Cowabunga: WORKSHOP production experience WITH DIRECTOR JAMES LOPEZ

Are you looking for a creative production opportunity that gives you some real world experience where you can build on what you have already learned?  

Are you looking for an experience that helps you gain context and confidence to develop a legitimately valuable skill set in a field that you want?   

Are you looking to land an awesome portfolio and build a network of people who will vouch for you, your talent,  work ethic, abilities, and character?  

Now is your chance to gain experience being ‘in a live production’ on a tra-digital animated film project as a valuable member of the crew. You will be walked through the pipeline. Gain the kind of ‘experience by doing’ and upgrade your existing skills in a fun creative team environment.  

Whether in addition to your current schooling or instead of school you will gain real world experience plus have access to additional one on one mentorship along the way with a team of colleagues.  

Maybe you know for sure that you want to be an animator, story artist or art director, that's great and you can go all-in on that role in this program, or maybe you don’t have a clear picture of what role you want to play or where you fit in yet. This program is for you. 

The most important thing early on is getting the proper guidance and career experience to uncover the options and opportunities available to you.   

Open to aspiring animators, story artists, art directors, efx animators and others in the Tra-digital (Traditional and Digital combined) pipeline who possess  the same passion, dedication, motivation and drive needed to enter into a professional career environment and work with a team.  

Element 1 

Bi-Weekly online in Zoom meetups where you collaborate and are given feedback, knowledge, and direction. Using your own skills you will accumulate the abilities and secrets known to professionals and understand the framework for working with a creative team. Our program will help you produce real results fast!  

Element 2 

Each meeting, Director James Lopez will cast crew positions, hand out assignments, and deadlines. Meetings include lectures and a live class critique, followed by notes. There is a private Facebook group for the crew to connect in-between meetings.   

Element 3 

Coaching, collaboration and teamwork.  Imagine being plugged into a team of filmmakers, animators, producers, art directors and more who help guide and provide you with real world accountability, support and feedback. Everyone on the team is being relied on to contribute their part. You will gain access to mentors and a community to continue during and after your journey.

• Knowledge, Perspective and Experience 
• Identify your strengths and passions and the direction you want to focus on  
• Entrance into a community of like minded people Professional 
• Recommendations from well respected professionals when applying for jobs 
• Entrance to and featured in a Producers Show held at the Producers Show at the CTNanimationeXpo.  
• Featured  in  trade magazines and publicity channels.. Lifetime membership in this creator community. 
• Fun Creative and a once in a lifetime experience. 

This is a continuation of a previous program in which we ended up creating the pre-production for a short film. With this new series/ sessions/ program, the project is now “in production” and will be carried through post production and premiere and be showcased at a public event. 

• You want to work in the animation industry. 
• You are a college student or college age or an early career professional. 
• The program can be completed as an alternative or supplement to college, graduate programs, or trade school. 
• You can work remotely. 
• You are imaginative, motivated, and driven to a life of creating and telling stories.  
• You are dedicated and self motivated. The team will be relying on you to meet deadlines and contribute. 
• College Level Understanding of Animation, Drawing, Composition, Color, and Design 
• You have your own computer with zoom and other animation and drawing software. 
• You speak and understand English 
• You can work as a team, and meet deadlines. 
• You are ready to have fun with an amazing team of artists in a unique casual online studio environment. 

• Pre-Production 
• Production 
• Art Direction
• Story 
• Character Animation 
• Clean Up Animation 
• Effects Animation 
• Layout
• Backgrounds 
• Compositing 
• Music
• All of the Above  

"I really liked that James talked about various styles in Visual development and how the thought process of creating ideas goes down in this department." ~Karina Acosta

By application only.  Once accepted you will be working with Director / Mentor James Lopez, whose work can be seen in some of the most treasured films in the history of animation. He will be joined by other leading professionals in their specific fields.  Just like being in a real professional 2D Tra-digital production environment, with department leads you will be 'on the crew' with these pros.  

• (APPLICATIONS CLOSED)
• CTN Foundation is awarding a limited number of full scholarship seats to this program. 
• Open to aspiring animators, story artists, art directors, efx animators, production assistants and others in the Tra-digital (Traditional and Digital combined) pipeline who possess  the same passion, dedication, motivation and drive needed to enter into a professional career environment and work with a team.  

LONG FORMAT:

This Master Class Program is bi-weekly, online, May 5th, 2022 - November 3rd, 2022.  Time Zones: 11 am - 1 pm LOS ANGELES / 2 pm - 4 pm NYC / 7 pm - 9 pm LONDON 

Production culminates with an industry screening at a 'producers show ' and wrap party. held at the prestigious Creative Talent Network Animation Expo (CTNX 2022) Nov 17-20, 2022 in the animation capital of the world - Burbank CA.  (Ticket to the event  is included)

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