Dream on Silly Dreamer screenings this Thursday

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coreyrolfes

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I'm not a stockholder but I plan to go tomorrow and I will report on what I thought of it. I don't know a lot about the subject so I will be openminded about what I see.
 
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coreyrolfes

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I'll give this a stab. I was surprised how many people turned out to see the first screening. We waited in a line and basically filled one of the small theaters. Those hosting the screening were impressed by the numbers.

The film started out as a spoof of classic Disney films with the opening of a sketchbook with narration. It began with animators explaining how they always dreamed about working for Disney and then some old film at the studio showing animators just enjoying themselves at work. They explain how shocked they were when Disney kicked them off the studio lot and were just working in warehouses and trailers. It was at this time that the Disney Renaissance took place.

The animators were use to getting little rewards like hats, jackets, and watches in appreciation for their work. After the huge success they had, management started giving them huge bonuses which led to a lot of greed. It was this success that brought more attention from management. Management started demanding that future releases be block busters instead of relying on creative stories. I was suprised that when the new animation building was built for the animators that many of them didn't like working in it. Not enough information to understand the dislike. I also wish they explained more why (can't recall name) went to work for Dreamworks at this time. The bonuses and greed led people to infighting and I found it interesting that when one the animators mention that when was hired he asked to make as much as Eisner does in an hour, but for the whole year. Surprisingly they could not afford that offer but the animators were getting agents and spending these huge bonuses which went on to show the still huge pay difference between executives and talent.

At this time it was decided to do sequels of films that would just be released to video. This led to a tarnishing of the Disney name. Executives started deciding on the stories instead of the artists. Eventually there were more and more VPs until they decided to layoff 1300 members of feature animation. Surpising how many VPs there were/are for an "art" department. Personally I don't understand how there could be much need for management of a bunch of artists and few managers seem to understand that creative business tend to have a lack of oversight.

Of course there was no happy ending to this film.
 
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JLW11Hi

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Jeffery Katzenberg (sp?) was the leader of the Animation department who ended up going to create Dreamworks with Stephen Spielberg (I think Jeffery is the "K" in Dreamworks SKG). I'm pretty sure he left due to a dispute bewteen him and Eisner (suprise? lol).

Oh hey, coreyrolfes, I was there for the first screening, too, by the way! It was a very interesting movie, very sad, too. It was just a great oppertunity to put the situation into a personal perspective by talking to the artists themselves. I really wish the best of luck to all the former Disney artists.
 

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