Chapter Twenty Four - The next step after this course

Hope fully I plan to turn my foundation degree into a full one by doing a top up degree. I checked over all the college's and uni's and chosen a few, one being the one I'm at Newcastle college. Below is the personal statement I created.... not very interesting by it part of my personal and professional development part of my blog. Then it continues with my SWOT skills, job roles and Learning plan. This still needs to be finished...

PPD – My SWOT Skills

Strength

•   Time management
•  Organized
•  Efficiency
• Helpful and friendly
• Hardworking
• Quick at learning new skills

Weaknesses

• ·         Lack of confidence
• ·         Lack of knowledge

Opportunities

The opportunities I have had though doing thing like volunteering, networking, and putting myself out there making friends within the industry. Doing searching for short courses on software programs, like Maya and Cinema 4D. Doing jobs searches and seeing what skills I need to get into the jobs I want.

Threats

The threats in my life are the outside elements of my life like my personal life, family life.

 
Job Roles – Creative Skillsets

Creativeskillset

Concept Artist

The job role of Concept Artist is to producing the illustrations that help Production Designers realise their vision, making sure their drawings are accurate and clear and adapting them as necessary during filming and using computer illustration software packages.

The Skills I feel I have –

·         Understand what Directors, Directors of Photography and Editors require from a scene

·         Have excellent illustration skills

·         Be a strong communicator

·         Visualise perspective and 3D space

·         Visually interpret other people's ideas

·         Be flexible and adapt to change when asked

·         Work as part of a team

·         Know about relevant health and safety legislation and procedures

The Skills I need to learn –

·         Have up-to-date knowledge of computer illustration software packages

·         Be skilled in film imagery

·         Have a keen interest in design, architecture and film

Production Secretary (Animation)

The role of Production Secretary is to support Producers and animation production departments.

The Skills I feel I have –

·         Be able to prioritise, multitask and use your own initiative

·         Be numerate, literate and capable of composing correspondence

·         Pay close attention to detail

The Skills I need to learn –

·         Be a bright, responsive communicator, both in person and on the telephone

·         Have good typing and general secretarial skills

Production Assistant (Animation)

The job of Production Assistant is to assisting in the smooth running of the production and supporting the Production Co-ordinator or Production Manager.

The Skills I feel I have –

·         Have good communication skills

·         Have good organisational skills

·         Able to prioritise, multitask and use your own initiative

·         Numerate, literate and capable of taking accurate notes

·         Be able to take direction

·         Have good team-working skills

·         Pay close attention to detail

The Skills I need to learn –

·         Have good typing and IT skills, including use of spreadsheets and databases

Editing Assistant (Animation)

The role of an Editing Assistant is to support the Editor(s) and editing department, including logging the audio and visual material received, loading it into the computer and keeping detailed records.

The Skills I feel I have –

·         Pay close attention to detail and be thorough and meticulous

·         Able to take direction

·         Have good communication skills

·         Have good team-working skills

·         Appreciate the importance of a schedule

·         Be prepared to respect the editors' or studios' working practices

·         Show discretion if you are working on a confidential project

The Skills I need to learn –

·         Have knowledge of the technical aspects of the equipment

Runner (Animation)

The job role of Runner is to provide support and backup wherever it might be required within an animation studio and support the production office and editing department in particular.

The Skills I feel I have –

·         Helpful, presentable and articulate

·         Have good basic literacy and numeracy skills

·         Have good communication skills

·         Have an interest in animation and develop knowledge of the production process while in the role

·         Be able to cope under pressure

·         Be able to accept and act on instructions from all quarters

·         Respond quickly to requests and show initiative in prioritising your tasks

·         Show initiative and have good problem-solving skills

The Skills I need to learn –

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Inbetweener

The job of the Inbetweener is product the drawings between key poses in order to complete the illusion of movement and action.

The Skills I feel I have –

·         Possess excellent drawing skills, to be able to adapt to the style and technique of different productions

·         Able to take direction

·         Have good team-working skills

·         Have good communication

·         Have a high degree of patience

·         Show respect for the procedures and requirements of a particular studio, production or pipeline

·         Pay close attention to detail

The Skills I need to learn –

·         Have good presentation skills

CG Modeller

CG Modeller job is to build three-dimensional computer models of everything that is needed for a CGI projects.

The Skills I feel I have –

·         Thinking in 3D

·         Able to follow design reference accurately and work in a range of styles

·         Good drawing skills, including use of light and shadow, along with a good understanding of anatomy

·         Good problem-solving skills

·         Good communication skills

·         Good team-working skills

·         Able to take direction and be willing to address constructive feedback

·         Able to work with a minimum of supervision

·         Able to function as team leader

·         Able to deliver on schedule, working calmly and efficiently under pressure

·         Show respect for the procedures and requirements of a particular studio, production or pipeline

The Skills I need to learn –

·         Able to create moderate to complex and organic models

·         Able to model characters, props and environments, working to a good level of finish

·         Strong sense of scale, form, weight and volume

·         Good understanding of modelling with either Polygons or NURBS (Non-uniform rational basis spline)

·         Able to do UV mapping

·         Knowledge of the requirements of the relevant health and safety legislation and procedures

Learning Plan

• Well first step for my was to search for top up year... I'm able to look far afield so my only option was the college I was already at
• I have applied and had my interview and got a conditional offer, yay
• Now I need to look for short course on 3D software so I can expand my knowledge in that area... this will be difficult for I can't do evening, child and all.
• and if that all goes to pot... I work on my children books 
• and take on short course in cinema 4D and Maya
• Volunteer for Illustration projects, like Live Tales