Wednesday, 13 April 2011
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Reflection
With all the research i have gathered i am still determined to pursue my career. From all of the research gathered i have found that it is important to be highly skilled in this sector. Technology is always changing as well so training is inevitable. This can also lead to redundancies, and replacements with people that are more up to date. Even though i specialise in 3D Modeling it might be useful to have a contingency plan in case things do not go to plan.
I have come to realise that the government has not done a lot to help companies in the uk with tax. If the government did more to help companies would not have to go into administration. And it will benifit the government more because companies will be able to employ more people. This can build relations with other companies who need animations.
In the animation industry i have learnt that they work to a time scale in a systematic way.
I have come to realise that the government has not done a lot to help companies in the uk with tax. If the government did more to help companies would not have to go into administration. And it will benifit the government more because companies will be able to employ more people. This can build relations with other companies who need animations.
In the animation industry i have learnt that they work to a time scale in a systematic way.
The reccession and the effect on the animation industry
The recession has had an impact on the animation industry. Most animation industries in london are very small and do not tend to take on new people. This is because they can not afford it. They are struggling to even find work. This is because most companies are working on short series. Series unfortunately have to come to an end at some point. Not only that the jobs that the people in London are working on are jobs that have been given to them from oversees. Because of the economic down turn it has resulted in companies going into administration because they can not simply afford the overheads. Another unfortunate thing is that in the uk animation companies do not get a lot of tax breaks. Tax breaks is basically anything that reduces the amount that companies or an individual has to pay to the government. In other European countries such as Germany, the government does a lot to help them with taxes.
Research on the Daily Telegraph
Animation industry could be 'extinct' in five years
England's animation industry could be "extinct" within five years unless it is afforded tax breaks that the wider film industry already enjoys, leaders in the field have warned.
By Stephen Adams, Arts Correspondent 4:25PM GMT 18 Nov 2009
Comment
Animation in the country "is at a tipping point: it either survives or dies", industry leaders wrote in a joint letter to The Daily Telegraph.
Shows such as Wallace & Gromit, Bob the Builder and Noddy have made England "a recognised centre for animation", they said.
But they forecast: "Within a matter of years, we will not be producing any such fantastic properties as a result of tax breaks and government incentives in other countries."
They are calling on the Government to extend the Film Tax Credit to animation companies working on television programmes so that they have a "level playing field" with those in countries like Ireland, France and Canada.
"We must remain competitive, and change must come soon, before talent leaks abroad, taking the industry with it," they argued.
Simple economics meant that process was already happening, said one of the signatories, Miles Bullough, head of broadcast at Aardman Animations, said
Of about 90 jobs on a recent CGI television project, Chop Socky Chooks, Bristol-based Aardman had placed 70 in Canada for tax reasons, he said.
"It was a lost opportunity for the UK," he said.
"Unless the Government are going to extend this tax credit, jobs are going to go overseas, and it's going to make the UK animation industry extinct for television in less than five years," he warned.
Studios like Aardman, home to Wallace & Gromit, have only made it big in film after years producing characters for television like Morph those in the Creature Comforts series, he noted.
Failing to extend the Film Tax Credit, worth up to 25 per cent of a production's cost, would meant such grassroots withered and died in the face of international competition, he said.
"Instead of growing up watching Sean the Sheep, children are going to be watching North American, French and Asian animations," he forecast.
Signatories to the letter, which also included the Howard Litton, head of children's channel Nickelodeon UK, said animation was worth "millions" to Britain's economy. It is estimated to be worth £40 billion worldwide.
A spokesman for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport said: "Animated feature films made in the UK are eligible for the same culturally-based tax breaks as live action films."
England's animation industry could be "extinct" within five years unless it is afforded tax breaks that the wider film industry already enjoys, leaders in the field have warned.
By Stephen Adams, Arts Correspondent 4:25PM GMT 18 Nov 2009
Comment
Animation in the country "is at a tipping point: it either survives or dies", industry leaders wrote in a joint letter to The Daily Telegraph.
Shows such as Wallace & Gromit, Bob the Builder and Noddy have made England "a recognised centre for animation", they said.
But they forecast: "Within a matter of years, we will not be producing any such fantastic properties as a result of tax breaks and government incentives in other countries."
They are calling on the Government to extend the Film Tax Credit to animation companies working on television programmes so that they have a "level playing field" with those in countries like Ireland, France and Canada.
"We must remain competitive, and change must come soon, before talent leaks abroad, taking the industry with it," they argued.
Simple economics meant that process was already happening, said one of the signatories, Miles Bullough, head of broadcast at Aardman Animations, said
Of about 90 jobs on a recent CGI television project, Chop Socky Chooks, Bristol-based Aardman had placed 70 in Canada for tax reasons, he said.
"It was a lost opportunity for the UK," he said.
"Unless the Government are going to extend this tax credit, jobs are going to go overseas, and it's going to make the UK animation industry extinct for television in less than five years," he warned.
Studios like Aardman, home to Wallace & Gromit, have only made it big in film after years producing characters for television like Morph those in the Creature Comforts series, he noted.
Failing to extend the Film Tax Credit, worth up to 25 per cent of a production's cost, would meant such grassroots withered and died in the face of international competition, he said.
"Instead of growing up watching Sean the Sheep, children are going to be watching North American, French and Asian animations," he forecast.
Signatories to the letter, which also included the Howard Litton, head of children's channel Nickelodeon UK, said animation was worth "millions" to Britain's economy. It is estimated to be worth £40 billion worldwide.
A spokesman for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport said: "Animated feature films made in the UK are eligible for the same culturally-based tax breaks as live action films."
My model so far
At the moment i am modelling a 3d Owl which is very time consuming. This was a new technique i was told to try by my lectures. It is another technique they use in the industry to model. I am trying to work in a systematic way like they do. I have a set schedule to work to.
I have also researched on how to keep the typology clean so that it can be rigged easily to allow it to move. Doing this can save alot of time and panicking. I have been communicating with my work partner on a weekly basis to find out if it is has the right type of look. I have learnt from the past that communication is pivotal when carrying out a task as big as this.
I have also researched on how to keep the typology clean so that it can be rigged easily to allow it to move. Doing this can save alot of time and panicking. I have been communicating with my work partner on a weekly basis to find out if it is has the right type of look. I have learnt from the past that communication is pivotal when carrying out a task as big as this.
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