“Boats” Explains How Animation Blockbusters Are Made
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Is there anything more worthy of lampooning than bottom line-feeding studio executives unapologetically infecting a once-trusted movie studio with their white-collar smarm and misguided enthusiasm? In Boats, a group of suits brainstorm a new CGI franchise while spoofing committee thinking and corporate sycophancy. The video, written and directed by Justin Dec, takes creative liberties with its portrayal of how an animation studio works, but the results of the meeting certainly ring authentic.