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It is one thing to be at home watching the latest figures model film or playing the newest version of a video game or surfing the net to find a You Tube flick. It is a completely different thing to get the chance to go to an animation festival or market. Usually when you go to such a venue you will see what the rest of the world will see sometimes as much as two years in advance and usually on a big screen in a big theatre, using the most up to date viewing technology. I call it the "WOW" experience.

The Opportunity to See What Others Are Doing: Since animation takes so long to produce, the technology and the marketing machines are kicked into gear several years in advance. If you want to produce animation as a serious venture rather than a hobby, it really is to your advantage to go to film festivals, television markets and computer/software trade shows. You need to know who is creating and who is buying. You also need to know if a film with the same themes as yours is about to be released two months down the road. Lots of times many creative minds have the same theme of topic or style. You could end up being in line at the lunch counter with a famous animator, voice-over actor, producer or distributor. Remember also to be on your best behavior during these opportunities as the wrong click on a cell phone anime stuff could put you on some social internet "oops" list.

Catalogue Listings: If you have a film that has been accepted into a competition, it will be listed in the festival catalogue complete with a description of you, the film, its length any other information and photo. In the grand scheme of things it is really good to be accepted into competition even if you do not win. Why? At a film festival there are often over a thousand entries in sometimes over fifty categories. If your film made the cut into the top one hundred films, you are already in great company and the festival is going to help you show your film under the best possible circumstances. The other advantage is that the catalogues are in the hands of producers and distributors who will go over the information in more detail (including your information) after the Anime PVC festival is over.