I am a recent graduate of AnimationMentor.com, currently studying at University Wests program in 3D. Animation, music, film and design are my biggest interests and what I'll probably tumblr about.
I’m just gonna quote a caps locked David Lynch for this one.
“I LOVE AU REVOIR SIMONE ….. THESE GIRLS HAVE WHAT IT TAKES ….. MUSIC JUST FLOWS OUT OF THEM SO NATURALLY - AND IT’S GREAT MUSIC …… THIS VIDEO FOR “SHADOWS” - FROM THEIR NEW ALBUM “STILL NIGHT, STILL LIGHT” IS MIGHTY - THE COLOR AND THE LIGHT ARE STELLAR - THE MOVES AND LOOKS - MINIMAL - CLEAN - MODERN AND SOLID ….. IT ALL COMES ALONG SO WELL SUPPORTING THE GIRLS AND THEIR MUSIC ….. ANNIE, ERIKA AND HEATHER HAVE GOT THEIR ACT TOGETHER - THEY’RE BIG - BUT THEY’RE GONNA BE BIGGER - THEY’RE GONNA BE REAL BIG”
- DAVID LYNCH
Being a student you have certain privileges. You can ask for stuff, you are learning, and people, companies are willing to open up, and share their knowledge. This occurred to me to lately in my education, but I’ve been using this quite a lot this spring. About a month ago I along with some students from school went over to London for a visit at MPC, The Mill, Dneg and Cinesite. Apparently you can just drop them an email, tell them a little about who you are and where your from, and they are happy to have you over. I am not certain where I would wanna go with my animation career just yet, if I’ll ever be, or just figuring it out as I go? The visit certainly gave a better perspective of their studio, then what you might have seen on some bonus feature on a DVD. They told us all about, how they are hiring, what contracts they have, what to expect just graduating. They showed us reel of people coming from school and going straight into production, and what to think of when putting together your reel.
About a week ago I payed a visit to Bobby, a production company in Gothenburg. It was really cool to see their whereabouts, and talk to their artists. I was going there just for a chat, but left, not with a job but with a promise of an email if something comes up type of deal.
For about 10 weeks now I’ve been writing my final paper. The paper is about animators decision-making when animating realistically with references as a foundation. To go about examining this we interviewed animators who have been in the business for quite sometime. The response from animators have been really great, the animation community is just fantastic. Everyone have super busy schedules, baby’s on the way etc. But still they take time for a couple of students from Sweden asking for an interview. Its really hotshot animators we have been interviewing as well.
Anyway, some sort of conclusion for this rant? If you don’t ask you’ll never find out, people are really friendly, and are generally excited about you approaching them? How about that?
This is kinda what you need to hear, if going up for exam in animation in two weeks. Commencment speech by Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods, Coraline, sandman, for university of the arts.
Gotta love loop stations, first 30 seconds you’re wondering what is going on, by the end you’re absolutely blown away by all the arrangements being made.
