I'm researching the feasibility of making a little animated series. By "little" I mean the length and scope of the project is very much dependent on what's realistic and what my resources end up being. To start, let's say it's ~30 seconds of test footage as a proof-of-concept. That's pretty easy, right? (insert rimshot here)
The show is meant to be fairly simple to produce (relatively speaking). Virtually no complex animation, stock characters and situations... lots of re-use. It's a comedy thing, so lots of back-and-forth headshots, in the end. All 2D, too.
I work in animation as a show creator, which means I have no actual skills and no insight into producing... as such, I am looking for general input as well as animation help. I don't want to insult anyone while figuring this out.
I've done my share of free t-shirt jobs in the past, so I'm not proposing that at all (I don't even have t-shirts... sob). I'm thinking a blend of profit-sharing and regular pay, but I don't know what "regular pay" should look like, how many folks I should be aiming to hire, and what a reasonable schedule is. This is certainly not a full-time gig, but depending on interest, it could be worth the effort.
So my question is: are there any folks out there interested in this kind of thing? And if so, what are your terms? And if NOT (beyond just "blah whatever"), what's wrong with it?
I'm including a little doodle of the 3 main characters to give a sense of the style and complexity. These could all be refined as needed (I'm not an especially good artist), but it's a start.
Thanks very much for any insights!
(side note: I'm currently figuring out acting talent and distribution etc, and factoring all that together to see what fits best... so the lack of info on that front is just because I don't want to go tooting horns that are not locked down. Hope that made sense)
