Independent or Cheap? Where's the Story?

A discussion about the journey from the big budget feature animated films of the early 2000's to the present day landscape where the schedules are tighter, the cost of production down, efficiency through technology improving and the marketplace changing... There's more opportunity to tell stories than ever, and it's happening all over the world... When it comes to the future of animation, what's more important: Quality or Quantity? Are we lucky or lumped?