Here is the website for Noodle Soup, it has all their contact info but no link for job applicants
http://www.noodlesoup.net/
Here's the website for recent grads to apply for jobs with Turner Broadcasting; namely Cartoon Network
http://www.turner.com/t3/#
Here's the website for hiring at Aarman studio, but it looks like they only want to hire people who can work in the UK
http://www.aardman.com/html/studioinfo.asp?type=text
The website for Pixar is really useful, it has a section on how to build your portfolio and a listing of job openings
http://www.pixar.com/companyinfo/jobs/index.html
Acme Filmworks also has a very clear outline on how to apply for a job
http://www.acmefilmworks.com/
Rhythm & Hues mainly only wants to hire 3D animators but they do hire people with traditional skill freelance
http://www.rhythm.com/inside_randh/careers.shtml
Studio Sparx is located in France but says nothing against hirering foreigners
http://www.sparx.com/sparx_anim/jobs.php
Blue Sky has a nice clear to follow website
http://www.blueskystudios.com/content/company-nowhiring.php
Dreamworks website was a little winding and they mainly only want 3D
http://www.dreamworksanimation.com/dwa/opencms/careers/dreamworks_animation/jobs.jsp
Studio Aka is located out of London, they do Flash and 3D, they look very innovative
http://www.studioaka.co.uk/html/index.html
Friday, February 23, 2007
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Looking at Peer Groups
Right now I have to view myself as a student animator with several works done but no completed projects. So I am in the peer group of others like me, Graham Sher, Shira Caplan, ect. Then there is the peer group right above me, which is student animators that have already completed a project, like Mei Koshimizu, Tim Kane, ect.
I am currently working on my senior project with Graham, Chris, Tim and Won, so we will all be elivated to student animators that have completed a project, also this project, once completed, will circulate through festivals. So that will elevate us to the peer group of independent animators, like Bill Plympton and Don Herzfeldt (to name two of the best) Though we would be very low on the totem pole in the independent animator peer group. If I can complete an independent project on my own and it is accepted and enjoyed by an audiance then I can be a more accomplished indepndent animator.
Then there is the peer group of professional animators, like Joe Meridith, Ron Fleischer, and Martin Murphy. Joe Meridith is an acomplished commercial animator, Ron Fleischer is an acomplished TV/film animator, and Martin Murphy is an acomplished video game animator. These are the three basic fields for professional animation, and comparatively I have very little professional animation experiance.
Once I complete my senior project I will have made my appearace in the animation scene, but until then I am still a faceless student animator. I have already begun to make contacts in the professional and independent animation worlds; so that places me a little higher one the totem pole of faceless student animators. Like in most other intertainment professions a person's worth can be measured in what the produce and who they know, and also luck. So, on a scale of 1 to 20, 1 being just in existance, 20 being legion amung men, I would rate myself (after I finish my senior project) at a 3, but in a few years, after I finish a couple other projects I have planned, I would imagin myself at an 8. Comparatively, Martin Murphy, Joe Meridith, and Ron Fliescher are around upper 15, and Chuck Jones is at a 20.
I am currently working on my senior project with Graham, Chris, Tim and Won, so we will all be elivated to student animators that have completed a project, also this project, once completed, will circulate through festivals. So that will elevate us to the peer group of independent animators, like Bill Plympton and Don Herzfeldt (to name two of the best) Though we would be very low on the totem pole in the independent animator peer group. If I can complete an independent project on my own and it is accepted and enjoyed by an audiance then I can be a more accomplished indepndent animator.
Then there is the peer group of professional animators, like Joe Meridith, Ron Fleischer, and Martin Murphy. Joe Meridith is an acomplished commercial animator, Ron Fleischer is an acomplished TV/film animator, and Martin Murphy is an acomplished video game animator. These are the three basic fields for professional animation, and comparatively I have very little professional animation experiance.
Once I complete my senior project I will have made my appearace in the animation scene, but until then I am still a faceless student animator. I have already begun to make contacts in the professional and independent animation worlds; so that places me a little higher one the totem pole of faceless student animators. Like in most other intertainment professions a person's worth can be measured in what the produce and who they know, and also luck. So, on a scale of 1 to 20, 1 being just in existance, 20 being legion amung men, I would rate myself (after I finish my senior project) at a 3, but in a few years, after I finish a couple other projects I have planned, I would imagin myself at an 8. Comparatively, Martin Murphy, Joe Meridith, and Ron Fliescher are around upper 15, and Chuck Jones is at a 20.
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