ABSTRACT
If the producer-director does not find the time to put his team at ease, the animator has to care for himself, has to find individual means to get himself in the right mood. All animators should be given the chance to leave their cubicle and temporarily breathe fresh air. The producer should give the animator a chance to relax: ping-pong, refreshments, open a balcony so that they can take time out, look at the sky and widen their horizon before they return to work. Big companies like Google do this. Animation companies, too, depend on the creativity of their artists. Producers should respect their employees. Socially, this is particularly difficult in some Asian countries where they still have sort of a caste system, with producers at the top and artists working like slaves and drawing little wages. An artist is no graphic program. An artist is a highly sensitive individual whose feelings are easily hurt.
