The Chinese Government Is Using Animation To Spread Anti-U.S. Propaganda
The Chinese government has found a new use for animation: spreading anti-U.S. propaganda.
Continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and its effect on the animation industry.
The Chinese government has found a new use for animation: spreading anti-U.S. propaganda.
If March was defined by the shock of the coronavirus’s global spread, April is when we started to really see its repercussions for animation, and glimpse how the industry may change for good.
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In a guest piece, industry executive Aaron Simpson explains how the animation industry had been preparing for this disaster for decades without even knowing it.
Until theaters reopen, films that are launching on streaming or VOD services will still qualify for the Oscars.
The company’s treatment of its staff is “grotesque” says a grassroots vfx workers rights organization.
Layoffs have taken place in both Florida and New Zealand.
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The company says this must be done in order to retain jobs amid the crisis. Union representatives are worried about the long-term implications.
Another animated feature is choosing video on demand over theatrical exhibition.
The event will take place again in 2021.
With a slowdown in live-action production, the WGA is re-igniting a turf war by trying to cover more writers on animation productions, traditionally the domain of The Animation Guild.
So says “The New York Times,” which interviewed the recently departed CEO.
The partnership’s first project will be a short film about the coronavirus.
The virtual event (May 5–10) will feature both free and paid-for strands.
The new changes leave Paramount’s “Sponge on the Run” as the only theatrical animation release of summer 2020.
At least 20 vfx artists have lost their jobs.
Children’s books, sitcom parodies, Lego animation: the crisis is bringing out the best in artists the world over.
Iran has been badly hit by the coronavirus, and one studio owner worries about how it’ll affect the country’s burgeoning animation industry.
Only three weeks ago, the festival’s organizers stated that an online edition would be “inconceivable.”