On Friday 1st April David Daniels and Jon Dunleavy gave a talk at NUCA to the animation students. The talk was an end to a three-week commercial project Year Two Animation students had been working on with the Directors. Both David and Jon are freelance and work as Directors at Tandem Films; their talks were on their work and careers so far in the industry, providing an extremely interesting session of contrasting works and discussion.

Gemma’s talk, which she gave to a packed Lecture Theatre, offered students the opportunity to hear about her career since graduating from NUCA in 2000, hints and tips for finding your first job and working as a freelancer. 

Saint John Walker meets the team behind Framestore’s Tale of Despereaux and finds out that the story of a small mouse is bigger than it seems

Ex Norwich University College of the Arts Graduate Nicolette Van Gendt has worked in the film, games, illustration, character design and traditional animation. Nicolette has an exceptional drawing ability and has been working very successfully in the traditional animation industry for about two decades mainly as a key animator, but also as a storyboard, layout, background and not to forget as a character designer on several productions.

Getting your work on the internet needn't be expensive or difficult, but there are a few things you can do to increase your chances of it being worthwhile. Kris Martin gives some advice on how to engage your potential employers with a clear and confident site.