Re: How Pony is Formed: Production and Business Thread
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EquestriaGuy
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Dexanth wrote:Contract drama? What contract drama?
Dexanth wrote:Huh! Is this all written up anywhere? It sounds interesting to read more in-depth on.
ComradeCosmobot wrote:I'm surprised Unicon was grandfathered in given that it hasn't happened yet, and I'm having trouble seeing them having long-term viability due to location.
Discord wrote:I'm not sure if this matters to Hasbro, but I'm sure the show staff don't mind having some fun in Vegas either.
Headless Horse wrote:Reminds me of when the universities that administrate the observatories on Mauna Kea invested in a bunch of high-speed trunk Internet hookups to the top of the mountain."Good news, you sciencey guys! Now you don't have to go to Hawaii anymore to do your observation work!"
EquestriaGuy wrote:
Ya, unfortunately money talks the loudest to them, but I've got to give credit where it's due, they did come to a very reasonable final decision, just like with Derpy. Heck, I think we might even see Derpy again in S4.
Wylie wrote:The guy that posted that confirmed it was at least third-hand information and speculation on his part. I'm on my phone so no links, but it's in the comments of Cosmo's link above.
Mr. Big wrote:To add to the list, Lauren Faust hated "Quest for Camelot", despite animating on it.
And, of course, there's John K. bad-mouthing 1980s cartoons, even though he worked on them.
EquestriaGuy wrote:The reddit was not legit, surely that's obvious.
Dexanth wrote:
Nobody is really disputing that at this point - the contention is that there are plenty of self-respecting mature adults who do in fact criticize the hand that feeds them, whether in the moment or afterwards.
EquestriaGuy wrote:Does anyone have a screencap of the deleted tweet from yesterday where Rebecca Dart said she just finished working on MLP S4? She's got one up right now saying it's in good hands, meaning even though she's been working on S4 design for a few months now, there's more that needs to be done. This could be the next sign of a 26 episode season.
AppleCobbler44 wrote:
Hmm... interesting. I believe she's a character designer? And she was the one who designed Chrysalis
Grue wrote:Reading her twitter, I found this insightful inside look into MLP production process.
Grue wrote:Reading her twitter, I found this insightful inside look into MLP production process.
Mr. Big wrote:Standard is 24 fps, although due to time and money animation is rarely animated at that frame rate. Generally they do 12 drawings per second, with each drawing exposed twice.
In other cases, it's less. Anime is often in threes (each drawing exposed three times).
AppleCobbler44 wrote:There was also a better fluidity and smoothness in the animation when the characters are doing something quickly (i.e. during Crystal Empire, Pinkie Pie's "Oooo... Pretty" scene and animation is more smooth in the Hub rip).
ComradeCosmobot wrote:So FiM is animated at 24fps on the twos (i.e. effectively animated at 12fps) and then run through 2:3 pulldown to get to 29.97 just like other animation? That is to say, there's nothing different about its framerate compared to standard animation?
SlateSlabrock wrote:Which Pinkie scene is this? I'm having a little trouble finding it.
Well, we at least know that they use Flash 8, and they and Top Draw are listed at the bottom of this page, so we can assume that they use those plugins. Beyond that, I do wish we could learn more about it, but aside from what can be gleaned from decompiled Flash games I doubt we will ever learn their secrets. Which is a shame.kefkafloyd wrote:I imagine a lot of what makes Ponies work is proprietary knowledge to DHX and they'd probably be unlikely to share it.
kefkafloyd wrote:I imagine a lot of what makes Ponies work is proprietary knowledge to DHX and they'd probably be unlikely to share it.