Alternative Skills to Explore
COMPOSITOR:
The role of compositing visuals into one composition requires the skills used in Adobe After Effects which I have the basic knowledge of. Visual effects and compositing these elements is another way to utilize the skills that I've gathered from learning these software skills.
MOTION GRAPHICS / AFTER EFFECTS ARTIST:
Looking at available creative work through the SquintOpera website, this specific role fell into the interests and skills I have been developing through After Effects. This role could potentially make use of my Animating, Compositing and Timing skills that I have to offer through computer design and my ability to collate work and turn it into an animation.
ANIMATOR (HAND DRAWN 2D ANIMATION:
Very much a skill that requires patience and precition when it comes to addressing the animation at hand. Like stop motion it has the animator's pysical interaction that is similar to the discipline I'm used to.
LAYOUT ARTIST (2D HAND DRAWN:
After drawing detailed concept art for my major project, I realised the potential scope for this to be taken into certain use for the animation itself if it were to be required.
STORYBOARD ARTIST (ANIMATOR):
Much of my coursework has developed visually through my preproduction concept art and storyboarding when designing a sequence. Storyboarding is imagining the sequence before the aniamtics and so essentially the imagining and designing of a sequence is something I feel can be inspiring for myself.
INTERNSHIP - a possibility for gaining contacts and in house experience of a professional large company such as Pixar. Vaccancies available for Animators - looking for people who sympathise and relate to characters they wish to make loveable.
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London Animation Club
Mackinnon and Saunders
Laika