Animation

Animation

Concept artist:

Explanation: Concept artists draw various designs of characters, locations and even equipment used by the characters to help production designers to realize their goals for a film or TV show. Many film or television studio's that have a big reputation have many concept artist's

Roles and Responsibilities: All responsibilities include being able to create environments, backgrounds, color schemes and various characters based upon idea's given to you by art directors and development teams and luckily your final designs might get into the film or TV show they are making.

Contract and Salary: The contract of a Concept design artist is either fixed term or full time.
Full-time: A concept artist would need to work specific hours and paid a specific salary depending on the level of work.
Fixed term:
The average wages of a concept design artist are reported to be £42,000 a year.

Qualifications Required: 
You have to be up to date with latest computer illustration programs such as Photoshop and Painter.

• Illustrations skills.
• The ability to picture 3-dimensional spaces.
• An interest in design and films.
• You have to be a team player.
• The ability to interpret other people's idea's.
• College/ University education on the subject.
• The ability to adapt to change when it is requested.

What are your progression routes:
In business you could start out doing storyboard work and then work your way up into doing more detailed drawings in your profession and submit them to employer who need a concept artist.

Computer Animator:

Explanation: A computer animator is where you create moving images in the movie or television sector with computer graphics and animation.

Roles and Responsibilities:
Developing animation concepts on the 3D level. Creating storyboards for various movies, TV shows or Video Games that depict the script and narrative.

Contract and Salary:
The contract of a animator is usually for hiring and the pay is at least at £12,000-£15,000, but in Video games the salary starts higher at £18,000 and rises as you get more experienced with the job.

Qualifications Required: 
You need to have knowledge in theses subjects in order to work in this profession.

• College/University Education
• Animation
• 3D designs
• Concept Design
• Computer Aided Engineering
• Multimedia
• Model making or Sculptures

What are the progression routes:
start out doing animations in college and progress in work, then when you've a achieved a diploma or finished your work go on to university, then seek out a job a profession that requires a computer animato. maybe a tv studio or a in advertisement company that requires these skills.

Storyboard Artists:
Explanations: Story board artists take screenplays and translates them into illustrations that can visually describe a scene like a comic book.

Roles and Responsibilities:
Use computer software and other ways of creative design to make illustrations that map out a movie, TV or video game scene. Study script to understand overall theme and moods of characters or landscape.

Contract and Salary:
If you are hired into a TV series you usually get a salary of £63,410.

Qualifications Required:
You may require at least an A level in Art and Design and an education in the same course in College or University.

• An ability to understand complex instructions from a production team.
• A creative mind towards that can conjure new perspectives.
• Strong artistic abilities.

What are your progression routes:
You could start out as a concept design artist and then work your way up and then put forward more of your work in the line of storyboards in college work. After that you could go onto university inorder to get a better education and understanding on the subject, then do more storyboards for university films as a way of building experience and a reputation.

Movie Producers:
Explanation: A producer has overall control of work production.

Roles and Responsibilities:
The producer is responsible for a producer are to select and bring together leaders of different aspects of the project they are working on and make them work as a team. And in the work of films they are completely accountable for success and funding of the film.

Contract and Salary:
A average salary for a film producer ranges from £18,000-£25,000 and the contract ranges on full time in the case of a television show that has requested a full season.

Qualifications Required:

• The ability to secure finance for a production
• Ability to prepare a reasonable budget
• excellent communication skills towards the people the people you are working with
• The ability to work well under pressure and make sure that you regulate the codes of this practice

Progression Routes:
Movie prducers can go on to be directors then teachers and even actors.

Directors:
Explanation:
The director is the driving force of a film production and is the crucial component in production, technical and creative teams in the film industry.

Roles and Responsibilities:
Directors may have to write some of the film script and commission it to be written. They may be hired after the early draft of a script is completed. directors mus be able to develop an idea of how a film is going to end a get a grip on the dramatic feel of a characters dialogue.

Contract and Salary:
The salary ranges from £18,000-£25,000 for a typical director
The salary for a experienced director ranges from £20,000-£35,000
The salary of a senior level director ranges from £37,000-£70,000

Qualifications Required:

• A director has to have an artistic vision and a knowledge of drama.

Progression Routes:

You could start out as a small college movie director and build up experience over time and a reputation.

Actors:
Explanation: Actors can interpret scripts written for them by writer in order to act out various scenes for TV shows and Films.

Roles and Responsibilities:
To act out the script according to the director and various other actors.

Contract and Salary:
Actor's or their agents usually negotiate minimum wage and the pay can increse if the acting position is for a TV Show or A film.

Qualifications Required:
An actor requires drama training in the arts, mainly a levels or college/university training.

Progression Routes: If you want to be an actor it is best to start when still in school and try to get a A levels an try to go on to a samll acting poasition as a minor, secondary or an extra character. With experience over time you could get big budget parts in movies or TV shows.