Animation Jobs?

Anyone hear of any animation jobs out there for after college opportunities?

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im prolly gonna keep my NASA job, but foundation imaging, square pictures… you need a good grounding in cinimatography first thogh.

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ugh, my spelling is horrible!
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I’m working on it, big buddy B^P. But you need a kickin demo reel to get the goods. Like this guy and his ā€œAlien Songā€. From what I hear from a lot of my friends graduating the Art Institute, they havent had much luck, but then again, looking at some of thier demo reels…

Oh, and for those who dont know, a Demo Reel is a 1-5 minute clip of animation work you do that you compile and send in to an animation company with your resume when you are looking for a job there. Depending on what you want to do - SFX, Character Animation, Modelling, Texturing, Lighting, Backgrounds - that’s the majority of what you should have on your reel. And you also want it to be something you’ve really worked on, tweaked, and perfected. Nothing screams ā€œDONT HIRE MEā€ than sending someone a half done demo reel that is waaay too long.

It has to have a professional, finished look to it. And it should be something that stands out from the crowd, is memorable, and sticks to what the company wants to see. Wait, am I sounding like a certain ruleset <g>? And as far as the comment on the ā€œI’m working on itā€, I am working towards a SIGGRAPH type of event at FIRST, something to jumpstart animation careers, so the engineering types arent the only ones leaving FIRST with a job and a school.

Good luck all, and happy animating!

-Robby O
FIRSTanimators Moderator
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