This presentation will focus on hybrid television series that combine live action and animation.  Case studies are used to demonstrate the incentives, the pitfalls and why this works for certain shows.






In a world where broadcast license fees are declining and competition for all types of funding is intense, animation producers must look to more and more complex financing models that frequently cross many jurisdictions, both domestically and internationally. Interprovincial and international co-productions and a wide array of territorially-based licenses, advances, equity investments, incentive-programs, and debt arrangements criss-cross with each other against a tapestry of regulatory minefields. This seminar will present an overview of several financing options and the interplay among them. An opportunity for questions and discussion will be provided.

The first Television Animation Conference featured China as a huge market and potential important partner of focus. A government delegation of Chinese producers and broadcasters discussed the incentives of partnering up and the Canadians had a federal co-production deal with the Republic. Now with the deal on hiatus, Chinese producers would like to maintain the relationship and exchange new ideas with their Canadian counterparts. Join the delegation from China for a discussion on what's happened in recent years and what's next. 

 

 

Bristol’s Academy Award-winning studio, Aardman Animation, has helped take short form animation out of the shadows and into mainstream television and theatres.   Case studies offer inside looks at the studio’s successful business models and process.  Bring your questions and comments to this 45-minute presentation by Helen Brunsdon.