STAR Answer

• Give me an example of a time when you had to deal with a difficult co-worker or fellow student on a project. How did you handle the situation? What were the outcomes?

S- In my surface design class that I took my last semester of college, a fellow student and I were assigned to work on a collaborative piece together. Developing the concept was the first vital step before going to work, but the subject matter and ideas that my collaborator mainly focuses on in her own artwork vastly differed from mine.

T- The collaboration project focused on the alteration of fabric. We had to chose textile articles and alter their normal perceptions and form an artists statement for our project concept.

A- My collaborator and I began working by first brain storming, but I couldn't help but noticed that our general ideas were very opposite from each other. My collaborator had a concept in her head, but she wasn't communicating her ideas to me clearly. Her ideas were all scattered and I initially couldn't put my finger on exactly what she was trying to convey. I can tell that her idea was one that I normally wouldn't work with, but I wanted to push myself to try new things and to fully & clearly understand her idea.

We had already picked out some materials to work with from when we were brain storming and messing with an idea. After our first meeting with the teacher, she told us that our concept needed further developing, so I took notes on everything she suggested to us and decided to take control of the situation. After the meeting with the teacher, I asked my collaborator if we could sit down and visually map out our concept.

While preparing for discussion, I told her to put all of our materials away in my locker so that we can just focus on our concept at hand. We sat down and I took out a pen and some paper and began asking my collaborator basic questions so I can visually write out her concept through her simple answers. In time, I began to understand her idea more and more and began to take the concept and logically break it down. From there, I was able to break down the concept to support the 6 ideas and suggestions the teacher had given us. So, in about half an hour, we had a finely developed concept and what I had written down from our meeting was all the information I needed for writing our artists statement.

R- We evenly split up the work and our project resulted in a success. We received supportive and positive feedback in critique. My collaborator and I both worked with ideas and subject matter we usually wouldn't work with and the teacher was impressed with our project.

Job/internship positions & info

1. Vanguard Film and Video Production, LLC- Visual Effects/2D and 3D Animation Internship
   
• To be included with the application:
  • Copy of your resume/reel (if applicable)
  • Samples of your work
  • Answers to the following questions:
  • What internship are you applying for?
  • What do you wish to accomplish from this internship?
  • What can you contribute to Vanguard FVP?
  • What are your strengths/weaknesses?
  • What is your availability?
  • Do you have a reliable source of transportation
  • Do NOT send resume as text in body of email
  • contact via e-mail
    


2. Creative Alliance of New Orleans- Organization for promoting the film and video industry in the New Orleans area
   
• Internship
  • Contact Katherine Bray for more information in internship opportunities



3. entertainmentcareers.net

This is a great site for finding jobs within the digital media field!!

Jobs

Link that helped me find jobs and companies.

I think that getting my name out there is really important to get started in the industry. I have made one informational interview this year with Bayou effects back home. Here is a list of other companies that do animation back home that I can personally visit and hopefully land a job back home.

Factory VFX- New Orleans, LA

AEstatic Motion & Design- Alvin Epps

Bipolarbear Productions (features work using cut-out animation in AE and many other types of animation)

Maison Post LLC (a little different from what I'd like to do, but worth checking out)

The Mothership FX & Post - Odin Lindblom (C.E.O.) (Services include editing, compositing (including blue/green screen removal, visual effects, animation, motion graphics and titling, color correction, dvd menus and more)

420 Hickory Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70123

duMonde Visual Effects (has a link for Jobs)

Vidox Motion Imagery (a little distance from home, but does animation)
REC Studio

I honestly would love to one day have a company of my own.

It would be of my best interest to meet all of these companies personally and get information on how they got their start plus I can distribute out my resume and portfolio.

I'm very excited to have found these companies that I've never heard of before. I think New Orleans offers lots of opportunity.

Desperate Out of town job options:

Stuff to "Brag" about

Internship at Robert Berning Productions- Metairie, LA 2010

• made animated assets for local Ford dealership commercial/music video (popping balloons, animated arrows, exploding shapes, exploding light bulb, organ grinder)


• produced commercial about Louisiana shrimp via Avid with own footage

Freelance job for David Cardwell (DnA Productions)- Folsom, LA 2010

• animated pig for Grumpy's BBQ commercial

Participation in MCA Spring 2011 BFA Show Part 1

(2 Digital animation pieces)

• The Egret
• Undressed

Interview with Bayou Effects- Covington, LA 2011

Interview with Jack Meyers- 2011

BFA Artist Statement

Kim Broadbridge ‘11_Digital Media: Animation

Undressed & The Egret

Since an early age I have been fascinated by the illusion of life that is animation. I am intensely interested in the way the medium causes an audience to develop an emotional response and a belief in something the audience knows to be fiction. Growing up, I built an admiration for the character, especially the anthropomorphic character.

Along with my life-long attraction to character animation, I have developed a deep appreciation for the unique history of the New Orleans culture in which I was raised as well as my Catholic faith, which directs me in life to follow God’s will. In my animations, I strive to establish the illusion of life through anthropomorphic characters that share my culture and manifest human traits within narratives that deliver lessons of Catholic moral virtue.

While creating the illusion of life, real life issues are incorporated with that illusion to help establish a suspension of disbelief. I incorporate issues of morality into my animated narratives through food and animal characters that personify sinful human traits of lust, sloth and gluttony as well as reflect the New Orleans culture. New Orleans is culture that some people associate with sin. Despite association with sin, my audience that shares and loves the New Orleans culture may appreciate the setting of my work. In my Catholic faith, lust, sloth, and gluttony are three of the seven deadly sins. As a Christian, I believe that one who sins is a slave to sin and all sins have consequences. These characters become slaves to sin as they fail to control their desires, allowing their desires to control them. Through their immoral actions driven by the craving to attain sinful, immediate self-gratification, my animated characters all meet their fates.

These animations are narratives that follow the structure and purpose of a fable. As in a fable, my animations involve anthropomorphic characters and lessons of morality. Animation allows me to address these issues of morality but still allows me to have fun with comical characters and incorporate references to my faith and culture. With the use of comical characters, the audience more easily accepts my moral messages and enjoys the comedy of the animations instead of feeling lectured.

Kim Broadbridge

self-critique of my BFA project and process

Undressed
The Egret
29 March 2011

Undressed: A hot sausage patty lusts over a loaf of french bread. When they finally come together and relish in their lust for each other, the two as a sandwich meet their ultimate fate as someone's lunch order.

The Egret: A lazy egret takes no interest in learning how to fish, so he becomes dependent on humans for food. When his food source ceases to replenish the bird, this sloth of an egret learns the phrase, "Eat or be eaten," the tragic way.

Intent: The intent of these animations is to comically deliver narratives that convey lessons of morality.

Source of main ideas: From the conceptions of these ideas, I knew I wanted to incorporate characters and settings that reflect my New Orleans culture and theme of self-destruction. I wanted to show how sinful acts are self-destructive to the body, mind, and soul.

Theme: Self-destruction through immoral behavior

Strengths: I think my strengths lie in the character development of these two pieces. Their personalities are well conveyed.

Problem areas: First off, I wish I could make music. I think my staging of shots could have been better and more interesting. I'd like to have more detailed and polished backgrounds and environments.

I have learned very much working on these two projects. I discovered how to create things in simpler and quicker ways. I learned new programs. Luckily, didn't run into too many frustrations besides figuring out what to do for my BFA. Editing sound and finding proper music were a bit frustrating at times. The whole project was a constant learning progress of putting together an animation, organizations, and new tools.

Undressed from Kim Broadbridge on Vimeo.

The Egret from Kim Broadbridge on Vimeo.

Stuff going on

There is plenty for me to do this weekend, but the first thing I need to tackle is my second draft of my artist statement, so I can send it out today. I think I need to reevaluate what I'm trying to say. If I can break down a concept for a collaborative surface design in 30 minutes, I can surely generate a better break down for my BFA artist statement. I'm going to start by making a new outline like a would an essay. I think I just need to get used to writing in a different structure.

I'm still in the search for a new song for "Undressed" but I'm not getting anywhere. So I have to move on to completing the sound effects for "The Egret." So, that's a few things I need to do this weekend besides reading 6 chapters in The Picture of Dorian Gray. I have no idea how I'm going to do that or how many hours that will take. I also need to make a entirely new redesign of my resume page for web design. I have a full plate this Mardi Gras weekend. Thank God it's the last one I have to spend away from home.