Contacting an Industry Profesh (Study task 3)

We've been tasked with contacting and interviewing an industry professional, so I want to meet Peter Dodd, animator and director of animation who's worked on many of Lupus films' productions such as Ethel and Ernest where he was animation director and The Snowman and the Snow dog where he was lead animator.

Contacting him would be great as I am interested in directing, 2D animation and character animation, plus I'm keen to learn about how everything works at Lupus films which is a sick company.

I will contact him at the start of January. Ideally I will travel to London to see him in person but we shall see. I would much prefer to ask him my questions face to face. It would be awesome to someday work for a company like Lupus films or Studio AKA

Networking Opportunities (Study task 4)

Ten Networking Opportunities:

1. Manchester Animation Festival, every November in Manchester
2. Thought Bubble, every September in Leeds
3. Aesthetica Short Film Festival, every November in Bradford
4. With a LinkedIn account
5. Through an art Instagram account
6. At Annecy International Animated Film Festival, every June in Annecy
7. By arranging local studio visits
8. Meeting the visiting professionals who come to university
9. Sending a showreel to lots of animation festivals
10. London International Animation Festival, every December in London

I've created a complete LinkedIn account as well as an art Instagram. It seemed daunting at first but having finished it has helped me understand online networking better. I have struggled to find things to put on there, though. Thus far I've connected with a bunch of my classmates and one or two industry professionals I admire such as Peter Dodd and Marcus Armitage

Learning Social Media (Study Task 5)

I got my LinkedIn done and my art Insta done (@poshpercy_art). I upload all my rough animation and drawings I deem worthy to the Instagram and I have nothing on the LinkedIn so far besides all my details and skills. I will use it as more of a CV and post my showreels up there along with a link to my art instagram.

I'm happy to keep my social media simply to the art instagram and LinkedIn, and I'll create a website when I graduate. I will attempt to post my showreels up on Linkedin, but I won't update it as much as Instagram

Initially I had problems with obsessively checking my Instagram to the point that it was detrimental to my real life socialising so I've turned off the notifications and vow to only check it when I'm uploading something new. I'll try and upload a couple of times a week at least.

I will market myself as a character animator with a FLARE for a few other things.