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The Race To November (Building A Movie Before AFM) - Vlog 8/10/26
What does it actually take to bring an independent animated feature to life? In this behind-the-scenes update on The Arbiters, I share the production sprint leading up to the American Film Market (AFM), where our goal is to complete a full animatic before pitching investors, distributors, and international partners. We dive into the realities of scaling a creative team, managing hundreds of storyboard shots, building detailed floor plans for complex action sequences, recording temporary voice performances, and why an animatic is one of the most valuable tools for proving a movie works before…
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