ONLINE WORKSHOP
Under the Production Magnifying Glass
By Ailín Bustamante, Ita Romero & Ayelén Bustos Suárez
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
The head of animation tells you that she was abducted by a UFO and needs a week to “process” the experience. What do you do?
- Option 1: You give her the week off and hire a freelance alien you meet online to finish the animation.
- Option 2: You ask her to integrate her alien experience into the story of the series, including a UFO cameo.
- Option 3: You decide that everyone on the team will wear tinfoil hats just in case there are more abductions.
Result: Yes, you do animation production (and intergalactic contact).
The goal of the workshop is to understand how production creatively weaves the map that gives real form to ideas. How do we get to the goal without being abducted?
Connect the dots, create plans and strategies, and accompany a project throughout all its phases, while it becomes a reality. Production creatively weaves the map that gives real form to the ideas that come from the direction and the team. How do we reach the goal? Is there only one goal? Where do we start?
👉 If you have an animation project (short film or series) and you are interested in receiving personalized advice, this workshop is for you.
During 5 meetings, we will address the necessary tools and strategies that allow you to make your project feasible, from all phases of production (pre, prod and post) to sales, distribution and dissemination. We will see how to plan a real budget, achieve optimal workflow, managing schedule and technical team, and what to take into account to obtain financing.
We will work with the selected projects to develop a comprehensive action and production plan.
TÉ DE PRODUCTORXS
Té de Productorxs meets periodically to catharsis, encourage each other for setbacks, point out and value successes, and also debate, share information and propose possible solutions to possible obstacles. But above all, it is a meeting space for producers who create and manage in different areas of animation (advertising, content, cultural management) to connect and continue creating without limits.
AILIN BUSTAMANTE
Born in the north of Argentina. She studied journalism and production. She directed and produced live-action short films and produced the development of animation projects such as All the best, Strass and Esther. She is part of the Multiversos festival team and is head of production at Rudo Company.
ITA ROMERO
Born in the Litoral. Graduated in Film and TV. She is part of Osa Estudio, where she produces series and short films with an authorial perspective. She directed her first short film “Carlos Montaña” in non-camera animation that was selected and awarded at multiple festivals such as Chilemonos, Ottawa, Zagreb, Premios Quirino, Nuevo cine latinomericano de la Habana, Anima Córdoba, etc. She is the coordinator of APLAB Latin American Animation Laboratory and RIA – International Animation Residency and was a producer at festivals such as El Ventilador, BAFICI, ANIMA, MDQ Film Fest, Bitbang
AYELÉN BUSTOS SUÁREZ
Born in Patagonia, she is a visual artist, a graduate and professor of Fine Arts (UNLP). She trained in Animation Film, Postproduction, Criticism and Diffusion of the Arts. Programmer at Multiversos, an art and technology festival. She worked as a production, coordination and postproduction assistant at studios such as Rudo Co., 1 St. Ave Machine and Moco studio. She is a producer at Puño Robot: creator of Vigía Planetario. She founded Enzo Ruso Films, where she produced Cosmos 181 and the feature film La última de febrero, BAFICI 25. Algo de lo profundo is her first project as a director.
MODALITY
Online
WHO IS IT AIMED TO?
This workshop is designed for people with projects and those interested in animation production. From a here and now, recognize and value the resources that are available, strategies to build a team, the importance of belonging to a network and not leaving for tomorrow what I can solve today. We will address sales, distribution and diffusion, depending on the opportunities and objectives set. The idea is that they can work through the selected projects on an action plan and a production plan.
WHEN?
Saturdays:
September 14, 21 and 28 + October 5 and 19
From 3 to 5 pm Argentina time.
HOW?
We are accepting projects until August 30th.
We will announce the selected projects on September 6th.
The selected projects will have 24 hours to confirm their participation and pay the workshop fee.
CONTENT
TYPE OF PROJECTS: Series and short films.
Class 1 – Role presentation: What does a producer do? How to move around in the industry? Profile analysis: Development of a critical, informed, logical and rational vision.
Development of a project: pitch and pitch bible: The creative contribution and the active role of the producer during development. How to captivate the jury and the public: win their hearts and the prize!
Feedback on each project as seen in class.
Class 2 – Theory: The triad of love: Technical team, budget and calendar.
Idealization vs. reality. Regulation and balance between the three parts. Where to look for the numbers, people to fill roles, analysis and creation of spreadsheets according to the needs of each project.
Feedback on each project as seen in class.
Class 3 – Theory: Pre-production planning
In this stage we bring the promises down to earth, visualize and shape the ideas incubated in development. We establish essential elements: script, storyboard, animatic. Among them there is a flexible dialogue that will define the tools and resources for the moment of production, they also give us a clue as to where to begin the search for them.
Feedback on each project according to what we saw in class.
Class 4 – Theory: Sales, distribution and diffusion.
Depending on the characteristics of each project there are infinite paths to follow, we are going to discover which is the best route. For there to be a national industry there has to be content produced, and for this, leaving the promise zone is essential.
Feedback on each project according to what we saw in class.
-15-day break-
Class 5 – Sharing: In this final session, we will review and discuss the action and production plans developed during the workshop. This will be a space to receive feedback, resolve doubts and adjust plans according to the needs and objectives of each project.
COST
With project: 50,000 ARS (for Argentina) or 60 USD (from abroad).
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PAYMENT METHODS:
– Argentina: Bank transfer
– Abroad: Paypal
Details will be communicated via email.
HOW DO I SIGN UP?
Fill out the FORM (see below).WHAT DO I NEED?
You must be interested in animation production and/or have an animation project (short or series) that you want to receive personalized advice from.
You must fill out the FORM, including a link to a PDF of up to 5 pages with text (plot synopsis, script), motivation, references and, if applicable, original art, storyboard and/or animatic of a scene.
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CONTACT
For inquiries, please email: produccion@bitbangfest.com