Break Into The Animation Industry: Strategies for Kickstarting Your Career

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Free Online Course: Break Into The Animation Industry: Strategies for Kickstarting Your Career provided by Skillshare is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 7 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Break Into The Animation Industry: Strategies for Kickstarting Your Career is taught by Lucas Ridley.

Overview
  • Welcome to this course!

    Learn how you can break into this competitive and rewarding industry.

    I give you insights I've gained from working as a professional animator for 10 years on major movies like Avengers: Infinity War, Ready Player One, Transformers: The Last Knight, and games like The Last of Us Part 2.

    Ten years ago I knew nothing about animation and after studying for 1 year I landed my first staff job working at an Academy Award-winning studio and then on to blockbuster movies.

    I will uncover the unspoken lessons I learned through real-world experience so you can have an advantage I never did when I started out. The industry has only gotten more competitive with greater access to training online and software so it helps to have every advantage and that's why I created this course.

    This course is not an animation tutorial. It's career-focused strategies I learned by breaking into the industry myself. Most of this is not taught in school or textbooks. We will also hear from 7 other industry pros about their diverse experiences and backgrounds. I will speak openly and honestly so you can save time and energy by learning concepts I figured out the hard way.

    There are several assignments throughout the course as well to help guide your learning and I've provided a downloadable pdf that has key takeaways from lessons as well as some supplementary material like the actual emails I sent to get my first job.

    By the end of the course, you will have a roadmap and understanding about what it takes to get into the animation industry.

Syllabus
    • Course Preview
    • Welcome
    • The Big Picture
    • Job Positions
    • Stef Interview
    • What To Learn
    • Learning Your Craft
    • Rana Interview
    • School Options
    • Becoming Your Best
    • My Story
    • Permission To Fail
    • Shawn Kelly Interview
    • Frustration Is Natural
    • Demo Reels Part 1
    • Demo Reels Part 2
    • Jason Interview
    • State Of The Industry
    • Lindsay Interview
    • Networking
    • Allan McKay Interview
    • Job Interviews
    • Contracts And Negotiations
    • Ryan Summers Interview
    • Pay
    • The Future
    • Update Nov 2020