To Start Off

So, my search in the states for a job has been set on a hiatus.

Why?

Because in order to hire me, immigration work needs to be done and I have not yet enough experience enough for anyone to hire.

So, what am I going to do?

Start working freelance in Mexico and settle here for a little bit while I figure out how to get over that visa process. For now, getting better at animating sounds good to me. In the meantime, I will have to make money to survive, haha.

So I decided on coming back to my little home town and starting with graphic design. I will be working on shorts, and a graphic novel that I will probably start typing in an hour or so.

An animator has to do everything to get to their dream, even if it means to do something completely different than what intended.


And just for laughs, here's my first quick poster job.

Film Festivals

So, now that I have officially started to enter my short into festivals, its been very hectic. I find out about festivals I am qualified for (and can afford) almost last minute. Today I burnt so many dvds at my internship because my dvd burner died sometime in the past month! Murphey's Law, how I despise you.

Otherwise, I have learnt a variety of good things.

1. Withoutabox.com has to be one of the nicest ways to find film festivals that have similar qualifications to what I have and a very fast way of registration. You have to fill ALOT of information at first but it goes quite smoothly once its all done.

2. After a while, registration fees get expensive!! I have found registration fees from $10 to $70. Imagine trying to get your film into at least 5 festivals, which cost around $30 a piece....it can get quite pricey for someone who doesn't even have a job yet!

3. Learned how to make my own passport picture! XD Thank you google for providing with the information I needed so I didn't need to spend more on photos so I could use it on festivals.

4. Once you have everything together (dvd, picture, biography,and stills), it tends to go quite well. All is left is to wait and hope for the best. Registering into festivals is in inversion to get your name out there.