Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation, 2nd Edition

chapter 14

getting the job – the business of animation

chaptersummary

•   know where you stand •   different work, different studios •   commercials •   series •   TV specials and features •   applying for jobs •   your showreel •   starting out as a runner •   festivals •   sending proposals to commissioning editors

My first experiments in animation were in my first year of art school. It was an assigned project, and after my first test shots, I knew this was for me. It seemed to be the perfect mix of art: sculpture, painting, lighting, performance and music. From then on I had a fairly clear path to follow. After two years in art school I moved to California to go to film school. I never had any training in character animation. I just ...