Hasta La Motion!

Hi, everyone my name is Thana from Thailand

I’ve done my bacheolars (international university) in multimedia design (3d animation). I have been doing freelance works for about a year (3d animation and composition job mostly). And I’m thinking of working abroad like in London or LA. If anyone has any suggestion or question for me to get a job in London or La please feel free to comment.

many thanks

Thana nabadalung

my skill
Software: Autodesk MAYA, Zbrush, Renderman, Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premeire

I am actually planning to join Gnomon or Escape Studios(LA) short term composting course which will be for about 3 Months.

But what are the chances of getting to stay there after the course because from what I have heard most of the jobs is LA are contract basis or freelance.

So,how can I get a work permit if I am freelancing other than marrying a US girl:p.

Please, could some body throw some light on this issue.

Thanks

So here is my situation. I want to write/direct scifi/fantasy adventure films one day. I am still very young (21) and I’m not sure how to best get to my final destination. I’m hoping some of the wise elders of reddit could help me out with some advice.

While I work on my writing (and hope to get one bought one day) I need a job to pay the bills and whatnot. I am in a situation right now where I have a job that pays decently but I hate what I’m doing there and would rather be working in films/tv to some extent. So I am looking for something new, I have the luxury of being able to apply for jobs (and train myself in the meantime) without being rushed.. so I’d like to stay away from jobs as a waiter, retail, etc. I would prefer to be where I am now, not enjoying what I do than in a retail place… if that makes sense.

I also plan on making my own shorts and whatnot while I write, but

I’d like a job that is in the film business and might be a backdoor way into the career I want. For the record, I love animation and visual effects as well, so those aren’t just options that I am throwing in there, I do have a passion for it.

Some of the jobs I have thought about are:

• Visual Effects Artist — Being in VFX I could do the effects for my own films, get to know some artists and work my way up in that field. I have noticed a trend in a lot of VFX Supervisors moving over to directing. Neil Blomkamp, Eric Brevig, Stefen Fangmeier and the Strause Brothers to name a few.
• Animator — Some of the best directors out there came up in animation before jumping into live action (Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, Robert Rodriguez) and being able to do an animated film by myself would be cool someday, and relatively cheap to do. Almost all directors of animated features came from an animation background.
• Editor — I’ve seen a lot of editors making the jump to directing, and it’s working with story as well. Plus, getting to network with producers and directors would be helpful as well.
• Development Assistant / General Assistant — I have to be honest, I don’t know much about this type of position. But I do know that it gets you reading scripts and doing coverage, which can never be bad… and meeting a lot of people.
• Writers Assistant — Working on a TV show in a writers room would definitely teach me a lot, and I heard that they often give their assistants a freelance assignment once a season when they have to.

I am also open to other ideas, I’m sure I have missed some good opportunities. I just need a fallback, you know? Just not sure what fallback to go with as I’m fairly new to this industry.

tl;dr: I am looking for a new job that I’d like to lend itself to a feature film writing/directing career down the road. What is the best job for me while I write my own scripts, direct my own shorts but need income to pay the bills. What job would you recommend I go after, given that I have the luxury of time and don’t need to rush into anything, and I have a passion for visual effects and animation?

hi there.

i`m new here and this post maybe wrong here but
i want to ask how to create stingy fluid.

i`m creating smoke using maya fluid and some smoke works good.
but oneday , the director came and saw my smoke , and order me:

"top edge of this smoke on crashing effect should be stingy."

if you cannot understand above , it may be may expression is bad or something.
to make explanation short , ordered smoke is this youtube of 0:09-0:15 ;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IJY2…eature=related

i`ve never seen stingy smoke effect like this on real smoke.
i`ve thought that animetic smoke does not exist on real .
so althought i could not create stingy smoke by maya fluid , anyone would not blame me.
because maya fluid is physical base fluid simulator,then ,
smoke action that real smoke never act wont be created by maya fluid.
but sadly i found this:

http://pinktentacle.com/2009/02/blast-naoya-hatakeyama/

4th photo is what i want to create.
when real smoke acts like this, i should create it.
but i wandered about it.

how to create it?

hey guys,

I wanna know around how much a visual effects animator makes in LA.. (.. just like an average estimate i guess). The reason i ask is cuz im 20 and planning to take a 3 yr course at Gnomon that is gonna cost around 65,000… I wanna know if i should even do this. Like, if i did, would it take like my whole life to pay off the loan ill probably take out, you know? or if its worth it for the sake of education in the end. any thoughts? thanks!

(this is more about the money side of things. I pretty much know about evry school there is at this point but they’re all effin pricey.)