WHERE TO LOOK FOR WORK: STUDIOS HOW TO FIND ANIMATION STUDIOS: Animation studios in UK: Animation Companies | Film London In other European countries: Animation in Europe | Federation of Animation Producers Associations FUNDINGS For independent filmmakers based within (live in) England Animate Projects: Animate Projects – Animate champions experiments in animation Film London: Funding…

While I would love to stay in the UK, it’s hard to deny that China has a huge population of animation consumers and demands. It would be easier for me to find work if I go back to China. So launching my career in China is my back-up plan. Based on my knowledge and research…

Since my job-hunting attempts last year, I’ve amassed some material for my personal portfolio. From now on, I’m going to start preparing for my career after graduation. Although my interest is in pre-production, since juniors or freelancers can hardly go straight into core creative work such as storyboarding, I’m planning to build my application materials…

After interviewing an animator who became a director directly when he entered the industry, I want to trace the career development of ordinary Asian animators to understand animation roles. It is generally known that the Japanese animation industry has a huge market and employment system. And China’s current commercial animation basically follows the Japanese model.…

As I mentioned in the last journal, I got chance to work with a young director. His name is Qingyuan Cai. He studied animation in China and France and now runs his own studio. Since I expect to produce original animation in the future, I might get inspired by investigating his professional practice. EDUCATION EXPERIENCE…

SEEKING FOR JOB IN LONDON Despite the experience of making personal short films, my career as an animator started with a job hunting in this summer. To be honest, it’s not a successful shot, for only 2 out of 30 companies replied with intentions for possible future cooperation. However, I surely learnt somethings in day…

SET MAKING There are basically 2 settings in the film: the cave and the tube. John was working on the tube structure while the rest of us used chicken wires and paper mache to build the rough model of the cave.

MATERIAL LIST My first job is making a material list of all the settings and puppets. ANIMATIC In the animatic tutorials, we received advice about making the action shots more detailed and clearer. I helped to fix the second half of animation, redrawing the step-out movement, the tube swinging and the reaction of the passengers.…

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Although this pitch was not selected for LIAF trailer, the pitch meetings were still amazing and educative. I have been reminded to mention sound and music design in the storyboard, and also to provide GIF examples to the clients to give them certain expectations about my animating. What is more important is a confident verbal…