Posted on April 14th, 2008 by Karen J Lloyd
Well the real question is, “Should you work for free (or very little money) at any time during your career?”
And the short answer is, “NO, OF COURSE NOT! ARE YOU INSANE?”
But I digress.
Would I storyboard for free?
Nope.
Have I done storyboards for free in the past?
Nope.
Have I done storyboards for a lowered rate?
Yes.
And I never really [...]
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Posted on April 11th, 2008 by Karen J Lloyd
This is what I hate.
When being offered a job, the person tries to ’sweeten the deal’ by telling me the show has easy, cartoony characters to draw.
This translates to, “So this show won’t take you too long and you can just whip it off faster than usual, right?” or “Yeah, I know you’re burnt out, [...]
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Posted on April 7th, 2008 by Karen J Lloyd
I’m a ‘Big Sister’ to a nine year old girl. We’ll call her Dee. If you ever want to do something cool for a kid, become a Big Sister or Big Brother (shameless plug for those guys). Dee has a little stuffed Webkinz dog. We’ll call her Biscuit. (No, that’s not her in the photo…I [...]
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Posted on April 3rd, 2008 by Adrien Van Viersen
This is Adrien’s final post for the series “Getting the J-O-B”. He gives the view for the live-action film industry to follow up my article on The Right Attitude in animation. We’ve covered training, portfolios, professionalism and contacts in the industry. You’ll find the rest of the articles by myself and Adrien at the end [...]
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Posted on April 1st, 2008 by Karen J Lloyd
This is my final post for the series “Getting the J-O-B”. We’ve covered training, portfolios, professionalism and contacts in the industry. All with views for the animation and live-action film industries. You’ll find the rest of the articles by myself and Adrien at the end of the post. This image may not have a [...]
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Posted on March 25th, 2008 by Adrien Van Viersen
Here is Adrien’s follow-up-to-his-follow-up article about contacts in the film industry. Which followed up my article for the animation industry. This is part 4 of a 5 part series of articles about “Getting the J-O-B”. You can find the rest of the articles at the end of this post. - KJL
UNIONS AND FILM COMMISSIONS
Don’t take [...]
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Posted on March 20th, 2008 by Adrien Van Viersen
Here’s Adrien’s post to compliment mine on contacts in the industry. He gives the point of view for the live-action film industry. You can find the rest of the articles in this series of “Getting the J-O-B” at the end of the post. - KJL
Contacts in the film industry are indispensable.
Networking is the key. That [...]
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