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Channel: @SirWade
Today Animation Mentor Alumni & Sony Pictures Animation Artists share what their most important lessons from school and their jobs are, and how you can get started in animation!
It's been a few months since we recorded this, and some of these animators are now over at Pixar, showing that their comments on people jumping to different studios is super common- so play nice and work hard!
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0:00 - Intro
0:35 - Presentations
1:20 - What did you do after finishing Animation Mentor classes, how did you get into the industry after school ?
5:07 - Looking back at Animation Mentor from your past/current job, what are the most useful things you learned thanks to AM
11:52 - What are the things you learned from your jobs that you couldn't have learn from anywhere else ?
19:39 - What are you favourites shots you have been working on ?
24:03 - Is the animation industry good about hiring females and/or minorities ? Are studios putting efforts to put diversity into their workforce ?
28:16 - What was your experience as international students/animators ? Was it in issue in your career ?
32:15 - Should I wait for my job to be fully ready to show it to someone ?
33:07 - Any tips for people who are not quite ready to aply/finishing school
38:10 - Any tips for complete beginners, or people who can't afford a school ?
41:14 - Any thoughts that help you ?
46:52 - Should you incorporate all feedbacks in your shot ?
49:39 - Is the animation industry really that small ?
52:32 - Was Animation Mentor worth what you put into it ?
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In three years, I went from having absolutely no experience in 3D Animation to working at DreamWorks Animation Studios teaching just about all of the 3D software used to make movies! After 2 years there, I left to try freelance / independent content creation on YouTube for awhile, before I head back to Feature Film!
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