Comments on: From Animation to Live Action: Why More Directors are Jumping Ship

By: Haley TheRadiant

Haley TheRadiant — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 00:07:00 +0000

Well I don’t think its a bad thing, I think its interesting!

By: brandon

brandon — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 23:50:00 +0000

In reply to Alex in Wonderland. Technically, CG-animated films take at least 3-4 years to make, from start to finish. It's more stop-motion films that take upwards of 5-6 films to craft, but you do have a point in that shooting a live-action film is a much speedier process.

By: Ian Miller

Ian Miller — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 01:55:00 +0000

I think the lack of creative control is also probably a factor. You do tend to see one director out of a team of two to five get all the attention (Jennifer Lee on Frozen, Lee Unkrich on the Toy Story films), and there’s also evidence that there are simply too many cooks in the kitchen on some animated films (the many, many replacements on Pixar films in the past several years, the many, many replacements on Dreamworks films before that). Especially as a director, where the auteur theory still has enormous popular appeal, being the “behind the scenes” director when you’ve done just as much work, or seeing your work handed to someone else can’t be fun.

By: Alex in Wonderland

Alex in Wonderland — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 01:09:00 +0000

I personally feel that another issue that might push animation directors into live action is the time commitment on the different types of films. Animated movies take an incredible amount of time to complete, much more that live action, from my understanding. So it’s possible that they get burnt out on having to wait 6 years for their films to see the light of day.