Re: I come to not offend or something!tinolaSeptember 2 2006, 21:41:57 UTC
You argue very good points, hayley!
I don't think it was offensive to anyone at all, except maybe the girl who was mentioned in the article. I completely agree with what you said about working hard and not relying on hand-outs, especially for something as important as your possible future career.
I'm inclined to agree with what you said about talent too, as it counts for a hell of lot in an art vocation. Which worries me slightly about when I leave uni! Anyhoo, like i said before, i'm a firm believer in working your arse off to get somewhere even if talent is maybe below par. That may be slightly naive, but i'll keep that view until i'm bitter and jaded, i think.
You're right about university having to sell their course, as we're basically customers paying for a product. It's not exactly like being in secondary school. But in that context, the university really should be up to a decent educational standard, even with the improvements made. I'm still disapointed with this course (especially the lack of stop-motion tutoring) but i don't think that'll put me off, industry ready or not. And we're artsy fellows! I imagine if we didn't succeed in animation, they'd be something else to fill the gap.
Yeah, I do think the girls work was the wrong choice because she was animating a butterfly, and I think in an animation degree, even if you want to do art direction or any of the other things, you at least need to animate something with a human based skeleton. Its just common sense that they would prefer to see that.
I also think that some people prefer hard work and dedication over talent sometimes, because if you really work at something hard it tends to show and people can see the sort of inner determination and ooooo spooky mind power. People with talent and nothing else can end up being arrogant and big headed, and no potential employer really wants that. Well that's how I like to look at it.
I don't think it was offensive to anyone at all, except maybe the girl who was mentioned in the article. I completely agree with what you said about working hard and not relying on hand-outs, especially for something as important as your possible future career.
I'm inclined to agree with what you said about talent too, as it counts for a hell of lot in an art vocation. Which worries me slightly about when I leave uni! Anyhoo, like i said before, i'm a firm believer in working your arse off to get somewhere even if talent is maybe below par. That may be slightly naive, but i'll keep that view until i'm bitter and jaded, i think.
You're right about university having to sell their course, as we're basically customers paying for a product. It's not exactly like being in secondary school. But in that context, the university really should be up to a decent educational standard, even with the improvements made. I'm still disapointed with this course (especially the lack of stop-motion tutoring) but i don't think that'll put me off, industry ready or not. And we're artsy fellows! I imagine if we didn't succeed in animation, they'd be something else to fill the gap.
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I also think that some people prefer hard work and dedication over talent sometimes, because if you really work at something hard it tends to show and people can see the sort of inner determination and ooooo spooky mind power. People with talent and nothing else can end up being arrogant and big headed, and no potential employer really wants that. Well that's how I like to look at it.
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