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Darcy Vorhees

Top Animation Schools According to Industry Execs

For those of our readers considering starting a career in animation by picking one of the many, many, many animation schools popping up around the country—consider this advice from our expert panel (made-up of executives, studio owners, decade-long freelance success stories, etc) about which schools they look to when hiring new interns and employees.

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 Animation Industry

When you ask people whether it is necessary to get a formal animation education in order to break into the industry, responses can be somewhat muddled. “It takes an education from a top school”, “anyone with artistic talent and software skills has a chance,” to “it takes no formal education necessarily”.

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Skills Animation Employers are Looking For

One thing AnimationCareerReview's readers and I have learned throughout our  Interview Series is that animation employers are looking for far more than a technical animation education and a thrown-together, hodge-podge portfolio. Technical skills learned at school must be blended with softer, business-world skills—then combined into a stellar application, portfolio and CV that showcases individual creativity.

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Flaming Medusa Studios is the cleverly-named brain child of Darcy Vorhees, Flaming Medusa's Chief Visionary Officer and CEO.

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