Industry

- Andrew Gordon - 14/10/20

Companies - Pixar (Worked with Warner Bros at the start, then Pixar and Illuminations Minions 2)

Characters animated : - Monsters Inc - Mike Wazowski

- Toy Story 2 - Allen and Prospector

- Finding Nemo - Gill

- Incredibles - Edna Mode

- Ratatouille - Linguini

- Studios - Feedback - Dailies -

- Show work - Candid feedback from Art Director

- Listen carefully and take notes to improve on ad not make the same mistakes again

- Ask questions on how to improve and make those changes based on the feedback given. - shows your are listening and taken the feedback seriously - professional approach to the situation

- What is the feedback saying ? Think of solutions - problem solving

- " Spirit of the note "

- Story structure -

1- Exposition

2 - Inciting audience - something happens character has to do something now.

3- Character goes through situation - character changes / adapts - sees world in new light from start

4- Obstacles - depending on choices made

5- Progressive complications

6- Crisis / Climax - trust characters / let go / shows changes

- Q&A- Showreels - Mentor - Industry -

Industies views of showreel and what is needed for the animation industry.

- Animation mentor

- Story telling

- Art , Literature , Film making

- Learn multiple things it will be beneficial in the late future

- Connect to industry - Indeed

- Joint forums and conferences

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Tips:

- You will have to be able to adapt to changes in productions as usually towards the end of production the plot , characters or even Directors would change.

- In Pixar multiple people will work on the same character during a scene, whoever creates the most suitable animation through the ideals of the Director scene will be chosen for screen.

- " Risk is good, take a chance "

- " Story is key"

- Look at images and try to find the hidden message through facial expressions, posing, arrangement of setting or people and lighting. What is the story ?

- Work flow for preparing for animation -

- Story

- Appeal

- Research

- Collab

- Is it believable ?

- Iterations - How many time do you make changes - why?

- Character - situation / tale / journey / going through changes

- Premise - theme - message

- Good plot

- Intrigues the audience - make them want to know more

- Good imagery - emotions - colours

- Set up

- Controlling idea -

- Logline

- Character - What do they overcome?

- Hint of the world

- Conflict

- Whose the main character? -

- What happened? Where?

- Personality

- Prologue - Colours - One specific colour appears with one character

- Emotions - audience can relate to character - memories - regret - moment

- Office -

- Cosy - comfortable to work in

- Figures - inspiration

-Storyboard on display - post it notes - colour

- Creative - make it your own

- " The fun should be coming out of the screen"

- Tom Box - 24/11/20

Company - Bluezoo

- Andrew Gordon - Tom Box - Piers Clifton -

- 20 ways to present and interviews -

- Comfort zone - Say yes even when you're scared - gives you experience and helps you cope with the fear

- Practice - Rehearse multiple times, record yourself to see how you are doing and to see if you go over the time limit or have alot more space to add more.

- Create notes to read off and then try without

- Film yourself

- Make it into a story - narrative

- Research to be prepared and think of questions to ask

- Make it personal and interesting for the viewer / listener

- Don't use too much text, use as much imagery as possible

- Interactive with viewer/ listener

- Relevant and relatable

- Critique own work professionally and think of the next steps

- Research companies and put your work online

- Quality over quantity

- Connecting to client - " I've sent you my work in the summer, I've now done this ... (showreel)

- Q&A- Why don't you hire applicants? -

- Showreel not relevant for job title and requirements

- Research the basics and quality the company is looking for in the work

- Show you're passionate by doing more such as competitions on working on a live client brief

- Showreels and CV's are both important during an interview and application - cover letters, collaborations, work experience

- Customise showreel - 30 seconds, name , title , subheading , date

- Storyboard - shots - sequences

- Piers Clifton - Part 1 13/1/21

Producer, Animation writer , Director , Script development

VFX or Art Department : Prince of Persia , Clash of the Titans , Captain America and Dark Shadows

- Tips -

- IMDB - Internet Movie Data Base ( upload yourself - credit your work)

- Keep script short and sweet

- Pitching - be passionate , don't make it too long - include the audience

- Squash and stretch

- "Cultural test " - think about the tax in the country you are working in, so it's cheaper

- Workflow - showreel

- Sketch, storyboard, concept, animatic, finalised, final , reference - same time as animation

- Text at the bottom of page - showreel

- Establishing shots , animatic , environment , finalised

- Try multiple camera angles for a shot

- Project tracking - Shotgun - site

- Think about how big the project is and how much the budget is

- Dailies and weeklies to get feedback from Directors

- Teasers and showcase -

- Shot numbered : ...._v01

- Showcase - Personality - environment - situation

- Script writing - final_draft_v01

- Short synopsis - loglines ( description of what film is about - 25 words / 2 sentences )- beetsheet ( story / event / emotional / decisions / character arcs , story , message , plots)