exactly!
THIS entry, on another blog, is pretty much what I've been complning about for years.
There are more and more live-action (& visual FX) people getting into animation. Not because they love it (they all seem to feel it's a demotion) but because it's "the thing to do". Along with the "looking down the nose" attitude comes a distinct lack of wanting to learn. They want to do it the live action way. But it is a complete different breed! They don't want to hear it. They don't want to learn. Argh.
Having years of experience in both animation & live action I have to say that live action people are like west-siders (LA people will get this), and animation people are like valley residents. The west-siders are snobs, think the valley is way beneath them & their time. They can't be bothered to ever go there & they cartainly wouldn't want to learn why anyone would want to live there. On purpose. And the valley people are just easy going. You need them on the west side? Ok. In the valley? Ok. Do this kind of movie? Ok. "Hey, I've never done that before, but I'd love to learn and be a part of it"... you get the picture.
I can't tell you how frustrating it is to be around people who are so distainful of animation. Really frustrating. But I don't know that it will change anytime soon. Just like the accountants took ove the studio world, live action people are taking over animation. "Oh, I'll dabble in this, whilst doing a 'real' movie at the same time."
Okay, enough of the complaining. And, HELLO?!?!?! enough of the mocap for goodness sake!!!
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