Showreel advice-1

Career advices from Yaniv Garber

*Applies for commercial/feature animation

-showreel content: 2 main categories need be included-creature(quadruped)and performance

-showreel around 1 minute, polished works only

1 minute of high quality animation is better 5min of okay stuff

People are gonna look at your worst stuff, simple animation is okay, can be as basic as a walk cycle as long as it’s polished.

-Still needs linkedin ( companies to look at:blue zoo/jellyfish/framestore)

-Find a mentor to look at your reel

-Software: any big company will work with Maya, but Blender is coming up too

-Freelancing vs contract

Freelancing pays more(not that much more)and has perks, contract doesn’t mean stable, Yainv only gets 6 months contract every time woking at MPC

-Time management

dont overwork and try to impress, be open about your work progress, communication is good, most corporate ppl are nice, befriend with them

sometime when a shot is hard, just talk to ppl to say you need more time.

-Networking events: london.siggraph.org/events (social skill: just be normal, be open about your work don’t get defensive most animators are shy)

-Don’t waste time on modeling and rigging, just buy rigs online

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