Animation Career Pro

Production Schedules and Budgets

Chris — Mon, 31 May 2010 20:52:55 +0000

The animation industry is extremely competitive. An insurmountable amount of work goes into formulating schedules and budgets, negotiations with clients, setting up a pipeline, equipment, crewing up departments (finding the talent), … and finally getting a project green lit.

By the time you get to the point where your running/opening your own animation studio, you’ve probably [...]

Animation Job FollowUp

Chris — Wed, 05 May 2010 02:28:55 +0000

Following up to an interview is an important part of looking for work in any industry, I can show you how to make it especially effective when applying to work in a production environment.

I suggest making the interview follow up a strategic part of your job search. In my experience following up proved to be [...]

Animator Interviews

Chris — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:36:52 +0000

Animation job interviews are the deal maker or breaker. In most studios it’s decided at the interview weather you will be working there or not.

As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, your work (shown on your demo reel) will speak volumes, but they will also be paying much attention to your personality and attitude.

Attitude It’s most likely [...]

Marketing Yourself As An Animator

Chris — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:21:05 +0000

Most animators work on contract, usually employed for 3 – 12 months at a time. As with most contract work, one of the biggest challenges is to always have work.

Ideally you want to jump from one contract to the next without much down time in between (unless of course you can afford a break).

Aside [...]

Pounding The Post Office

Chris — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:52:47 +0000

There’s a number of ways to look for work as an animator. Using the mail is a great way – that’s right snail mail…but it still is a very effective way to send out your material for studios to review. It’s how I got my first job.

It’s effective because your sending out hard copies as [...]

Animator Resume

Chris — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:28:58 +0000

As I’ve mentioned before, when you’re looking for work as a character animator your demo reel (or show reel) is most important. But you still need to have a resume to show – you are applying for a job after all.

From my own experience (while being interviewed), the interviewer will usually look at the resume [...]

Animator Art Portfolio

Chris — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:21:40 +0000

If your applying for a character animator position you should think about submitting an art portfolio with your application. But it’s not always necessary or even appropriate to send in an art portfolio these days…I’ll explain…

An Art portfolio is a collection of your art work. You can use it to display your drawing skills, [...]

Animator Demo Reel

Chris — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:39:24 +0000

Your animation demo reel, or “show reel” is a video which displays your best animation work. If your looking for work as an animator (especially a character animator), It is without a doubt the most important piece of material you’ll use to get a job. Even more important than your resume and cover letter.

Do Not’s I’ve [...]