250 Word Reflection - Internship Project
The internship project has been quite an interesting one as Iβve never considered the future possibilities of a career in animation until I started this.Β
I think one great part about it was creating my personal database of different animation studios as I was able to look up loads of different studios around me β many whom I had no clue about prior. So this really expanded my studio knowledge and I actually found that a lot of short films I had watched were produced by these studios which only furthered my interest in knowing about their process.Β
The next step was approaching them and at first this made me quite nervous and I wanted to be very formal and professional, so I emailed the studios by details provided on their websites. However, I found this was not a very effective method of contact as I would either get a very basic and bland response from their communications team or I wouldnβt hear back from them at all!Β
At this point I wanted to take matters into my own hands and so I started utilising the most fantastic tool β social media. This was amazing as it meant I could connect with and directly contact artists, animators and directors who worked at these companies in a much more laid back and friendly approach and I was much more likely to get a response (I did!). This was absolutely fantastic as it meant I was conversating with professionals and learning so much about how they got to where they are now as well as what they do in their current roles at studios.Β
I think in terms of this project the only thing I could do to improve is continue to message people and not be afraid of not getting responses as thatβs part of the process and how networking and making connections is formed.