Blogs tagged "Creative Skillset"
July 2019
CMC 2019: Report – The Animation Skills Fund – Use it or Lose it
New initiatives from the re-booted ScreenSkills Animation Skills Council will address animation skill shortages. Animation recruiters were invited to have their say on the priorities and approaches. Takeaway: How best to use the fund is open for discussion and the panel welcomed input and opinion on this. While it can sometimes be tricky in deciding which initiatives to move forward with, working collaboratively and collectively as a whole is the key element to drive the animation industry forward and address the skills shortage. A position is open for someone to chair the Animation Skills Fund and act as an ambassador who can help it move forward. Detail: In terms of skills shortages, this can vary from practice to practice. In Adam…
July 2018
CMC 2018: Report – Sustaining UK Animation
What will the industry look like in the next two to three years? Kate O’Connor of Animation UK asked the panel for their realistic as well as optimistic views. Takeaways: There's life after Brexit, but we have to work on it. Utopia is what we should be aiming for. University is a place for critical thinkers as well as training. Detail: Phil Dobree (Jellyfish Productions) said that there was nothing positive about Brexit. Every good thing that was happening in the industry was despite of it. Everyone is hungry for content. He advocated getting things created and made in the UK, stating it seemed strange that IP from UK was being produced abroad while studios worked for hire on overseas…
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