Career Paths in Different Types of Animation
Career Paths in Different Types of Animation
This article is for someone who is passionate about animation, gaining paid work in the field can be something of a dream come true. The only downside is getting your foot through the door in the first place, mainly given that the industry much like any creative profession is saturated with competition.
1. Stop Motion Animator
Stop motion animators are a unique bunch. They use puppets, models, or clay to create animated films, branded entertainment, television commercials, and more. Stop motion animation is also called stop frame, puppet animation, model animation, and clay animation.
Stop
motion animators combine the art of photography, and the ability to
manipulate lighting and calculate angles to create stop motion animation. The
animator creates pictures of characters, objects, or scenes that show them in
different positions. When the pictures run together, it appears that the object
is moving on its own. This creates one of the unique forms of animation, which
is neither cartoon-like nor similar to computer-generated animations.
Stop motion animator’s
work for animation studios, game design, film studios, advertising agencies and
development companies.
2. 3D Modeler
The 3D
modelers build 3D characters and environments that are based on the concept
art. To create the model's surfaces or skins, they paint and wrap 2D textures
on the digital frame. Modelers also create character skeletons, which animators
then control it. Modeling is performed using a variety of programs such as 3DS
Max, Pixar's RenderMan, Maya, POV-Ray, and many others.
3D modelers create
characters and environments for games and 3D movies as well as images and
modeling for the websites, graphic designs, animation, broadcast design,
special effects, film effects, simulations, characters and props for film,
television effects, CD-Rom design, and location-based entertainment.
3. Flash Animator
Flash animators create
animation for web sites, advertising and marketing, games, videos, education
materials, and more. Flash animators coordinate with creative directors to
assure that the animation compliments the design and works in harmony with the
technology used to make the finished product.
Flash animators create
the animation to enhance everything from banners to web sites. They collaborate
with a variety of software such as Adobe Flash, Macromedia Flash,
Creative Suite, and Dreamweaver, 3DS Max, and After Effects.
Flash animators work in
educational publishing, the motion picture and video industries, advertising
and public relations, software publishing, game design and development, web
design firms, graphic design firms industry and more.
4. Compositing Artist
A compositing artist is
responsible for helping create the final finished animation or film project by
developing compositing strategies and detecting errors, which results in an
overall balanced look. Compositing artists use compositing software such as
Adobe After Effects, Flame 3D Visual Effects.
Compositing
artists work with the lighting directors and FX artists to help create the
final finished product. The compositing artist corrects errors that not have
been anticipated by other departments. Compositing artists work primarily in
the film and video industries, but they also find work in the game design and
development industry or advertising.
5. Forensic Animation
Forensic animation is one of
a unique specialization in the animation industry. Forensic animators recreate
crime scenes or accidents to help investigators produce evidence and solve
crimes.
Forensic animators use
full-motion computer graphics to recreate events such as accidents, robberies,
assaults, and other crimes. They create the 3D terrains, model CG environments
using advanced techniques for photo matching, and rendering, animated
characters, composite animations, capture video, use video tracking and
matching techniques, develop DVDs of final animations, design graphics, and
court exhibits.
Forensic animators use
many software programs to create animated renditions including Adobe
Illustrator, Photoshop, Adobe Flash, After Effects, 3DS Max, AutoCAD, Adobe Premiere, and Anark
Core.
Forensic animators
work for law enforcement agencies, government agencies, investigative firms,
attorneys, and science and medical labs.
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