What an Episode Actually Costs: Inside a Malaysian Animation Studio

Welcome back to Twelve Frames a Second. I am Nurul Izzah Rahimi. Last week we learned why a held drawing can be more beautiful than movement. This week we talk about the thing nobody puts in the behind-the-scenes featurette. Money and time. I am joined by a production manager from a studio in Cyberjaya who has agreed to walk us through the actual schedule and budget of a 22 minute children's episode, from the day a script lands to the day it goes to the broadcaster. We will talk about how many animators touch one episode, why backgrounds get reused before anything else, and what really happens in the last two weeks when the deadline is fixed and the shots are not. Then I answer your questions. You are listening on Witspeak Podcasts.