Animation is not all of the same genre and when we writers of it are paying to pitch to executives, we can often be choosing the wrong ones. It does no good to pitch animation geared towards children to an executive looking for the next Simpsons. There are, at least, three animation classifications:
Adult (The Simpsons)
Family Friendly (Disney)
And Epic. (anime)
What’s more, there are still the two different media types of Feature and Television. That’s six different classifications:
Adult Television,
Adult Feature,
Family Friendly Television,
Family Friendly Feature,
Epic Television, and
Epic Feature.
We pitchers need to know which classification(s) an executive is open to before we buys pitches and I think it’s also time the greater community was aware of this.
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I'd add experimental or alternative to the categories. But you are correct in not treating animation as a genre and targeting the right buyer with your project.
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Hi, Mark Kelly. You could email the suggestion to support@stage32.com.
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Agreed Mark Kelly. I would suggest it to Stage 32.
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Google and research every exec before you spend your money on them.
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How about action or comedy as two genres of TV animation? Batman vs Simpsons.
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As an animation professional for over 25 years, one thing I always hear when talking shop is ,"Why is animation considered a different genre than live action films?" Animation could be anything live action could be, horror, comedy, action, romance, sitcom, feature, and whatever else there is. And these days, with all the CGI, who is to say what what constitutes animation vs live action? One can argue that the planet of the apes movies are animation.