Disney head of cleanup....

The head of cleanup at Disney is part of the cancer at this studio that needs to be removed. She represents a regime that ran the Cleanup department pre Chicken Little and the fact that she is still at this studio astonishes me. With the announcement of the Frog Princess (First 2d animated film since Home on the Range) I knew we would be hiring traditional animators and Cleanup artists. She will hire back all her friends and surround herself with the same talentless group of sycophants that were with her before. She couldn't clean a scene up to save her life and when she does its horrendous. She knows how to play the studio politics and for that shes deserving of a 10% off all disney stores coupon. If anyone is listening or reading this and your in charge of recruiting, please ask around and you will know that this leech, should be removed. She will only continue to poison the integrity of the studio. Right now what this studio needs is new talent. Someone that can inspire their crew. In her defense, shes not the only one that should be laid off. There are many others at this studio in all facets of the artistic and production process that need to be let go of. Was it really necessary to bring back two directors that have lost complete touch of what makes a great story?

Ogre babies dancing? Are you f*#@$in kidding me?

Usually I censor out my bad words like I did for the title to this post but I am so insanely upset at the way this studio is being run that I will not be able to control my language. What I'm so upset about is something the marketing fuckwits at our company did to stir up more hype for Shrek the Turd.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHddF0h-n9g

How the fuck is that not the worse thing ever done in animation. First of all, if your the animator on this promotional "piece" of shit, you really need to rethink your life's goals and while your at it see if you can figure out where you left your artistic integrity. In your defense though, I know that they probably threw the shot at you one day before the deadline and gave you some dancing reference material. The animation is horrible. NO WEIGHT. NO APPEAL NO ARCS. NO FACIAL ANIMATION. NOTHING! For gods sake how the fuck did they release this? I know its the same marketing genius that thought up the idea to have the slugs from Flushed Away dance around to old tunes. Its the same exact formula. At least with the latter, the animation was solid. Whats happening to our studio? Mr Katzenberg, please let us artists do what we love..... Make great movies with charm, appeal, and a solid story... not The Bee Movie. I know your kicking yourself in the head for greenlighting this project and letting Mr. "Whaaaaats the Deallll?" have free reign over every aspect of the film. Why do you think the test audience in Arizona hated it so much? EXACTLY! I don't know if you've noticed, but there are some amazingly talented artists (lighters, animators, story artists, modelers, riggers (Except for lazy smoker lead who always says no) etc who are being told to make a shitty movie. All of us at work have been watching the 9 minute clip from Ratatouille with jaws to the floor, in awe of how beautiful the movie looks. Our movie looks like the biggest piece of shit compared to Ratatouille. Its not because of us artists. Its because of the way the company is being run along with the direction or lack of. Anytime anyone has an amazing idea, its shot down because oh I don't know.... because its GOOD?

Whatttts the deal ....

.... with having to jump through hoops to get anything approved. Everyone knows what I'm talking about. I mean, isn't the movie the Director's vision? Shouldn't it be the Director's vision. Now, what if noone knows who the "director" is. Is it the 2 guys with the directing title or is it the guy with the car always parked out in the traffic circle or is it the useless producer who cant seem to keep her mouth shut. ORR is it the man whos idea the story is and who has final say over all that is creative and holy but doesn't seem to really know what they want most of the times. OORRRR better yet, is it the person in the basement who never seems to want to do any %*#$*# damn work and always blames everything on the fact that its not cost effective to try anything or itll take too much time. $@#@*#*@ get off your ass and stop saying "we cant do that". You think the world was made by people that always said, "Umm no we cant really do that. It would be too expensive." Push the envelope for once!

Contract rants

Many animation studios ie. Dreamworks, Sony, and Walt Disney offer contracts with the exception of Pixar. The standard contract at DW seems to be a 2 picture deal with an option for the studio to opt out of the deal. Don't for a second fool yourself into thinking your protected and that when you sign on the dotted line you'll be employed for the next 3.5 years. With that being said, its quite obvious that the contract only benefits the studio and only serves the purpose of locking ones talent in so that the bonehead executives especially of the dark haired, sit next to an aquarium type or the tall, skinny, anorexic redhead devil sucubus types can than lock you in and forget about you. The beauty of a no contract workplace is that both parties learn to respect what each other has to offer which makes for a healthier relationship in the long run.

I'll end the days rant by saying that all of us are sick and tired of accomodating or appeasing these no talent execs who cant seem to keep there opinions to themselves especially when it comes to anything related to ART.

Marketing dept should be fired!

For those of you who don't know. The reason for the horrible marketing decisions at DW all falls on an incompetent marketing executive who seems to think she (Everyone at DW knows who I'm talking about) knows how to market a film. Perhaps that was the case decades ago but things have changed. Mr Katzenberg. ITS TIME TO WAKE UP and smell the fresh can of diet coke and get rid of some dead weight starting with her.