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New Developments

31 08 2012

It has been awhile since this website has been updated since production has been slow due to agreed lower budget than actual market cost and there were some changes made to make the series better. It has been long enough that I already forgot about the username and password for the WordPress and Photobucket account of our company. In fact, this web page got lost for a few months since I forgot to pay the annual dues to WordPress. There are also some bugs in this website that needs to be fixed. However, the delays had turned out to be a blessing in disguise as we were able to refine the animation concept, realign the title, typography and the introduction with the concept, enhance the special effects, edit the unnecessary scenes, add subtitles, make it high definition, do the script for season two, make new posters, improve the pitch bible, make a game for android and others.

The improvements would not have been possible were it not for the seminars attended both by co-producer Grace Dimaranan and animation director Alstaire Sarthou. There were also some unsolicited suggestions made by the foreign broker and a speaker for a seminar that helped us to improve the animation. Although there are many improvements already, the production is far from perfect. As Grace Dimaranan recalled in one of her foreign trips, an executive for a cartoon cable network told her that even if they accept an animation product, it has to be fixed for at least 6 months before they air it on television. As a first timer for an animation project, this remark is hardly motivating. We have learned a lot mostly from our mistakes and ignorance in the intricacies of animation production (pre-production, production, post production), marketing and legal aspects. But we’re moving there, in the next few days, some of those improvements , as well as the people who helped with the improvements will be posted.

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Miracle Animation Studios Incorporated

4 06 2010

Miracle Animation Studios Incorporated (MASI) was set up in 2006 primarily to produce original Filipino content animation in 2D (hand drawn). There are no plans to go into full 3D as the capital investment is high, the production costs are prohibitive and talent scarce. The studio hopes to utilize and export the Filipino talent in 2D animation to other developing countries. The first project was “Jobert and the Crop Circle Warriors©” which was based on a comic book; the production of the animation of Jobert series was harder than expected and the main problem was the budget. So the production of Jobert series crawled until it was finished sometime in 2014.

2D drawing using Top Peg table

There are cartoon critics or fans out there saying that Jobert is not world-class or it lacks many things to make it really good – the originality, the look, the story, the drawing, the music, the sound effects, the dialogue, the voice, etc., Well, this is a third world cartoon with a third world budget for a primarily third world market; so don’t expect that it will be comparable to animation projects of Disney, Marathon, Toei , Warner Brothers or any other foreign cartoon producers with big budgets and big markets. But ‘Jobert’ is good enough for the local and some developing markets.

MASI did not have its own people, so it relied on a contractor to produce its first animation project. The contractor then relied on its sub-contractors or freelancers to outsource some of the work not related to 2D drawing. People in the production have to have multiple roles in the production. For example, the director is also the secondary storyboard artist, compositor, storyboard editor, special effects supervisor and vocal talent. The co-writer is also the original character designer, original storyboard artist and vocal talent. The creator is also the producer, story board editor, song writer and business manager. The musical arranger, is also the instrument man and the singer, and he didn’t even ask for a professional fee, since singing and arranging is just his hobby. He only asked that his ‘talent fee’ just be donated to a worthy cause. There are many other people in the production with multiple roles, since MASI and the contractor cannot afford the real salary for a full time talent.

There are many other problems in the production and marketing of “Jobert and the Crop Circle Warriors©”, but overall it was a worthwhile project and experience for all those involved.