Opportunity to work on a Hollywood Movie

Also during the week that's passed, I've received a very interesting email from Chris Williams where he wrote the following:

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Hi,

Your name has been forwarded to me as a candidate for a potential opportunity to work on the upcoming Hollywood movie John Carter of Mars, Pixar's highly anticipated first foray into live action.

The University has been approached by Double Negative Visual Effects in London and asked to nominate who we think are animation students who are best placed to work on a summer internship on the movie down in London.

The work will be for a period of 8-12 weeks and payment would include return train travel to/from London, accommodation for the duration of the placement and a small salary (£14000 pro rata). You would be working on crowd animation as part of the production pipeline.

This is a fantastic opportunity for you and I would hope that you are willing to apply.

You will be competing against graduates from a small, select group of Universities in the UK and Europe for a limited number of places, but I know that you are more than capable of winning a place.

To apply, you need to send the following:

- your showreel
- a shot breakdown
- CV
- covering letter

Remember, you are applying for a role as an animator so everything you send should be targeted accordingly. Here is some info on the opportunity that was sent by DNeg:

"John Carter of Mars is a film based on the 1912 serial "A Princess Of Mars" written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. John Carter is a American Civil war Captain who whilst hiding in a cave from Apaches dies, and is mysteriously transported to Mars. Here John encounters various tribes of aliens, including 10 foot tall one with four arms and tusks, as well as many other strange creatures. This is a truly exciting project for the company, with 450 artists working on 1300 shots, and is especially interesting for our 100 strong team of animators.

For more information please look on Wikipedia and the MARTIAN HIERARCHY.

We will be looking for Junior animators to help us with crowd work and some of the simpler animation. We want the most talented students to do this work, and they will be required to work hard, but this will be a fantastic opportunity for them to get production experience."

As soon as you are ready to send your work, please get in touch and I will let you know where it needs to be sent.

If you have any questions regarding this opportunity, please drop me a line.

Best regards
Chris Williams

"

I actually can't believe I have been so lucky to be chosen for this opportunity as my dream is to work for Pixar one day, this is the perfect chance of both getting some studio work experience as to actually work on a Pixar film.

The only concern I have is how I will be able to do this internship next to my degree. Of course the chance of me winning the position is extremely slim but there is always the possibility of "what if".

I really want to get this module finished before putting together a showreel but I will have to ask if I have the time for that as well as what to do if I would be so lucky as to get the job.

It still is a super exciting chance that I don't want to go to waste.