre-written radio play.

There. That's our medium.

>>28907
Anything particular in mind or do we start throwing around suggestions to see what sticks? If so, I'd like to suggest some Flash Gordon. Short, simple and I'm pretty sure there's eight voice actors here that could do better than people from 1935.

http://www.genericradio.com/show.php?id=3ee9e43a37d1fbd7

There's a lot of other old-ass radio plays on that site too if anyone cares to browse for better alternatives.

>>28907 In that case I`m out,I`m of no use here(this is supposed to be an animation thread,not a radio play thread,look at the first post)If it`s because you feel you`re out of your detph with animation,then you should`ve started your own thread for your radio play instead of taking this thread away from animators.

I`m gone,this is useless

>>28912

>this is useless

On the contrary, this is 'realistic', as in 'something we can actually do.' If you want to keep your head in the clouds over a project that was never going to happen, then that's your prerogative. A terribly stroppy one, but yours nonetheless.

>>28910

This...could work. How would we act this? Tongue in cheek 'Full-Life Consequences' style? It seems hard to take seriously on a simple read-through. Also, do we have enough female voice-actors floating around for this (or even better, should the guys just put on voices)?

>>28914 Then why don`t you start your own thread about a radio play,YOU ARE OFF TOPIC HERE.

And leave this thread to us "heads in the clouds" type.

>>28915

...No?

>>15943 Is because you don"t even know how to start your own thread?That's why you STEAL it from others?
YOU ARE OFF TOPIC HERE,READ THE FIRST POST AGAIN!!!!

(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)

>>28917

...No?

Voice acting is a major part of most (but not all) animations, specifically for the purpose of lip-syncing. Doing a radio play would allows us to work towards an achievable goal in the short term, discover the acting capabilities of those offering their services as well as providing the artistically inclined folk here with vocal tracks they could use for animation tests. If one of the many writers hanging around would like to whip up a quick script, that'd be even better. It all flows together.

Furthermore, the Voocaroo thread on /baw/ has a large number of links from people displaying their vocal prowess on a whim. If we are unable to do in an organized manner something that people are able to do for shits and giggles then the only thing this thread will get is another year of people offering their services to a project that will never happen.

No, it's not a cartoon but it gets the ball rolling.

BC, please stop being an uneducated wetback and pay attention to the topic at hand.

Honestly. If I didn't know any better, I'd say this stupidity is intentional.

Stupidity?Really??
I'm not the one starting a radio play project on a thread that clearly advertises itself as an animation project thread.
The smart thing would've been to start your own thread and have post 1 advertise your project and attract people who be interested in paticipating in your project.You'd have a larger pool of talent to choose from.The post no 1 ,after all, is the first thing people will see of your thread.

But instead,you're stuck behind this post no 1:

/co/'s animation studio and cartoon channelhelpful /co/mrade 08/06/09(Thu)00:16 No.15943
The time is upon us, /co/mrades

ITT: discussion for starting our own channel, consisting of the various creative /co/mrades around the world who will work and strive to revive the spirit of cartoons that still lives in all of us.

Doesn't exactly scream radio play here,does it?And the 3 posts that follow aren't very likely to teel everyone about the change in the thread.

And you're calling me stupid?

As for "project that never happen" and me being "uneducated",well,who are guys to decide,what's your background on this subject?

I know far better than you how stacked the odds are against such a project.And even though it would most likely fail,it's not for you to decide whether others should attempt it or not,it's not for you to sabotage what you have no vision for.Attempting the impossible is much more interesting than playing it safe,like your doing.
What I bring to this project does give it a small,albeit a very slim,chance.

What do I bring?This:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2671812/

This is me.And that list is not even complete.
How does your backgrounds compare?

Free Glass,you called me uneducated.
Show me your background,let's how it compares,buddy.

Seeing how you guys answered my previous posts,I somehow doubt response to this one will be any better

And since you refuse to do the right thing,then I guess it up to me to be the better man.

So what do you propose we do?

>>28935 Look,I`m not trying sabotage your project.It`s a legitimate long term project and it should stay here on /coc/ but it should have it's own thread.

I really love animation and I'm really dissapointed to have this thread changed by people who didn't believe in this project to begin with.

Having your own thread here on /coc/ would have been to your advantage.Nobody has given me a reasonable explanation why it would not.

That was my suggestion...you can do whatever you want(and you can celebrate) because I'm not coming back to this thread again :(

I wish you all the best in your future endeavours.

>>28938
The radio play was proposed as a method of advancing any animation endeavors one step at a time. First concentrating on voice acting and scene-staging.
The first step on a multi-step process which roots itself in the project that started the thread in the first place.

A bit of reading within the thread would've told you that.

>>28938
To be fair, the animation idea died when it became clear we had more "idea men" and writers than people who could clearly do the work, and if you had actually read the thread, you'd know that. And who said /coc/ threads had to be restricted to the topic on-hand? Especially if said topic isn't really possible in the short term. A radio play is simply a short term goal at best.

Also, regarding your resume, it doesn't really do you any justice if your attitude here is any indication. Provided it's legit, that is

>>28934
I thought they said it's LIKE a radioplay so they could then animate THAT.

>>28938

Look, I don't mean you any harm, but this is the last time I'm going to reply to you.

The animation isn't going to happen. It isn't. Not if we can't get this off the ground first. If we can, great! We can start thinking about an original radio play, and perhaps even get animation guys to animate some of the prior scripts. If not? I guess we're back to where we were a couple of months ago.

Either way I'm booking my time in the booth over the next few days, so...ow it goes.

And where are the umpteen 'voice-actors' now that I need them?

>>29066
Actors?
Did somebody say actors?
I have range!