Neal wrote:I, myself, have had some pretty dumb ideas in the past - and looking back now on my ideas from when I was 12 and so sure of myself, it's painful.
I'm not sure how serious you're being, but don't be hard on yourself. The fact is that every person gets better with time, and often only notices it by looking at previous endeavours. You shouldn't try to be too hard on your 12 year old self, as you would have practically still been a child. Nearly all of the ideas for animated films, shows etc that I came up with when I was 12 were just daft, and probably a whole lot dafter than yours: an animated musical based on the legend of St Patrick, "Cartoon Cruise" or "Alice in Halloweenland", anyone?
jpanimation: I will have to look into some anatomy classes and other classes that'd help me out. I wouldn't switch my major at this point - I'm a year through college and on track to graduate in four years, so swapping to animation would screw it all up - but I could slip in some animation classes amongst my journalism courses.
And I'm already taking theater, screenwriting, playwriting, and creative writing courses - so I do have a sampling of story based classes.
Neal wrote:I know everyone thinks they have a "good idea" - but I know my good ideas from bad, and I really believe I have something unique up my sleeve with my hand drawn Disney animated film idea!
Neal, if your idea is:
1. A strong story with strong characters.
2. Marketable to both little girls AND teenage boys without being completely gender-biased.
3. Appealing enough to adults who won't see it as just a kid's movie.
4. Not going to cost over $100 million to produce.
5. Something that isn't an obvious or conscious retread of the past 50 animated films.
Then it's sheer genius.
I look forward to seeing it.
albert
You made my day!
When it comes to brains, I got the lion-share,
but when it comes to bruth strength, I'm afraid I'm at the shallow end of the gene pool
''Ramayana: the divine loophole'' is sure to win any skeptic over.
Now as far as Fraidy Cat's visuals go, I'm all game..
Storywise, can anybody clear that up for me?
A cat is framed for a crime he didn't commit and has to figure out who framed him and is guilty of the crime. He is helped by a parrot as he travels to track down the actual evil genius. Think "North by Northwest" by Hitchcock with cats...
''Ramayana: the divine loophole'' is sure to win any skeptic over.
Now as far as Fraidy Cat's visuals go, I'm all game..
Storywise, can anybody clear that up for me?
A cat is framed for a crime he didn't commit and has to figure out who framed him and is guilty of the crime. He is helped by a parrot as he travels to track down the actual evil genius. Think "North by Northwest" by Hitchcock with cats...
Thank you ever so much
When it comes to brains, I got the lion-share,
but when it comes to bruth strength, I'm afraid I'm at the shallow end of the gene pool
robster16 wrote:
A cat is framed for a crime he didn't commit and has to figure out who framed him and is guilty of the crime. He is helped by a parrot as he travels to track down the actual evil genius. Think "North by Northwest" by Hitchcock with cats...
Thank you ever so much
here's an official synopsis from the Disney booth at I think Siggraph a couple of years ago:
Super Aurora wrote:Nice! Hope it's Ramayama. The concept art is gorgeous and it's an epic tale that can work great for all ages and gender.
Actually, the concept art found online, that a lot presume to be for Ramayana, was in fact created for an entirely different project named "The Emperor's Nightingale". Not to be confused with the abandoned short starring Mickey Mouse, this version was envisioned and developed as a hand-drawn feature in the period 2002-2003 but was ultimately scrapped.
''Ramayana: the divine loophole'' is sure to win any skeptic over.
Now as far as Fraidy Cat's visuals go, I'm all game..
Storywise, can anybody clear that up for me?
A cat is framed for a crime he didn't commit and has to figure out who framed him and is guilty of the crime. He is helped by a parrot as he travels to track down the actual evil genius. Think "North by Northwest" by Hitchcock with cats...
Sounds like a sequel to Bolt. (Which I did not like.)
Super Aurora wrote:Nice! Hope it's Ramayama. The concept art is gorgeous and it's an epic tale that can work great for all ages and gender.
Actually, the concept art found online, that a lot presume to be for Ramayana, was in fact created for an entirely different project named "The Emperor's Nightingale". Not to be confused with the abandoned short starring Mickey Mouse, this version was envisioned and developed as a hand-drawn feature in the period 2002-2003 but was ultimately scrapped.
Interesting....Well I wouldn't be surprise if they did use those concept for their Ramayama project, considering both that canceled project and Ramayama takes place in India.
That is an independent book project of the animator in question. The illustrations were not created for a Disney feature but solely for this book. Any work done during his years at Disney would be property of the company and he would not be allowed to use it for commercial purposes without Disney's consent.
As a cat person, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for "Fraidy Cat". In addition to sounding like a great idea, I think Disney could use more feline protagonists, considering they've always been kind of pushed aside and/or presented as villainous (honorable exceptions like Oliver, Aristocats, and Mittens notwithstanding).
I've been hoping that "Fraidy Cat" and "My Peoples" would come back. I really liked the ideas for both films, at least more than "Chicken Little", "Meet the Robinsons", and "Bolt". The whole idea of a melodramatic hitchcock thriller comedy for "Fraidy Cat" really intrigued me, and I loved the concept arts we got from "My Peoples"!
singerguy04 wrote:I've been hoping that "Fraidy Cat" and "My Peoples" would come back.
These are the 2 projects that I had been most excited for, too, back when they were still being worked on. I wonder how much work would need to be done on the stories, though, to make them not go back into production hell...
