Tutorial with Lyndsey

my working title; how can you produce an animated cartoon series?
My type of report; industry report

-background ( the history of animated series, how it became, English, American and japan Cartoons.) 

- research question; how can you produce an animated cartoon series in the modern era.
I need to re write the question. I need to focus On smaller areas instead of having such a wide coverage of different cultures of animation. For this reasoning I will only be focusing on American and English cartoons. 

- overall aims; to look at different routes into distributing an animated cartoon, through companies/self distributing, look at the process from pre-production, production, pitching/ getting  funding, creating an successful series, target audience.  Overall looking at the reality of myself being able to create and successfully produce an animated series after graduating. I need to slim line my areas of research so I’m just going to focus on production and pitching/funding. 
Research methods;
- books on how to do, history of cartoons ect, books on previous cartoons
- online interviews by animation producers of current and finished cartoons
- case studies into old cartoon series
- talk to self publishing animators and ask to interview them
- research into companies, potential all courses and internships
- research into publishing companies such as amazon prime and Netflix and YouTube.

- table of contexts

Chapter one;
methods of preproduction of a cartoon animated series (2d focoused)
- finding a team, pilots , story boarding ect.

Chapter two;
How to get funding
-pitching, crowd funding, raising money, sponsors, doing work in own time whilst working ect

Chapter three;  how to distribute
-Netflix, amazon prime.. as options
- going through companies Such as Disney, Nickelodeon, cartoon next work, bbc
- self publishing on YouTube and other social media
Tv/onlinfe platforms/social media/
Chapter four;
Prodocuing the series
- time, money
-  technology
- methods
Chapter 5;
How to make a successful cartoon 
- making fan base, making it economical, making money back
Chapter six; possible routes for a newly graduate/ plan
Once again, I need to slim line my research. I have decided to focus researching on the production, fundings and distribution. Including, I can only have three chapters. 


Potential outcomes;
-help  students, and creatives  wanting to produce their own animated series
- help me with a plan to produce my animated series and if it’s realistic.
- look at different roles and challenges involved
- look at theories of current and old animations, evaluate  the importance of cartoons in the modern era and their success
- look at the hopes for independent animators
 
 Timeline;

- research /books on context and history of tv animated series, web series
- look into already produced animated series
- research into successful animation process old and current
- research into cartoon current trends and technologies
-interview independent producers
- research into courses, internships, ma, jobs ladder
- Look at case studies of successful and unsuccessful cartoons 
- Research into the process 

Things I need to do next;
- write a list of potential people I would like to contact and interview 
- start up my Harvard bibliography 
-write up the finalised version of my research proposal