Nicky Ball Lecture

Below is just a typed of copy of my notes on creating a CV for film/games/animation as well as tips for cover letters, procedures and hoe to find oppotunities.

Finding a Job:

Focus on YOUR skills.
Contacts – get contacts through meeting people.
CV – have a relatable CV.
Cover email.
Interview – dress smart casual (not suits for media jobs)

Life Circle; What I want -> Research -> CV – > Market yourself – > Internship – >What I want…

Tips for looking for a job.

What level do I start at in my specialism.
Start from bottom, work up.
Interests out of work can be relevant.
Look for easier to break in areas. _
What do I dislike – dont do a office job if your hands on. ]
Enviroment I work in. ]
What makes you happy _]
Jobs outside the industry but related.

Twitter – social networking

Finding oppotunities;

Know who to contact – internet research.
Watch end credits for names.
IMDB.
Contacts.
The unit list/mandy.com.
Northern Exposure (more for films).
Create your own oppotunities.

CV Details;
Name + Contact (name you go by)
Number mobile only or house if you own your own. in style 5-3-3
Personal profile, what you want.
Relevant experiance.
Employment.
Education, dopnt list gcse/a levels just say how many.. ref maybe maths etc.
Hobbies.
References avaliable.

Cover email;

Check name and address of recipicent.
Dont cc or forward to multiple.
Use “Dear …”
3 paragraphs.
Including What I want and some buttering up.
Follow up the email after week or so of no contact.
Never use words I want/need.
Spelling and puntuation!
No second emails (make sure everything is in one email)

More tips;

Make sure CV up to date.
Business cards for social events.
Social networking.
Website portfolio.
Net events.
Circles.

Be realistic about your level of ability.
Have action plan.
They are helping you mwith placements, be polite.
Contacts.
Follow up offers from contacts.
Dont be too keen/pain in ass but be inthusiastic.
Small world.

Disintegrate Effect (Video Co-pilot tutorial)

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As being totally new to after effects I had no idea how to get a nice dissolve effect. Following this tutorial was actually quite hard and my effect was not as good as the tutorials, however it gave me a great understanding of after effects and how its similar to photoshop. For one I was colour coding layers and naming properly. I also learnt how you can create pre-compositions for example the Video Source. and when changed changes in many other pre-compositions. Linking changes to keep the continuity. This tutorial is also handy to have as I can reload it up anytime and just add a different image/person and I can also change dissolve colour, direction and speed.

This is my final result:

Spaceship Textures

After playing with some textures and displacement maps for my spaceship I found I very much liked a spiky design. A lot of the tests involved textures made from chip of a computer and wall panels. In the end I decided to go with a “ice” texture this when displaced gives a jagged ice look. I have decided to go with this as my art style for the arena as well. Ice styled with metal.

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