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Navigating Digital Production Roles: For Creative Minds

Dive into the world of Digital Production with a focus on visual arts, design, film, and storytelling. Explore career options, stay informed, and get involved to bring projects to life. Learn about specialist vs. generalist roles, the importance of making mistakes, and the skills needed in this dynamic field.

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Navigating Digital Production Roles: For Creative Minds

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  1. General points • Creative roles - not (just) about • being a computer geek • Should be strong / literate in: • Visual arts • Design • Visual culture • Film • Storytelling

  2. Stay informed, stay in touch • Regularly visit the relevant websites • Read the books and magazines • See the films • Go to the industry events/groups • Get involved

  3. Careers in Digital Production • 3D Artists • 2D Artists • Research and Development • Production Management • Support- catering, human resources, accounting, communications, technical operations

  4. Production Management • Runners, Production assistants, Production Coordinators, Production Managers, Producers • Bring all the disparate forces and skills together to realise a project, on time, within budget • Require financial, political and time management skills • Often study media, film studies, business management, arts administration or specifically film production

  5. Research and Development • High-end software developers • Usually an engineering or computer science education/background • Have to have an active interest in the area of computer graphics – but don’t need to be artists

  6. Specialist v. Generalist • Should I be really good at one thing, • or generally good at a whole lot of things?

  7. Make Mistakes “An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.” Niels Bohr “Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.” Oscar Wilde “You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.” Sam Levenson

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