Week 4 - Looking into more Animation studios

Looking more into Oktobor Animation, I came across an interview with Rob Dififlia who's head of production and Bruce Everett managing director. One question asked was "Is New Zealand's tertiary institutes producing enough graduates with the skills you need to grow Oktobor?" In his answer Rob says "A lot of the graduates come to us as a first step in animation." This shows that Oktobor Animation understand that students coming from animation courses need a jumping point to begin their career.
http://www.idealog.co.nz/blog/2013/04/inside-oktobor-animation

I wanted to see what other animation companies their are. As I was looking at a studio that has a relationship with Nickelodeon, I thought it would be a great idea to look at Nickelodeon Animation Studios itself. http://nickanimationstudio.com/ Based in Burbank California they produce 2D and 3D shows like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and SpongeBob SquarePants. Nickelodeon also have thier own YouTube channel dedicated to the studio featuring information about being an intern at the studio and the correct way you hand in your portfolio.

Even though the portfolio video is corny at times for humorous purposes it's still gives a lot of insight into the correct ways you need to submit your portfolio for example handing over the correct forms otherwise the studio won't even look at your portfolio. In the video they also discuss the interview process you have to go through to get the job at the studio. However this is fun video made by the interns at Nickelodeon in 2011. Near the end of this video they show a mock interview, this reminded me of a similar task we did this week in the lesson. 1 person was being interviewed while 1 person was the interviewer and the final person took notes. The questions were all done for us and the job role we were applying for was whatever we wanted (for me an animator) at the company Mind Candy (http://mindcandy.com/).  

Back to Nickelodeon this video involves interns being interviewed about their day to day job. In the video they discuss the positives of being an intern at a studio like Nickelodeon. Being able to talk to artist who have worked on your favourite shows and being able to get feedback on your own portfolio are just some the amazing factors to being an intern at the studio. At the end of the day it's all about who you know. They also brief us what the average day consists of for an intern for example naming storyboards and sending animation done to other studios like DreamWorks Animation.