Application and demo reel submission guidelines:
1. The cover letter
2. Resume
3. Demo reel
4. Demo reel breakdown
1. The cover letter
2. Resume
3. Demo reel
4. Demo reel breakdown
Cover Letter:
The cover letter should be brief explaining who you are and what job you are applying for.
Resume:
The resume should tell us where you have worked, what you did when you worked, what kind of course work you have taken, and what tools,
languages, and systems you can use.
Demo Reel:
Reels should be in a DVD format.
Demo Reel Breakdown:
Short explanation of what is on the Demo Reel.
The cover letter should be brief explaining who you are and what job you are applying for.
Resume:
The resume should tell us where you have worked, what you did when you worked, what kind of course work you have taken, and what tools,
languages, and systems you can use.
Demo Reel:
Reels should be in a DVD format.
Demo Reel Breakdown:
Short explanation of what is on the Demo Reel.
Your reel should be no more than 4 minutes.
If you have a lot of great material do a 4 minute version, and then refer to longer pieces on the DVD afterwards. Do not do a "collage" of your work,
with interleaved random clips from all your different work. We will not be able to figure out what is going on; please keep it simple.
If you have a lot of great material do a 4 minute version, and then refer to longer pieces on the DVD afterwards. Do not do a "collage" of your work,
with interleaved random clips from all your different work. We will not be able to figure out what is going on; please keep it simple.
Don't show un-approved work.
Don't show work from other studios if it has not been approved or we will not look at the demo reel.
Don't show work from other studios if it has not been approved or we will not look at the demo reel.
Music/soundtrack.
We turn off the sound since we are looking for animators.
Put your best work first.
Show your best, most impressive work first. We might watch the first minute, see if anything intrigues us. If so, we will watch the other 2 minutes. Make
it clear on your demo reel, cover letter, and resume what type of position you're applying for.
Demo Reel Breakdown
We want to know what you did on your reel. What did you model? Did you do the animation? Shade it? Light it? Render it? Write the story?
Executive-produce it? The Demo Reel Breakdown should tell us what we're looking at, what YOU did on it, and what tools you used.
"Halloween Pumpkins: (Oct 2006) Group project; I modeled and shaded the pumpkin in XSI/Mental ray" is a good entry.
"Group project; project used Maya, Photoshop, Mental Ray, XSI and Mudbox" is less useful.
Put this on the frame before the sequence and again in the Demo Reel Breakdown we can refer to.
Include a title card at the beginning and end with your name, address, phone, and email.
Including the position you're looking for is not a bad idea, either. The opening one doesn't need to be on too long, but the end one should last for a
while. Don't make us have to quickly pause to get your email address.
Show work that proves that you know what you did.
If you have done a sequence, show it at several stages of production. If you've done shading, show the basic color pass, the procedural shading, the
painting, and a lit version. If you wrote clever software, include real work that was done with the software, and include on the title card, like,
"Simulation of water dynamics" in addition to everything else you did. Don't show screen shots of people using the software or screen grabs of C++
code.
Take the time to polish.
Do not get into a rush to get your demo reel out THIS IS HOW YOU WILL GET A JOB. And since it's a job in a visual industry -- it should LOOK really,
really good. Don't use clashing colors. Make sure your shaders are anti-aliased. Make sure your lights aren't blown out too bright. Make it clear what
we're looking at. Don't use confusing fonts. Keep it clean and simple!
We turn off the sound since we are looking for animators.
Put your best work first.
Show your best, most impressive work first. We might watch the first minute, see if anything intrigues us. If so, we will watch the other 2 minutes. Make
it clear on your demo reel, cover letter, and resume what type of position you're applying for.
Demo Reel Breakdown
We want to know what you did on your reel. What did you model? Did you do the animation? Shade it? Light it? Render it? Write the story?
Executive-produce it? The Demo Reel Breakdown should tell us what we're looking at, what YOU did on it, and what tools you used.
"Halloween Pumpkins: (Oct 2006) Group project; I modeled and shaded the pumpkin in XSI/Mental ray" is a good entry.
"Group project; project used Maya, Photoshop, Mental Ray, XSI and Mudbox" is less useful.
Put this on the frame before the sequence and again in the Demo Reel Breakdown we can refer to.
Include a title card at the beginning and end with your name, address, phone, and email.
Including the position you're looking for is not a bad idea, either. The opening one doesn't need to be on too long, but the end one should last for a
while. Don't make us have to quickly pause to get your email address.
Show work that proves that you know what you did.
If you have done a sequence, show it at several stages of production. If you've done shading, show the basic color pass, the procedural shading, the
painting, and a lit version. If you wrote clever software, include real work that was done with the software, and include on the title card, like,
"Simulation of water dynamics" in addition to everything else you did. Don't show screen shots of people using the software or screen grabs of C++
code.
Take the time to polish.
Do not get into a rush to get your demo reel out THIS IS HOW YOU WILL GET A JOB. And since it's a job in a visual industry -- it should LOOK really,
really good. Don't use clashing colors. Make sure your shaders are anti-aliased. Make sure your lights aren't blown out too bright. Make it clear what
we're looking at. Don't use confusing fonts. Keep it clean and simple!
Send Applications and Reels to:
Image Pictures, LLC
114 Jefferson St
Tomah, WI 54660
Image Pictures, LLC
114 Jefferson St
Tomah, WI 54660
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