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How Cartoons Are Made (2014)

| Animation, Short | 10 February 2014 (USA)
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A behind the scenes look at how animations are created -- it's not a pretty picture. We're introduced to an overworked animator, the producer hires a typewriter-pounding screenwriter, and pitches story ideas to unimpressed clients.

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A behind the scenes look at how animations are created -- it's not a pretty picture. We're introduced to an overworked animator, the producer hires a typewriter-pounding screenwriter, and pitches story ideas to unimpressed clients.

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