Due to the NDA that i signed with the BBC I'm not really sure how much I'm really allowed to reveal about the 2 weeks i spent there but as long as i don't go into specifics I'm sure it'll be fine.
It was certainly a great experience and despite the added pressure on my uni work I'm really glad i did it as i learned a lot. This learning was not so much in software knowledge but more in how to work through ideas as a group and the processes of development in a professional context.
One of the best things about the experience was the fact that we were able to work together so closely right the way through the all projects. we really don't get that experience at uni and it was great to be fully imersed in the projects as it ment that we really got the time to talk through the ideas and extract the best from the breifs.
i was also interesting to work in such a lightening quick production cycle which i probably won't get the chance to do again any time soon.
A place to share my what I've been up too in my life...
Monday 29 March 2010
Personal Project update
A fully textured and rigged Gladys ready for animation. I'll be blocking out shots this week so that we can get really stuck into animating next week :)
Tuesday 9 March 2010
Personal Project
not quite sure if i should be publishing this (cause of my contract with Red Kite) but this is Gladys :)
Social Networking Irony
A thought has just occurred to me about all the messages I’m getting at the moment from lecturers about online presence and it’s importance in future employment.
I will, for the rest of my life, have to monitor and sensor all the photo's, messages and videos that are posted anywhere on the internet.
I will have to do this in fear of them been seen by potential employers who Google my name to find out a little more about me. Although I personally have nothing to hide from my friends and family if the photo's that are commonly found on Facebook were to fall under the gaze of an employer they would dismiss me quicker than you can say "drunken bum".
Admittedly many of the photos featured on my Facebook are of nights out where I will have had a drink or two (or three) so I’m shooting myself in the foot a little. However when I was deleting a couple of pictures today I had a revelation about the whole situation. It goes like this:
In their quest to find out more about who we really are employers are looking into sites that expose more about our personal lives than CV's and application forms could ever achieve. In doing so they force us, as potential employees, to be careful about what we reveal about ourselves online. Ironically though, the necessity to suppress and sensor what we blog, post and tweet actually creates a less accurate profile of our personality and character for the potential employer to look at.
This may sound like a dig at HR managers but it is not intended as such. It is merely an observation that if you go looking for the truth about a total stranger’s personality you should take note of all their characteristics and look further than the profile picture of “My birthday night out last Wednesday” if you want to find the real “Joe Bloggs”.
I will, for the rest of my life, have to monitor and sensor all the photo's, messages and videos that are posted anywhere on the internet.
I will have to do this in fear of them been seen by potential employers who Google my name to find out a little more about me. Although I personally have nothing to hide from my friends and family if the photo's that are commonly found on Facebook were to fall under the gaze of an employer they would dismiss me quicker than you can say "drunken bum".
Admittedly many of the photos featured on my Facebook are of nights out where I will have had a drink or two (or three) so I’m shooting myself in the foot a little. However when I was deleting a couple of pictures today I had a revelation about the whole situation. It goes like this:
In their quest to find out more about who we really are employers are looking into sites that expose more about our personal lives than CV's and application forms could ever achieve. In doing so they force us, as potential employees, to be careful about what we reveal about ourselves online. Ironically though, the necessity to suppress and sensor what we blog, post and tweet actually creates a less accurate profile of our personality and character for the potential employer to look at.
This may sound like a dig at HR managers but it is not intended as such. It is merely an observation that if you go looking for the truth about a total stranger’s personality you should take note of all their characteristics and look further than the profile picture of “My birthday night out last Wednesday” if you want to find the real “Joe Bloggs”.
Wednesday 3 March 2010
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