Woop! just met Rob Dressel of Disney animation studios, Lead Layout guru on the new Wreck-It Ralph movie! Pleased to say hes a really friendly guy to speak to. After wading through the atmosphere of fellow nerds orbiting him I snatched the earliest opportunity to ask for a signature, it was luck that Forbidden Planet happened to be present and selling the book and it just iced it off having one of the artist around to sign it.
I usually dont have anything to say to most of the industry experts at Animex, but I found myself asking about production roles in the industry and how to go about getting one. Lets face it there isn't a hole lot you can put on a showreel to show off your producing skills ... anyhoo, he told me it was best to email them directly and ask to speak to someone for help. Disney are offering internships for the summer, so i'm going to apply, unfortunately the deadline is 1st of March and with no showreel for to provide for the animation side of the application , my failing hardware has provided me with another kick to the ribs. There is always next year, but its got me thinking to apply to Disney! which I've never done before. Rest assured they shall be first on my pester for a job list.
The internship programme offers a choice of three disciplines, so I think i'll be choosing Layout artist, animator and production assistant. Even if nothing comes of it, I've got another year to develop and apply again!
A while ago I found myself thinking of the quickest way into the industry so that I could then train in what I wanted to do. But now I have seen so many things I would love to do and find myself positively less picky about what I would or wouldn't do. I figured it cant hurt to ask for a little advice form them. I've already emailed them..twice.
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