I'm thinking along your lines, Gary. Here's a few of my ideas to throw
into the brain storm:

* The first thing that came to my mind when this idea was brought up was
the graphics demos of a few years back (alah "Future Crew" -
http://www.hornet.org/info/fc/)
* Would 20 frames/sec be suitable?
* Each contributor would send in the source code + mpeg (+ images?) to
the central location so that the editor(s) can best "merge" each clip.
* A common theme between at least a few clips would make it easier for
the editors.
* I had an idea for a project of my own which involved flying around a
mountain, then diving into it - which would view black for a second -
then the next thing the viewer sees is a "door" opening - only when they
step out, they realise that they just came out of a coffin/sarcophagus
that is buried in an ancient tomb in the mountain. The next minute or so
would be going through tunnels Indiana Jones style. I could go on...

Hope this helps.


Gary Shannon wrote:

> Just some brainstorming...
>
> Realistic human characters are hard to get right.  That leaves toys,
> puppets, cartoon-style (maybe 2d from 3d methods), robots,... any
> others?
> (Pinoccio? Howdy Doody? Communist Robot Monsters from Outer Space?
> Something along the lines of the old Reboot TV show?)
>
> As for each animator doing a seperate piece and editing them all
> together,
> what if they all had a common theme?  Maybe something like the
> Twilight
> Zone movie, or modern interpretations of Fairy tales (South Park meets
>
> Mother Goose...)

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