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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 14h

Writing a Screenplay - Day 20 - Length schmength

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 2d

My take pt. 2: In this streaming reality, if it takes ads to make profits, and profits allow for more movies to be made, it’s a trade I’m willing to make, because making more movies is better than what’s happening now. (I hate all of this, but it’s sadly where we are and where we are heading.) /END

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 2d

My take pt. 1: Covid and shorter theatrical-to-streamer release windows broke the moviegoing habit (I hate that, but it’s true). Now, people simply prefer streaming at home. /8

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 2d

Ironically, streaming is going to turn into the old ad-supported broadcast/cable tv model because it worked. Those made a shit-ton of money because they had the audience. Now advertisers want to reach the massive streaming audiences. /7

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 2d

After years of battling uninterrupted binging, Netflix made people ad-averse, but over time, especially with the popularity of YouTube, people are gradual becoming ad-tolerant again. (Interestingly, the one kind of ad people don’t mind is on sports.) /6

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 2d

That’s why Disney+ is now bundling with Hulu and ESPN, so they can sell/push ads through the same portal at once. Netflix has an ad-supported tier. Amazon Prime has ads. Because they make more money from advertisers than from subscribers alone. Expect a lot more ads in all of our futures. /5

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 2d

They’ve realized that to make money in our new streaming reality, they need the big revenue that only comes from ads. /4

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 2d

The most profitable model out there by far is YouTube, because… eyes and ads. The second most profitable is Hulu, because, again… ads. /3

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 2d

They said everyone put everything into streaming to chase Netflix’s success, but they’ve all realized there’s no money in streaming – it’s a break-even business. They can only make so much content for the money they’re getting back from streaming. /2

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 2d

By chance, I was in a store and met a Disney exec, so I took the opportunity to ask them why doesn’t Hollywood want to make movies anymore? Their answer cracked my brain a little, but I am not so perplexed anymore. Hope this helps you too…🧵 /1

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Clay Kaytis @claykaytis.com · 2d

I’ll be at Lighbox Expo this Friday, speaking on a panel at 3:30 - Adapting Games into Animated Series and Films - with my Angry Birds directing partner Fergal Reilly @f3rgal.bsky.social. Hope to see some familiar and new faces there!

Adapting Games into Animated Series and Films

Civic Auditorium | Maureen Fan, FERGAL REILLY, Patrick Osborne, Clay Kaytis, Jony Chandra, Katherine MacDonald
Recent animated game adaptations have crushed it with fans like Arcane or at the box office with Sonic. Making them is hard though: these games have rabid existing fanbases much larger than comics, the games are still ongoing, some have thin story, and Hollywood + games have had a storied history with many previously failed film adaptations. Hear from the creatives, who adapt these beloved IP into animation, share how they do it well.

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 5d

I filmed a remake on my Sony BetaMax camera when I was a kid, so… yes.

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 5d

Writing a Screenplay - Day 19 - Naming characters

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 5d

“7 little hand-drawn animated shots - how hard can it be?”
This is the first - and maybe the last - time I do cleanup, color, and tones (shadows) on my own animation. I’m really enjoying it, but it’s taking FOREVER! Doesn’t help to have three characters, either. (It’s for an upcoming YouTube video.)

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 7d

Writing a Screenplay - Day 18 - Lessons in adapting a book

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 12d

Writing a Screenplay - Day 17 - Trust your audience

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 14d

Writing a Screenplay - Day 16 - Show, don’t tell

Writing a Screenplay - Day 16 - Show don’t tell

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 18d

Writing a Screenplay - Day 15 - 12 more pages

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 21d

Writing a Screenplay - Day 14 - instead of writing, I read to recalibrate

Writing a Screenplay - Day 14 - instead of writing I read to recalibrate

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 26d

Writing a Screenplay - Day 13 - what works in a book vs a screenplay
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Writing a Screenplay - Day 13 - what works in a book vs a screenplay

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · 28d

I love seeing indie animation go for it. Worth a watch to see what’s possible.

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KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE: PILOT

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 28d

Writing a Screenplay - Days 11 & 12
I didn’t have huge blocks of time, but I wrote anyways! #screenwriting

Writing a Screenplay - Days 11 & 12 - The imperfect times to write

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · Sep 18

Hand animating a TEENY clip for a YT video and I feel so… EMPOWERED. Creating something from scratch – FOR MYSELF, BECAUSE I WANT IT TO EXIST – feels like a giant middle finger to everything wrong in tech and entertainment right now.

Trying out Clip Studio Paint for this, and I’m mostly liking it.

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · Sep 17

Writing a Screenplay - Day 10 - work life balance

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · Sep 15

Writing a Screenplay - Day 9 - 5 pages forward, 2 pages back + deeper thoughts on anxiety

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