In their fight to dominate our attention, the networks, major studios, and streamers have used money as a weapon. 

However, now, they are running out of ammo.

With so much (too much?) content available, having a pair of eyes and ears doesn't make consuming the stuff 4X faster and easier.

The networks a...

This week, I was asked to bid on a $20 Million and a $2 million animated film. Bidding two projects with very different budgets opened my understanding of what a bigger budget can afford and how a smaller budget project must adapt to be successful. What I realized surprised me.

The "big" budget: Hi...

This was the year 2010.

After a decade as an artist, I switched to a management position. As a project manager, I realized that we often had production issues due to misunderstandings with the client. 

Either they had changed their mind, or we had misinterpreted the work to be done.

“T...