History 2
I went back to Bournemouth in September 2002 to do the MA in Computer Animation. My aim for the year was to spend all of my time working on my animation skills, so that I may produce a final year project featuring a great performance. At that stage, the school wasn't really geared for returning students, but I ignored those modules reiterating stuff I already knew, and just concentrated on the projects. (Indeed, in spite of having 100% attendance for all 3 years on my BA, I managed to rack up an impressive 0% for the entire Masters programme. How's that for single-minded?)
I made a film called Block Test for my final project. It is a short little piece of character animation, simple in premise, but tough to animate, (45 seconds of lip-synch and acting with no cutting? Yikes!) It turned out OK, I suppose, but only really came alive in a few little spots. Also, the industry humour doesn't really stand the test of time, I don't think. I think most people prefer my undergraduate film, and I'm certainly one of them.
Oops. Seems like I've missed out one bit - I got a call from PDI in the November, just after I had started the course, the upshot of which was to ask if I could get out of my uni course and make the move. Unfortunately I just couldn't do it. I had just got funding to do the course, and I really wanted that extra bit of paper with Masters written on it. It was quiet for a couple of months, and then they flew me out to California early the next year. Everything went well, but a few months later I got an email saying that while everyone liked my stuff, there weren't any spots available.
: (
I didn't ever think it was ever going to go all the way anyway, and to even be flown out and interviewed was an amazing achievement, but I was still disappointed all the same.
What with finishing the course and all, I soon got used to the idea of starting my working life in the UK, and completed the course before attempting to secure a job. I did get a very nice letter from Aardman in Bristol though, (thanks guys!).
I've never been a big city person, but with most of the UK animation jobs in London, that was my only real option, and in Double Negative, I found a really cool company to work for...
I made a film called Block Test for my final project. It is a short little piece of character animation, simple in premise, but tough to animate, (45 seconds of lip-synch and acting with no cutting? Yikes!) It turned out OK, I suppose, but only really came alive in a few little spots. Also, the industry humour doesn't really stand the test of time, I don't think. I think most people prefer my undergraduate film, and I'm certainly one of them.
Oops. Seems like I've missed out one bit - I got a call from PDI in the November, just after I had started the course, the upshot of which was to ask if I could get out of my uni course and make the move. Unfortunately I just couldn't do it. I had just got funding to do the course, and I really wanted that extra bit of paper with Masters written on it. It was quiet for a couple of months, and then they flew me out to California early the next year. Everything went well, but a few months later I got an email saying that while everyone liked my stuff, there weren't any spots available.
: (
I didn't ever think it was ever going to go all the way anyway, and to even be flown out and interviewed was an amazing achievement, but I was still disappointed all the same.
What with finishing the course and all, I soon got used to the idea of starting my working life in the UK, and completed the course before attempting to secure a job. I did get a very nice letter from Aardman in Bristol though, (thanks guys!).
I've never been a big city person, but with most of the UK animation jobs in London, that was my only real option, and in Double Negative, I found a really cool company to work for...
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6/29/2005 09:01:00 PM
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