I’ll spare everyone the pirate talk for this one. Quotas are a pretty fluid thing, especially for an individual animator. They go up and down but for the most part, I’d say that 5 feet a week is standard. (That’s 3.33 seconds for you land lubbers.) And these days, that’s scene footage, not character. Keep in mind, that’s a number that animators should be averaging, and not everyone makes it, while others exceed it so it seems to work out in the end. Sometimes I don’t know how it happens, but we’ve yet to release a movie that wasn’t done.

I’ve seen some reels from studios where the animator indicated that the DAILY quotas were 3.5 seconds. Now that’s some crazy scheduling. Of course, they don’t have the luxury to polish and pretty much the first pass is the only pass, but that goes to show how varied it can be.

May the wind always be at yer backside!

YArrRR.. Me blasted ears ‘ave been harkening yur bootiful podcast with that durned rogue glenn keane and me brain was a wonderin’. I be an animator, slavin’ on the galleys ‘oh television animation and bless me if my ase don’t be on fire from sittin’ on it scribblin’ away at work like a badger with a backache, narey do i often see a break of late. I was a wonderin’ what thar quota was a like on what fair winded features and all. Does yah often finds yah beein a slave, or be the work do-able like a parrot with a box of crackers. THanks me matey’, fer the fine spoils and plunder ‘yer podcast has filled me pitiful mind with. YAArrr may fair winds fill yer sails matey.

hope that was clear. yah harr.

I missed the start of the Emmy’s but I recorded the rest. I’ll have to check that Barbera tribute.

The triathlon was great fun. I was sick for the whole week before, but I managed to get through the swim.

AAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGggghhhh!

Captain Clay, how’s the interview doing?

Do you saw the Emmy Awards last Sunday. They had a great opening with Stewie and Brian from “Family Guy”. It was so funny. And Joe Barbera was one of those guys who were on the obituaries. That so touched me.

Happy saild with the interview, Captain Claw.

From,
Long John Siciliano

P.S., how was the rally?

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Great Site.

Brad

Eric- Happy to listen and link. You remind me of another pirate joke.
A boy trick-or-treating comes to the door dressed as a pirate. The man at the door says, “Wow, a pirate! Where’s your buckaneer?” The kid replies, “Under my buckin’ hat.”

-Clay