Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-7503158-20160101000609

I originally made this thread for Great Ochoa on BTP, but I thought I might as well put it here for people who don't understand how media companies work. Note: I never been to an actual media company like CN, this is all just some basic research I did on the internet. Feel free to correct me on anything.

Man of Action: They have confirmed that they have a lot of control over the reboot, writing, editing, storyboarding. SO STOP SAYING THEY HAVE NO CONTROL!

Art Designers:  First they will have a conversation about what type of style does the show have (i.e will their heads be big? dotted eyes? noodle arms?) once that is done they will discuss the characters, usually with personality and what they do, they then draw multiple drafts about what will they look like, along with some poses for references, they choose the best one and color it. They have to follow some instructions though, but none that will ruin their artistic freedom, (i.e don't sexualise them, no guns or blood, etc) the basic stuff for a kids' show.

Background Designers: They'll get instructions from the writers about what backgrounds and angles they would need, like scrolling backgrounds, static backgrounds, big backgrounds for the purpose of zoom, etc.

Color Artists: They color the drafts, usually with some idea from the original artist.

Writers: They write stories, and later gets editted. Not really sure what else they do.

Voice Actors: Follow scripts, they can improvise and usually have to follow the voice director on how the character sounds like, or how they express the lines.

Animators: They draw again and again, 'nuff said.

What Do CN Control?: Usually, an animation studio will review the ideas and pilot and see how marketable it is, for instance Butch Hartman pitched an idea for a superhero show about Rats and Nickelodean was like "We like it! But we want it to be a comedy like Fairly Odd Parents". They'll also give rules like "No more than 5 voice actors per episode" like Teen Titans, due to the budget being extremely high for the animation and designs, they had to cut down to about 6 voice actors per episode.

They review episodes to see are they appropriate to be aired and would give suggestions and tell what needs to be edited, though the crew can get away with some sneaky content. Like in Ben 10 Andreas' blood is recolored black to represent oil, or how they allowed the lesbian relationship of Ruby and Sapphire to be aired due to Gems being genderless, which is really just a sneaky excuse.

Cartoon Network are also responsible for time slots and when does episodes or reruns air, so it is CN's fault that the final arc of Omniverse was burnt off at 6.00 AM in the morning, or why Teen Titans air like everyday. They are also responsible for advertising and marketing, like the awful advertising image of OV Ben, you know the one I am talking about. CN teams up with Bandai and game developers for marketing, that's how we got our toys and games!

But CN has a budget to keep, so if Ben 10 or other shows don't make money, either by toys or games, or if the show is not popular enough in rankings, it will get cancelled or burnt off. Ben 10 and other action shows on CN are the most expensive shows they make, that explains why there are so many episodes of Adventure Time, due to its small budget for the animation and its popularity.

What CN Can't Do: Cartoon Network has no right to tell what art style is like or how the episodes are written, so long as they are not innapropriate, we had a lot of dark series and episodes on CN before, so it is obvious that they don't control that.

Also, nobody on the crew or CN are allowed to spoil anything, it is called a Non-Disclosure Agreement or NDA, they also can't read fan fictions or take ideas the fans suggest them. This basic structure applies to almost all entertainment media including Nintendo, Disney and DC.

So hopefully, people here will stop blaming the crew for CN's problems (airing times, marketing, etc) and CN for the crews' problems (character deisgns, music, writing).

Discuss below and no arguing! 