Comments on: Ronnie Del Carmen : The Pinoy Pixar Story Artist Speaks! http://joelchua.com/blog/2006/08/19/ronnie-del-carmen-the-pinoy-pixar-story-artist-speaks/ Production & Inspiration Blog of a Freelance Illustrative Designer in the Philippines Thu, 27 May 2010 14:12:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: NonoyMarcelo http://joelchua.com/blog/2006/08/19/ronnie-del-carmen-the-pinoy-pixar-story-artist-speaks/comment-page-1/#comment-5991 NonoyMarcelo Mon, 10 May 2010 05:07:56 +0000 http://joelchua.com/blog/?p=218#comment-5991 “As a source of animation, the Philippines is one of the animated world’s mainstays. We have to take advantage of the opportunity presented to us now. We’re good at making things for other people, but we’re also making stories for ourselves, and about ourselves.” -Ronnie Del Carmen http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20071214-106952/Ronnie_del_Carmen_has_high_hopes_for_local_animators i hope he's right.. “As a source of animation, the Philippines is one of the animated world’s mainstays. We have to take advantage of the opportunity presented to us now. We’re good at making things for other people, but we’re also making stories for ourselves, and about ourselves.”

-Ronnie Del Carmen

http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20071214-106952/Ronnie_del_Carmen_has_high_hopes_for_local_animators

i hope he’s right..

]]> By: NonoyMarcelo http://joelchua.com/blog/2006/08/19/ronnie-del-carmen-the-pinoy-pixar-story-artist-speaks/comment-page-1/#comment-5990 NonoyMarcelo Mon, 10 May 2010 04:57:55 +0000 http://joelchua.com/blog/?p=218#comment-5990 there were many such great artists in our country..and in my opinion Dayo and Urduja would've been our "genesis" in modern Philippine animation..i rooted and was proud of Dayo and Urduja..i was expecting it to be mentioned at www.cartoonbrew.com a leading animation blog on the net. On a positive note, these two animated films are to be commended but for us to be able get enough funding or enormous help from anyone..Philippine animation has yet to prove itself and not just a creative force that thrives on rehashed stories..even if we could afford or surpass Pixar or any topnotch animation studio in the world in terms of technology..and be nominated..but in the end what matters is the depth of the story..how real it is how people can relate to it..so unless we quit recycling stories then i guess Filipinos like Ronnie Del Carmen or Alex Niño will still be working for other animation studios. there were many such great artists in our country..and in my opinion Dayo and Urduja would’ve been our “genesis” in modern Philippine animation..i rooted and was proud of Dayo and Urduja..i was expecting it to be mentioned at http://www.cartoonbrew.com a leading animation blog on the net. On a positive note, these two animated films are to be commended but for us to be able get enough funding or enormous help from anyone..Philippine animation has yet to prove itself and not just a creative force that thrives on rehashed stories..even if we could afford or surpass Pixar or any topnotch animation studio in the world in terms of technology..and be nominated..but in the end what matters is the depth of the story..how real it is how people can relate to it..so unless we quit recycling stories then i guess Filipinos like Ronnie Del Carmen or Alex Niño will still be working for other animation studios.

]]> By: NonoyMarcelo http://joelchua.com/blog/2006/08/19/ronnie-del-carmen-the-pinoy-pixar-story-artist-speaks/comment-page-1/#comment-5989 NonoyMarcelo Mon, 10 May 2010 04:46:20 +0000 http://joelchua.com/blog/?p=218#comment-5989 "Story, story, story. Nothing gets done without it, no one gets excited about anything until the story work gets done." no offense but i wonder if the creators of Dayo attended ronnie's talk...in my opinion what the movie was REALLY aiming for were just two things..advertising and a show-off of technology (2d and 3d)...it had a very flimsy storyline..without any real story behind it..the story was okay but if we really want to have a "pixar" kind of stories then i think we should delve deep into the story..for example UP was just composed of several characters and an old man for a main character..but what made it top notch was the impact of the story..pixar never in the first place boasted on its technology...a pixar movie is always story driven and not art nor technology driven..and what i saw in Dayo was just another 1 hour plus animated commercial...ronnie was right..story story story. “Story, story, story. Nothing gets done without it, no one gets excited about anything until the story work gets done.”

no offense but i wonder if the creators of Dayo attended ronnie’s talk…in my opinion what the movie was REALLY aiming for were just two things..advertising and a show-off of technology (2d and 3d)…it had a very flimsy storyline..without any real story behind it..the story was okay but if we really want to have a “pixar” kind of stories then i think we should delve deep into the story..for example UP was just composed of several characters and an old man for a main character..but what made it top notch was the impact of the story..pixar never in the first place boasted on its technology…a pixar movie is always story driven and not art nor technology driven..and what i saw in Dayo was just another 1 hour plus animated commercial…ronnie was right..story story story.

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