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[[File:Janglers Animation Logo v5 2400x1800.png|thumb|right|200px|[[Janglers Animation]] logo.]]
 
[[File:Janglers Animation - Promo 2024 - screenshot 2.png|thumb|right|200px|
 
[[File:Janglers Animation - Promo 2024 - screenshot 2.png|thumb|right|200px|
 
'''[[Janglers Animation]] & Filmmaking''' in [[Windsor, Ontario]].</br>
 
'''[[Janglers Animation]] & Filmmaking''' in [[Windsor, Ontario]].</br>
 
View the "'''Promo 2024'''" demo reel video on '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csGCUmt83Vk YouTube]''' or '''[https://tube.4aem.com/w/e08d36de-bf9c-4c2f-b481-cfcf2811467a PeerTube]'''.</br>
 
View the "'''Promo 2024'''" demo reel video on '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csGCUmt83Vk YouTube]''' or '''[https://tube.4aem.com/w/e08d36de-bf9c-4c2f-b481-cfcf2811467a PeerTube]'''.</br>
 
'''[[Jason Carswell]]''' worked on all included shots, alone or with a small team in an animation studio.]]
 
'''[[Jason Carswell]]''' worked on all included shots, alone or with a small team in an animation studio.]]
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[[File:Jason_Carswell_-_IMG_20240213_142241_cropped_1200x1200.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Self-portrait of [[Jason Carswell]] after at least a decade finally with a new haircut at the house he'd been helping renovate, February 13, 2024.]]
 
[[File:WMC 2D Animation 9-Day Crash Course Flyer 2400x2400.png|thumb|right|200px|[[Windsor Media Centre animation classes]] [[2D Animation Crash Course]] 2023 flyer.]]
 
[[File:WMC 2D Animation 9-Day Crash Course Flyer 2400x2400.png|thumb|right|200px|[[Windsor Media Centre animation classes]] [[2D Animation Crash Course]] 2023 flyer.]]
 
[[File:WMC 2D Animation Summer Class 2024 Flyer v5 - 1440x1680.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Windsor Media Centre]] 2D Animation Summer Class 2024 flyer.]]
 
[[File:WMC 2D Animation Summer Class 2024 Flyer v5 - 1440x1680.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Windsor Media Centre]] 2D Animation Summer Class 2024 flyer.]]
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A '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log_line logline]''' (aka elevator pitch) is a one or two line plot summary:
 
A '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log_line logline]''' (aka elevator pitch) is a one or two line plot summary:
  
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The '''''Key Jangling''''' (working title) television series follows the workshop production of an original short animated video by autistic adult student [[Jarrod Osborne]] (and maybe others) under the developmental supervision and tutelage of professional animator [[Jason Carswell]], along with the pros and cons of filmmaking in [[Windsor, Ontario]] with community support.
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'''''Key Jangling''''' (working title) is a reality-television documentary series that follows the workshop development and production of an original short animated video by autistic adult student '''[[Jarrod Osborne]]''' (and maybe other videos by more Essex County students) under the developmental supervision and tutelage of professional animator '''[[Jason Carswell]]''', glimpsing some pros and cons to filmmaking in [[Windsor, Ontario]], with community support.
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== First pitch ==
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: ''See also:'' [[Television series pitches]] and [[The Rendezvous, television series pitch|''The Rendezvous'', television series pitch]].
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In the face-to-face with John Buffone, he seemed eager to see outlines for two of my many ideas - thus, here it begins.
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We didn't discuss it much , but it seems like it might be practical and possible to produce the ''[[Key Jangling]]'', while continuing to develop the much more ambitious ''[[The Rendezvous]]'' project in the background.  Experience may be learned and earned, and hopefully we can prove that a Windsor production team is capable of a larger production.
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=== Pitched ===
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* 2023-03-?? Pitched in person to John Buffone of TV1, at the [[Windsor Media Centre]].
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* 2023-0?-?? Online form submitted.
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* 2023-05-08 Via email invited John Buffone of TV1 to visit the [[Television series pitches]] wiki page.
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* 2024-07-15 Pitched 4 concepts in person to John Buffone of TV1, at the [[Windsor Media Centre]].  He liked ''[[Key Jangling]]'' and ''[[The Rendezvous]]''.
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* 2024-07-21 Online form submitted at https://tv1.bell.ca/fibetv1/become-a-creator.
  
 
== Title ==
 
== Title ==
  
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The name "''Key Jangling''" holds several layers of meaning.  This name may change as this documentary project takes shape.
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The name "''Key Jangling''" holds several layers of meaning.  This name may change as this reality-television project takes shape.
  
 
* Keys or key-frames are a fundamental part of animation production.
 
* Keys or key-frames are a fundamental part of animation production.
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# quick summary (or episode 1 introductions and brief background stories)
 
# quick summary (or episode 1 introductions and brief background stories)
 
# episodic themes may focus on filmmaking or animation fundamental principles that may include:
 
# episodic themes may focus on filmmaking or animation fundamental principles that may include:
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## conceptualization
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## pre-production - conceptualization
 
##* seed ideas, goals, outline, script, staging, storyboards, composition & cinematography
 
##* seed ideas, goals, outline, script, staging, storyboards, composition & cinematography
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## production design
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##* short animated video options: fictional movie trailer, music video, short skit/story in a genre (action, comedy, drama, sci-fi, etc.)
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## pre-production - production design
 
##* character design, layout, limitations & stylizations
 
##* character design, layout, limitations & stylizations
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## basics & planning
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## animation technique - basics & planning
 
##* thumbnails & breakdowns, physics & timing, squash & stretch, arcs & easing
 
##* thumbnails & breakdowns, physics & timing, squash & stretch, arcs & easing
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## keys
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## animation technique - keys
 
##* clarity, silhouettes, acting & pantomime, reference material
 
##* clarity, silhouettes, acting & pantomime, reference material
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## dynamic flow
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## animation technique - dynamic flow
 
##* thumbnails (again), primary & secondary action, successive breaking joints
 
##* thumbnails (again), primary & secondary action, successive breaking joints
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## contrast
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## animation technique - contrast
 
##* squash & stretch (again), lines of action & reversals, opposing action, counter pose
 
##* squash & stretch (again), lines of action & reversals, opposing action, counter pose
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## dynamic flow contrast
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## animation technique - dynamic flow contrast
 
##* anticipation + overshoot + settle, overlap & follow through
 
##* anticipation + overshoot + settle, overlap & follow through
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## acting contrast
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## animation technique - acting contrast
 
##* anticipation + overshoot + settle (again), accents, exaggeration
 
##* anticipation + overshoot + settle (again), accents, exaggeration
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## technology usage (paper, tablet, applications, etc.)
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## production - technology usage (paper, tablet, applications, etc.)
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## capturing & compositing
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## post-production - capturing & compositing
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## editing & post production & rendering
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## post-production - editing & post production & rendering
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## promotion & income
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## production - promotion & income
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## final results
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## exhibition - final results
 
# challenges and issues faced in each episode
 
# challenges and issues faced in each episode
 
# explanatory mini-documentaries for context (maybe use clips, interviews, etc., perhaps with permission)
 
# explanatory mini-documentaries for context (maybe use clips, interviews, etc., perhaps with permission)
 
# solutions and trade-offs for each episode
 
# solutions and trade-offs for each episode
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# "what we learned"
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# "what we learned" for each episode
 
# motivational conclusion (ie. heartwarming scene, quote, rant, etc.)
 
# motivational conclusion (ie. heartwarming scene, quote, rant, etc.)
 
# closing animated credits
 
# closing animated credits
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== Series production ==
 
== Series production ==
  
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=== First timer ===
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=== Budget ===
  
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These initial concepts will be revised and evolve.  Despite the lack of series production experience, with robust professional experience in animation, live-action art direction, and event production, a first effort presented here begins the organizing, development, and production process.
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: '''''[[Evolving.]]'''''
  
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=== Format and reasons ===
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An accurate, reasonable budget and schedule will require consulting with experienced professionals.
  
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Below, under the [[#Schedule|schedule]] section, is [[#Ongoing legislation and regulation|ongoing legislation and regulation]], the unceasing vehicles of government overreach, the very antagonist origins that inspires this television series pitch.  This is at the top of the list of anything external to potentially initiate changes to production plans, so we should always keep this in mind, flexibly prepared for detours with backup strategies.
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=== First timer ===
  
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Also [[#Topical episodes|listed below]] are over two dozen critical themes, with the endless potential of countless other problematic issues in need of mass awareness.  Further, there's no end to the combinations, intermixing, and overlapping of those topics affecting humanity.  (Akin to how musical genres can overlap in unexpected fusions.)  A lack of content is not a problem - focus is.
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These initial concepts will be revised and evolve.  Despite the lack of series production experience, with robust professional experience in animation, live-action art direction, and event production, a first effort presented here begins the organizing, development, and production process.
  
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A large group of people + a large number of topics = flexibility to focus on specific folks in some episodes, or bounce between many.  Some folks may have opinions on everything, stick to their fields of expertise, or range between.
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=== Format ===
  
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=== Transparency ===
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This reality-television documentary series should focus on the development, production, and relationships captured in limited specific scenarios, mostly in teaching and studio-like situations, recorded with stationary and hand-held cameras.
  
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showrunner Showrunner], [[Jason Carswell]], is an intensely passionate advocate for '''[[FOEPATCHISM]]''' inclusive ethical social and project management.  ('''F'''air, '''O'''pen, '''E'''thical, '''P'''eaceful, '''A'''ccountable, '''T'''ransparent, '''C'''onsistent, '''H'''onest, '''I'''nclusive, '''S'''ocial, '''M'''anagement)  This includes actively promoting the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source open-source movement], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdsourcing crowd-sourcing], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralization decentralizing all things], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft copyleft activism], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-reliance self-reliance], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainability sustainability], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agorism agorism], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntaryism voluntaryism], etc.  Therefore, it would be hypocritical to not try to develop this series openly and inclusively*, on [[Projex.Wiki]] and/or via other communications.  This would include budgets, planning, schedules, and of course the final product.  Open book policy.
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=== Locations ===
  
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Inclusively means anyone is not just passively allowed but encouraged to join and openly participate constructively (rather than the woke meaning).  Aside from negative activity (which may require clear definitions) we won't discriminate for any reasons, though we may be forced to use closed/private communications.
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It would be nice to be hosted at and collaborate with and promote local Windsor institutions such as the '''[[Windsor Media Centre]]''', [[The Optimists' Club]] of South Windsor (see also: '''[[Optimists' Photography Workshop 2024]]'''), etc.
  
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Ideally, after the series has met its contractual obligations with [[TV1]], the episodes, raw video utilized, and additional unused recordings might be shared copyright-free, made freely available for sharing, researching, archiving, and for anyone (ie. [[Windsor Media Center]] and Internet students) to edit with as they see fit.  Hopefully folks might be inspired to create [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_edit fan edits], documentaries, feature films, or crowd-source similar supplemental content from beyond Windsor and Essex County for broader contextual understanding of these critical issues.
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Final location(s) will be found and settled on during pre-production.
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=== Schedule ===
 
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: '''''[[Evolving.]]'''''
 
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An accurate, reasonable budget and schedule will require consulting with experienced professionals.  Nonetheless, this is just a foundational catalyst for discussion and development.  These initial guesstimates may be general averages, understanding learning curve and startup pace should improve, and some episodes may be easier than others - unless ambitions and complexities grow with experience.  Naturally, as in animation studios that produce television commercials, one project is starting, another is underway, and one is wrapping up - so I'd expect episode overlapping.  Especially if some stories and circumstances develop across months.
 
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Some episodes will take much longer than a week and some much less, but this is a start to work from.
 
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# 8x pre-production
 
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# 8x shooting
 
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# 8x rough edit
 
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# 8x tweaked edit
 
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# 8x post-production
 
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# 8x finalizing
 
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:: = 48 "weeks"
 
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::: plus : animated intro, branding, and graphic design
 
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8 episodes x 20-25 minutes + 1 year seems plausible to result in 160 to 200 minutes of documentary journalism, with an abundance of potential for many more seasons/years.
 
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==== Ongoing legislation and regulation ====
 
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Regardless of the number of episodes or the season's length, a common documentary filmmaker's issue is a question of when to conclude documenting and investigating.  Because this proposal is a glimpse into [[Windsor and Essex County culture]], it's not about a singular issue.  That doesn't mean we shouldn't plan around [[#Topical episodes|topical episodes]] or have deadlines.  Whether a Canadian bill has passed or is yet to pass won't much change opinions or insights about it.  More importantly, keeping tabs on what bills are coming up or were recently passed can be an integral focus and critical aspect to consider for scheduling and interviewing - and follow up re-interviewing.
 
  
 
=== Resources ===
 
=== Resources ===
  
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[[Jason Carswell]] can confidently wear many hats (producer, creative director, screenwriter, production manager, storyboarder, editor, animation director, animation supervisor, animator, graphic designer, art director, etc.), alone, but would prefer to lead a small tight capable team, recognizing limitations and inexperience as live-action director, camera operator, sound recorder, sound engineer, interviewer, performance, vanities, music composer, etc.
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[[Jason Carswell]] can confidently wear many hats (producer, creative director, screenwriter, production manager, storyboarder, editor, animation director, animation supervisor, animator, graphic designer, art director, etc.), alone, but would prefer to lead a small tight capable team, recognizing his limitations and inexperience as live-action director, camera operator, sound recorder, sound engineer, interviewer, performer, music composer, with vanities (hair, makeup, wardrobe), etc.
  
 
Resources to verify:
 
Resources to verify:
  
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:☐ TV1 budget covers art department expenses (costuming, props, sets, etc.) - inapplicable to this pitch
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:<strike>☐ TV1 budget covers art department expenses (costuming, props, sets, etc.)</strike> - inapplicable to this pitch
 
:☐ TV1 lends all camera, lighting, audio gear, and backup media
 
:☐ TV1 lends all camera, lighting, audio gear, and backup media
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:☐ TV1 budget covers cast (actors) - inapplicable to this pitch
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:<strike>☐ TV1 budget covers cast (actors)</strike> - inapplicable to this pitch
 
:☐ TV1 budget covers crew (camera men, sound, vanities, etc)
 
:☐ TV1 budget covers crew (camera men, sound, vanities, etc)
 
:☐ TV1 budget covers post-production workstations (editing, animation, backup media, etc)
 
:☐ TV1 budget covers post-production workstations (editing, animation, backup media, etc)
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:☐ compensation sufficient for professional filmmaker and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showrunner showrunner] [[Jason Carswell]]
 
:☐ compensation sufficient for professional filmmaker and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showrunner showrunner] [[Jason Carswell]]
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::☐ for development and pre-production (treatments, screenwriting, production management, producing, etc.)
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::☐ for development and pre-production (treatments, screenwriting, curriculum, production management, producing, etc.)
 
::☐ for production, producing, and creative direction
 
::☐ for production, producing, and creative direction
 
::☐ for post-production (editing, animation, promotion, social media, etc.)
 
::☐ for post-production (editing, animation, promotion, social media, etc.)
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:☐ compensation for lunch and/or craft service for each day of shooting
  
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The only critically urgent demands are for immediate production expenses, a pittance to live on, and transportation - however we must also prepare for a few wild cards that may come up.  Government overreach is a massive problem, and productions like this may face censorship, sabotage, or worse.  Unprecedented medical tyranny, unscientific lockdowns, and intentional economic collapse loom over every endeavour on Earth.  Leviathan corporations like Bell Media are problematically participants of the corporatocracy.  Contrastingly, Bell Media might offer refuge from potential problems.  No matter how eager to be flexible for this opportunity, eroded trust remains hard won in this climate - so as much as offering delayed gratification might have once been a viable negotiation tool, the world has changed too much.  Unlike a capitalist studio with tight budgets, I doubt government-funded Bell Media would care too much about such tactics anyway.  Regardless, a good production is ultimately what really matters.
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The only critically urgent demands are for immediate production expenses, a pittance to live on, and transportation - however we must also prepare for a few wild cards that may come up.
  
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=== Budget ===
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=== Schedule ===
  
 
: '''''[[Evolving.]]'''''
 
: '''''[[Evolving.]]'''''
  
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An accurate, reasonable budget and schedule will require consulting with experienced professionals.
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An accurate, reasonable budget and schedule will require consulting with experienced professionals.  Nonetheless, this is just a foundational catalyst for discussion and development.  These initial guesstimates may be general averages, understanding learning curve and startup pace should improve, and some episodes may be easier than others - unless ambitions and complexities grow with experience.  Naturally, as in animation studios that produce television commercials, one project is starting, another is underway, and one is wrapping up - so I'd expect episode overlapping.  Especially if some stories and circumstances develop across months.
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Some episodes may take much longer than a week and some much less, but this is a start to work from.
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# 5x pre-production
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# 10x shooting (5 cameramen, once a week, to record a day-long session)
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# 10x rough edit
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# 10x tweaked edit
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# 10x post-production
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# 5x finalizing
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:: = 50 "weeks"
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::: plus : animated intro, branding, and graphic design
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10 episodes x 10-20 minutes + 1 year seems plausible to result in 100 to 200 minutes of documentary reality-television, with an abundance of potential for more seasons or spinoffs.
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=== Transparency ===
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showrunner Showrunner], [[Jason Carswell]], is an intensely passionate advocate for '''[[FOEPATCHISM]]''' inclusive ethical social and project management.  ('''F'''air, '''O'''pen, '''E'''thical, '''P'''eaceful, '''A'''ccountable, '''T'''ransparent, '''C'''onsistent, '''H'''onest, '''I'''nclusive, '''S'''ocial, '''M'''anagement)  This includes actively promoting the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source open-source movement], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdsourcing crowd-sourcing], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralization decentralizing all things], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft copyleft activism], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-reliance self-reliance], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainability sustainability], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agorism agorism], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntaryism voluntaryism], etc.  Therefore, it would be hypocritical to not try to develop this series openly and inclusively*, on [[Projex.Wiki]] and/or via other communications.  This would include budgets, planning, schedules, and of course the final product.  Open book policy.
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Inclusively means anyone is not just passively allowed but encouraged to join and openly participate constructively (rather than the woke meaning of racist forced diversity).  Aside from negative activity (which may require clear definitions) we won't discriminate for any reasons, though we may be forced to use closed/private communications.
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Ideally, after the series has met its contractual obligations with [[TV1]], the episodes, raw video utilized, and additional unused recordings might be shared copyright-free, made freely available for sharing, researching, archiving, and for anyone (ie. [[Windsor Media Center]] and Internet students) to edit with as they see fit.  Hopefully folks might be inspired to create [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_edit fan edits], documentaries, feature films, or crowd-source similar supplemental content from beyond Windsor and Essex County for broader contextual understanding of these critical issues.
  
 
== Full disclosure ==
 
== Full disclosure ==
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Latest revision as of 01:20, 8 August 2024

Television series pitches
Television series pitches


Janglers Animation logo.
Janglers Animation & Filmmaking in Windsor, Ontario.
View the "Promo 2024" demo reel video on YouTube or PeerTube.
Jason Carswell worked on all included shots, alone or with a small team in an animation studio.
Self-portrait of Jason Carswell after at least a decade finally with a new haircut at the house he'd been helping renovate, February 13, 2024.
Windsor Media Centre animation classes 2D Animation Crash Course 2023 flyer.
Windsor Media Centre 2D Animation Summer Class 2024 flyer.
Media Arts - Community Centre & Museum logo.
Monday Networking Meeting + Pitch Night with Bell Media's Fibe TV1, 2024-07-15.

A logline (aka elevator pitch) is a one or two line plot summary:

Key Jangling (working title) is a reality-television documentary series that follows the workshop development and production of an original short animated video by autistic adult student Jarrod Osborne (and maybe other videos by more Essex County students) under the developmental supervision and tutelage of professional animator Jason Carswell, glimpsing some pros and cons to filmmaking in Windsor, Ontario, with community support.

First pitch

See also: Television series pitches and The Rendezvous, television series pitch.

In the face-to-face with John Buffone, he seemed eager to see outlines for two of my many ideas - thus, here it begins.

We didn't discuss it much , but it seems like it might be practical and possible to produce the Key Jangling, while continuing to develop the much more ambitious The Rendezvous project in the background. Experience may be learned and earned, and hopefully we can prove that a Windsor production team is capable of a larger production.

Pitched

Title

The name "Key Jangling" holds several layers of meaning. This name may change as this reality-television project takes shape.

  • Keys or key-frames are a fundamental part of animation production.
  • Showrunner and featured animation teacher, Jason Carswell, is starting up a Windsor-based animation company, Janglers Animation.
    Janglers Animation & Filmmaking, Windsor, Ontario
    http://Janglers.ca
    Jason Carswell
    Jason@Projex.Wiki
    519.903.0560
  • " A key jangler or key jangling refers to anything that attempts to entertain the audience with the same (for example) jokes, one-liners, pranks, skits, (etc.) or anything similar which expects the audience to burst into laughter. Key jangling goes back to how a parent would jangle their keys in front of their baby to make them laugh or to distract them, which often works however, eventually becomes stale and unfunny over time as the baby would simply get tired and annoyed of the same material. " ~ Urban Dictionary
  • Among over 27 definitions on Wiktionary, here are a few:
    • An object designed to open and close a lock.
    • An object designed to fit between two other objects in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
    • A crucial step or requirement.
    • A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
    • (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
    • (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
    • (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
    • (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
    • (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
    • (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
    • (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow (CMYK).
    • (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.

Episode rundown

Here is a loose proposed episode rundown and format that, not necessarily in this order, among other things, may include:

  1. opening hook, dramatic clip or outstanding concept from within
  2. short animated credits (by animator Jason Carswell)
  3. quick summary (or episode 1 introductions and brief background stories)
  4. episodic themes may focus on filmmaking or animation fundamental principles that may include:
    1. pre-production - conceptualization
      • seed ideas, goals, outline, script, staging, storyboards, composition & cinematography
      • short animated video options: fictional movie trailer, music video, short skit/story in a genre (action, comedy, drama, sci-fi, etc.)
    2. pre-production - production design
      • character design, layout, limitations & stylizations
    3. animation technique - basics & planning
      • thumbnails & breakdowns, physics & timing, squash & stretch, arcs & easing
    4. animation technique - keys
      • clarity, silhouettes, acting & pantomime, reference material
    5. animation technique - dynamic flow
      • thumbnails (again), primary & secondary action, successive breaking joints
    6. animation technique - contrast
      • squash & stretch (again), lines of action & reversals, opposing action, counter pose
    7. animation technique - dynamic flow contrast
      • anticipation + overshoot + settle, overlap & follow through
    8. animation technique - acting contrast
      • anticipation + overshoot + settle (again), accents, exaggeration
    9. production - technology usage (paper, tablet, applications, etc.)
    10. post-production - capturing & compositing
    11. post-production - editing & post production & rendering
    12. production - promotion & income
    13. exhibition - final results
  5. challenges and issues faced in each episode
  6. explanatory mini-documentaries for context (maybe use clips, interviews, etc., perhaps with permission)
  7. solutions and trade-offs for each episode
  8. "what we learned" for each episode
  9. motivational conclusion (ie. heartwarming scene, quote, rant, etc.)
  10. closing animated credits
  11. sponsors, if applicable
  12. Easter egg ending

Series production

Budget

Evolving.

An accurate, reasonable budget and schedule will require consulting with experienced professionals.

First timer

These initial concepts will be revised and evolve. Despite the lack of series production experience, with robust professional experience in animation, live-action art direction, and event production, a first effort presented here begins the organizing, development, and production process.

Format

This reality-television documentary series should focus on the development, production, and relationships captured in limited specific scenarios, mostly in teaching and studio-like situations, recorded with stationary and hand-held cameras.

Locations

It would be nice to be hosted at and collaborate with and promote local Windsor institutions such as the Windsor Media Centre, The Optimists' Club of South Windsor (see also: Optimists' Photography Workshop 2024), etc.

Final location(s) will be found and settled on during pre-production.

Resources

Jason Carswell can confidently wear many hats (producer, creative director, screenwriter, production manager, storyboarder, editor, animation director, animation supervisor, animator, graphic designer, art director, etc.), alone, but would prefer to lead a small tight capable team, recognizing his limitations and inexperience as live-action director, camera operator, sound recorder, sound engineer, interviewer, performer, music composer, with vanities (hair, makeup, wardrobe), etc.

Resources to verify:

☐ TV1 budget covers art department expenses (costuming, props, sets, etc.) - inapplicable to this pitch
☐ TV1 lends all camera, lighting, audio gear, and backup media
☐ TV1 budget covers cast (actors) - inapplicable to this pitch
☐ TV1 budget covers crew (camera men, sound, vanities, etc)
☐ TV1 budget covers post-production workstations (editing, animation, backup media, etc)
☐ TV1 budget covers editors, music, sound engineering, post-production
☐ TV1 budget covers promotional website?, design?, social media?

Resources to request:

☐ compensation sufficient for professional filmmaker and showrunner Jason Carswell
☐ for development and pre-production (treatments, screenwriting, curriculum, production management, producing, etc.)
☐ for production, producing, and creative direction
☐ for post-production (editing, animation, promotion, social media, etc.)
☐ compensation for lunch and/or craft service for each day of shooting

The only critically urgent demands are for immediate production expenses, a pittance to live on, and transportation - however we must also prepare for a few wild cards that may come up.

Schedule

Evolving.

An accurate, reasonable budget and schedule will require consulting with experienced professionals. Nonetheless, this is just a foundational catalyst for discussion and development. These initial guesstimates may be general averages, understanding learning curve and startup pace should improve, and some episodes may be easier than others - unless ambitions and complexities grow with experience. Naturally, as in animation studios that produce television commercials, one project is starting, another is underway, and one is wrapping up - so I'd expect episode overlapping. Especially if some stories and circumstances develop across months.

Some episodes may take much longer than a week and some much less, but this is a start to work from.

  1. 5x pre-production
  2. 10x shooting (5 cameramen, once a week, to record a day-long session)
  3. 10x rough edit
  4. 10x tweaked edit
  5. 10x post-production
  6. 5x finalizing
= 50 "weeks"
plus : animated intro, branding, and graphic design

10 episodes x 10-20 minutes + 1 year seems plausible to result in 100 to 200 minutes of documentary reality-television, with an abundance of potential for more seasons or spinoffs.

Transparency

Showrunner, Jason Carswell, is an intensely passionate advocate for FOEPATCHISM inclusive ethical social and project management. (Fair, Open, Ethical, Peaceful, Accountable, Transparent, Consistent, Honest, Inclusive, Social, Management) This includes actively promoting the open-source movement, crowd-sourcing, decentralizing all things, copyleft activism, self-reliance, sustainability, agorism, voluntaryism, etc. Therefore, it would be hypocritical to not try to develop this series openly and inclusively*, on Projex.Wiki and/or via other communications. This would include budgets, planning, schedules, and of course the final product. Open book policy.

* Inclusively means anyone is not just passively allowed but encouraged to join and openly participate constructively (rather than the woke meaning of racist forced diversity). Aside from negative activity (which may require clear definitions) we won't discriminate for any reasons, though we may be forced to use closed/private communications.

Ideally, after the series has met its contractual obligations with TV1, the episodes, raw video utilized, and additional unused recordings might be shared copyright-free, made freely available for sharing, researching, archiving, and for anyone (ie. Windsor Media Center and Internet students) to edit with as they see fit. Hopefully folks might be inspired to create fan edits, documentaries, feature films, or crowd-source similar supplemental content from beyond Windsor and Essex County for broader contextual understanding of these critical issues.

Full disclosure

This page and these projects may seem overly obvious, self explanatory, excessively linked, etc. Not only are these pages for TV1 producers, but they're illustrative of projects that anyone may create on Projex.Wiki, and might develop into suitable teaching tools for the Windsor Media Center and beyond.


See also

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