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Comment on “I-Gad!” (Begin With The End In Mind) by Kevin Geiger

Kevin Geiger — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:42:06 +0000

My pleasure.
KG

Comment on “I-Gad!” (Begin With The End In Mind) by Kevin Geiger Talks Money « Ravensbourne Animation Hub

Kevin Geiger Talks Money « Ravensbourne Animation Hub — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:39:10 +0000

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Comment on “I-Gad!” (Begin With The End In Mind) by satoridork

satoridork — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:23:17 +0000

Thanks for these valuable insights. I’m passing them on to the animation students at Ravensbourne, so that they can start to “follow the money”.

http://www.ravensbourne.wordpress.com

Comment on DreamWorks vs. DreamWorks? by newspiderman888

newspiderman888 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:53:13 +0000

The articles are more useful. Thanks a lot. What about the career option in animation industry..? I got some stuff from a source stating “Animation is one of the high-paying career option. To become an animator, intensive training is essential in 2D or 3D(two- or three-dimensional) animation. Professional diploma programs in animation and multimedia are available for higher study. You can specialize in creating animation characters, creating 2D and/or 3D shapes, special visual effects, video game programming, game art and so on.

The basic requirement is that you must have excellent creative and artistic abilities such as flair for drawing, sketching or caricaturing.

On the employment front, opportunities are abundant. Cartoon animation, film animation, digital post-production, advertising, gaming, special effects are only some of the areas that open up once you complete your formal training”

Source: http://www.prepareinterview.com/tips/typesAnimeIndustry.asp

Comment on Plight Of The Orphans by LA Brain Terrain » Blog Archive » Notes on the Orphan Works Act

LA Brain Terrain » Blog Archive » Notes on the Orphan Works Act — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:24:35 +0000

[...] Right Orphan Works Act recently published in Print magazine. Kevin Geiger of Animation Options.com blog provides much needed clarity on the topic. The Orphan Works Act is not perfect and does put an onus on [...]

Comment on “I-Gad!” (Begin With The End In Mind) by Kevin Geiger

Kevin Geiger — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:53:59 +0000

Global home video/DVD sale & rentals typically amount to 125% of the global theatrical returns (over time, of course). Global broadcast and ancillary income returns are usually less than half of the theatrical return. Studios are loathe to reveal their actuals, but you can check this book for more info on the metrics: http://tinyurl.com/5ejb9r

Of course, as a responsible filmmaker, if you find this hypothetical too optimistic, you would be wise to reduce it to something more conservative.

Cheers!
Kevin Geiger

Comment on “I-Gad!” (Begin With The End In Mind) by cpwozzie

cpwozzie — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:18:29 +0000

what puzzles me is your global tv and dvd sales. you’ve got $75million in global home video sales, that seems an unrealistically high wholesale figure. If this is not a wholesale figure, how did you arrive at this number? Same goes for braodcast and ancillaries, both of which are not ‘average’ numbers based on the going license rates. Would love to unearth more of your assumptions for this otherwise very helpful analysis.
Cheers.

Comment on “I-Gad!” (Begin With The End In Mind) by Kevin Geiger

Kevin Geiger — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:19:24 +0000

What aspect puzzles you?

Comment on “I-Gad!” (Begin With The End In Mind) by mindmovies.eu

mindmovies.eu — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:34:07 +0000

I am not clear if I totally understand the full thought pattern behind this.

Comment on Paper Covers Rock by Lizzy

Lizzy — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:34:00 +0000

Lizzy…

You always have a choice, even if it is only a choice of your attitude…